VPN Configuration for Gentoo Linux at University of Sheffield

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darwin # /etc/init.d/vpnc start
* Starting VPNC: vpnc...
darwin vpnc # ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1f:d0:20:79:79
inet addr:192.168.1.107 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::21f:d0ff:fe20:7979/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:110554423 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:76252808 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:147275230677 (137.1 GiB) TX bytes:37278646011 (34.7 GiB)
Interrupt:30 Base address:0x2000
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:84 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:84 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:7668 (7.4 KiB) TX bytes:7668 (7.4 KiB)
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tun0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
inet addr:143.167.209.33 P-t-P:143.167.209.33 Mask:255.255.255.255
UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1412 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:2 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:500
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:2824 (2.7 KiB)
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The important output is for the tun0 device which shows that traffic is being routed through
the University’s network
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You should now be connected to the internet and for all intent and purposes your traffic will
be routed through the Universities servers and you will be able to access electronic journals from
home and connect to MUSE.
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Once you’ve sucessfully setup a VPN connection to the University what can you do with it? One
thing you can do is mount Network File Systems to your home computer and use them seamlessly
5 Domain 143.167.*.*.
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