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PC VPN Connection
How to connect to your office computer or a terminal server from your Windows computer after a VPN connection has been established. Use the terminal server to access your network drives and the internet. This server acts just like a computer on campus.
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Note: The VPN software must be installed and your computer connected before connecting to on-campus resources. Follow these instructions to install FortiClient VPN and these to connect to the VPN.
Connect to Office Computer or Terminal Server
If you have a college-owned computer in your office that you wish to access from your home computer, make sure to find your office computer's name. It will be on a label on the outside of a desktop computer or inside, above the keyboard on a laptop computer. Leave your office computer turned on when you want to connect to it from home.
If you do not have a college-owned computer, you can connect to a terminal server, through which you can access network drives at home. The terminal server is simply a college computer that you can use from home, or even your office.
Step 1:After connecting to the VPN, open the app called Remote Desktop Connection. This is an app that comes with your computer. It's easiest to access it by searching for it by name.
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Step 2:In the Computer box, type the name of the computer you are trying to connect to. If you are connecting to your office computer, type the name from the white label. If you are trying to connect to the terminal server, type "ecfsHome-ts" if you are faculty/staff, or "ecStudent-ts" if you are a student. If you are a staff member with access to Jenzabar, you will need to connect to "ecTeams-ts." Contact the Help Desk if you are told you do not have access. Click Connect.
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Step 3:Make sure that you are connecting with the username "jaynet\username" (where username is your Etown username) and your Etown password. To do this, you may need to click Use a different account.
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Step 4:If a pop-up appears that tells you that the identity of the remote computer cannot be verified, click Yes to allow the connection.
Step 5:Click OK.
Step 6:You will see an bar at the top of the window, indicating that you are now working on the office computer or terminal server.
Step 7:When you are finished working on the server, please log off. Click the Start menu.
Step 8:Click Log off.
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