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Mac VPN Connection
How to connect to your office computer or a terminal server from your
Mac 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.
Quick links to sections in this article:
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
Before you can connect into one of the Terminal Servers or your Etown desktop, you need to create the Remote Desktop Connection. If you have already created this connection, skip to step 4.
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:Download the Remote Desktop Connection Client for Mac, if you do not already have it. Open the app.
Step 2:
Click the plus sign, then select Desktop. Step 3:
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." Click Add.
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