VPN

VPN means virtual private network. It is a software which will make the computer think you’re inside of a different network. This will describe how to setup the VPN connection for the HU-network with an HU-account (required).

Here is the official manual from the HU-website.

macOS

This is the official manual from the HU for macOS

Or you can follow these steps:

1. Go to the Tunnelblick-website download the .dmg, double click it to mount and drag the .app into your applications directory.
2. Download the HU-VPN configuration file and double click it.
3. Follow the Tunnelblick instructions and enter your account details. A small symbol will show up in the status bar.

Linux

This is the official manual from the HU for Linux

Or you can follow these steps:

1. Install open VPN on your system with: sudo aptitude install openvpn (actual command depends on Linux distribution).
2. Download the HU-VPN configuration file.
3. Run sudo openvpn --config hu-berlin.ovpn

Windows

This is the official manual from the HU for Windows

Or you can follow these steps:

1. Download openVPN (preconfigured version from the HU) and install it.
2. Open the installed openVPN with right click and choose “with administrator privileges”.
3. Type in the credentials for your HU-account.