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Connect through VPN from Linux

VPN connection

  • We download the vpn connection file with .ovpn suffix from the download link given to us.
  • On the network manager icon we go to the Network/Wifi configuration
    • On the left configuration pane, we select Network and on the right of VPN we click on + button
    • We select import from file and browse to select the .ovpn file.
    • On Identity tab
      • We enter the username and password already given to us for the VPN or our own creadentials if we are enabled as a VPN user.
    • On IPv4 tab
      • We set the DNS e.g. 8.8.8.8, 1.1.1.1
      • We select Use this connection only for resources of its network

Connect to Windows

We will use remmina, a graphical and easy to use rdp client.

  • We download the file with .rdp suffix from the download link given to us.
  • From remmina we select Import and browse to select the .rdp file.
  • We connect we our credentials on our domain
  • From the option buttons on the rdp window we enable Toggle dynamic resolution update

Connect to Linux

  • We download the file with .tigervnc suffix from the download link given to us e.g. example.tigervnc.
  • To connect from Linux OS it is preferred to use tigervnc client since it allows auto adjustment to maximum monitor resolution.
    • In Ubuntu/Debian based distributions we install with
       apt-get update; apt-get install xtigervncviewer
    • We run xtigervncviewer and load setting file e.g. example.tigervnc
To view options and toggle full screen press F8 key. Changing keyboard language e.g. with alt-shift must be done while the vnc session is windowed, in order to be handled by local machine. To pass function keys e.g. alt-f2 to the remote vnc session, session must be run full screen.
 
en/connection/vpn/linux.txt · Last modified: Y/m/d H:i by vagk