Usyd Wireless Setup - Mac OS X

Want to connect to the USYD Wireless connection? Theres a few things you have to do first.

Setup your account
1. Activate your account for VPN

Setup your laptop
2. Setup your different locations
3. Setup the VPN Client

Connect
4. Make sure that you've connected to an Access Point
5. Connect your VPN client

Once you've done all of this you'll be connected to USYD's wireless network. Our complete step by step guide is below (or you can download and print off a pdf copy from the quick links menu on the right)

The VPN option will need to be added to your UniKey account to allow access to our VPN server. The basic wireless access only allows access to secure university websites only. With the VPN option and the Cisco VPN client, you can gain access to all external sites, such as Google or Hotmail.

1.1. Open Safari to this address: https://www.auth.usyd.edu.au/extro/options by clicking on the link.

1.2. Log in using your UNIKEY username and password.

1.3. Ensure that the “VPN Access” selection box is ticked.
IMPORTANT: No other option needs to be changed! If you change other options, your account may be charged!

1.4. Type in your UniKey password again at the top of the page, then Click on the “Change Options” button to make the changes final.
IMPORTANT: After enabling the VPN option, you might have to wait up to 15-20 mins for it to register on the VPN server. This means you will have to wait 15-20 mins before you can successfully authenticate with the VPN Client.

Your proxy settings will determine whether you use your free 6 megabytes of daily internet allowance, or the money on your UniKey account to surf internet. The following instructions are for Safari only, if you are using another browser you will need to locate the network settings and enter in the proxy settings. The advantage of setting up locations is that it allows you to easily switch proxy settings. If you are connecting to the internet from a different Internet Service Provider, you will need to select the Automatic Location; this will remove the proxy settings from Safari.

2.1. Go to the Apple menu and select Network Preferences from the Location menu

2.2. Select New Location from the Location selection bar.

2.3. Name this location to something like Usyd Free Wireless or Usyd Free Cache

2.4. Double click on AirPort

2.5. Once in the Proxies configuration area, for the first 4 protocols FTP Proxy, Web Proxy (HTTP), Secure Web Proxy & Streaming Proxy, place a tick in the associated tickbox and enter these details for each of the 4 protocols:

2.5.1 In the Server box, type www-cache5.usyd.edu.au with port number 8085
2.5.2 Repeat this process for each of the 4 protocols
2.5.3 In the Bypass proxy settings field type *.usyd.edu.au
2.5.4 Click on the Apply Now button

2.6. If you run out of free cache you can use the paid cache, if you have money on your UniKey account. The charges are 2c per megabyte for external traffic. To use the paid cache you must have money on your UniKey account and enable the web option at https://www.auth.usyd.edu.au/extro/options. If you won’t be using the paid cache then skip to the next section.

2.7. After Clicking Apply Now, configure your Mac for the paid cache by selecting New Location from the Location selection bar.

2.8. This time name the second location something like Usyd Free Paid or Usyd Paid cache

2.9. Change the Show field to Airport

Place a tick in the Automatic Proxy Configuration tick box and enter in http://www.usyd.edu.au/proxy.pac in the Proxy Configuration File URL field

The next step is to download the Cisco VPN client from our website. The Cisco VPN client allows your computer to make a secure connection to the internet using your UniKey account.

3.1 If you are unsure what version of Mac OS X you are running, click on the apple icon and select About This Mac

3.2 Download the MAC OS X version that applies to you.
3.2.1 If you are running Mac OSX 10.1 - 10.39 please use this version vpnclient-darwin-4.8.00.0490-GUI-k9.dmg.
3.2.3 If you have OSX 10.4 (Tiger) or OSX 10.5 (Leopard), please use this version vpnclient-darwin-4.9.01.0100-universal-k9.dmg.

4.1 After the download has completed there will be the DMG archive on your desktop (if you downloaded it to a different location such as a folder, then the archive will be there.) When extracted, this will produce an image file. When opened, this will mount the virtual disk on the desktop. Inside it is the Installer icon and two folders. These items are shown below:

4.2 Double click on the .mpkg installer. This will launch the installation package.

4.3 Read the contents of each screen before pressing Continue. When you are prompted for the hard disk or partition to install to, pick your primary partition, not the virtual drive:

The final step now is to start using the Cisco VPN client to access the internet. In most cases, it is accessible via the Applications Folder. Double click on the VPN Client. If you think that you could be using the program regularly you can drag the VPN Client onto your dock.

5.2 Select the Wireless profile by clicking on it and then click on the Connect Icon.

5.3 After clicking on connect the Cisco VPN client should then pop up a window asking for a username and password. Your username will determine your level of access.

5.3.1 For free cache access, just enter in your UniKey username and password. This will allow you access to all websites on port 80. However you will have difficulties accessing any programs that does not run on port 80, such as instant chat programs and email clients.

5.3.2 To access these types of programs simply enter an !10 after your UniKey login (e.g. abcd1234!10). However the free cache will not work and you will have to switch to paid cache to access websites