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Virtual Private Network (VPN) Connectivity
A Virtual Private Network (VPN) allows students to securely connect to the AIE network to access file servers, floating licensing servers for licensing software.
Installing & Setting up VPN Connectivity on your Personal PC
For specific information on how to connect, please select the location you are enrolled at.
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| | Select your campus from the tab bar above. |
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| - Login to https://sea.vpn.aie.edu with your AIE student username and password
- Click “Download client and configuration for Windows”
- Once downloaded, install the software to your computer
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| - Login to https://lft.vpn.aie.edu with your AIE student username and password
- Click “Download client and configuration for Windows”
- Once downloaded, install the software to your computer
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| - Login to https://aus.vpn.aie.edu with your AIE student username and password
- Click “Download client and configuration for Windows”
- Once downloaded, install the software to your computer
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Installing & Setting up VPN Connectivity on a Loan PC
This should not be required as the VPN client will have already been installed by IT before you collected the loan PC.
Connecting & Disconnecting from the VPN
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| - From the Windows taskbar (bottom right corner), find the traffic light symbols - this is the Sophos VPN client
 - Either double click the icon and you'll be prompted to enter your AIE student username/password.
 - Click "OK" and after a couple of seconds, you should be connected.
- You can tell you've successfully connected as the traffic light icon will become green
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| - From the Windows taskbar (bottom right corner), find the traffic light symbols - this is the Sophos VPN client
- Double click this icon
- Click "Disconnect"
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Accessing Campus Servers
Once connected to the VPN, you'll be able to access campus servers much the same way you access them on-campus if you have a loan PC. A little bit of setup will be required if accessing from a Personal PC.
Accessing Classes & Reference Drives from a Personal PC
To access your Classes and References drives, you’ll need to manually connect to our file shares whilst connected to our VPN.
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| - First, ensure you are connected to the VPN.
- Open Windows Explorer and enter the share you wish to access:
- \\seafs1\Classes - To access your Classes drive
- \\seafs1\Reference - To access your Reference drive
- \\seafs1\ - To access any other shares you have access to
- You may also map these shares to a drive letter by clicking “Map A Network Drive” from Windows Explorer.
 - Then selecting a Drive letter and entering in one of the above locations as the Folder. For example to replicate our Z:\Classes drive you would enter.
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| - First, ensure you are connected to the VPN.
- Open Windows Explorer and enter the share you wish to access:
- \\laffs1\Classes - To access your Classes drive
- \\laffs1\Reference - To access your Reference drive
- \\laffs1\ - To access any other shares you have access to
- You may also map these shares to a drive letter by clicking "Computer" then “Map A Network Drive” from Windows Explorer.
 - Then selecting a Drive letter and entering in one of the above locations as the Folder. For example to replicate our Z:\Classes drive you would enter
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Accessing Classes & Reference Drives from a Loaned PC
Loaned PCs are already setup to access Classes and Reference drives, you'll just need to ensure you are connected to the VPN to access.
