Introduction
Whitman College provides VPN (virtual private network) access for employees that allows you to securely connect to our internal network over the internet. This would allow you to potentially gain access to services such as Colleague or Millennium while off campus.
Contact Mike Osterman (director.et@whitman.edu) to request a VPN account.
Additionally, you must be enrolled in multi-factor authentication (MFA) to access the VPN service.
Cisco AnyConnect Client
The WCTS Help Desk can facilitate getting the required VPN software on your Whitman-issued computer.
Connect your computer to the VPN
- Open the the Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client
- Type: vpn.whitman.edu in the blank box and then click Connect
- Type in your Whitman username
- Type your VPN password (this is not your MyWhitman password)
- Type in the desired Duo MFA method in to the 'Second Password' field
- Click OK
Verifying your VPN IP address
You can use your web browser to open the following web page:
The web page will display both your "On-Campus IP address" and your "Off-Campus IP Address". Your "On-Campus IP Address" should be 10.20.2.xx where "xx" and a number from 1 to 253.
Disconnecting from the VPN
Locate the Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client window and click Disconnect.
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