[OSX-Users] Re: Apple HE store / vpn access?

[Daniel Thorpe]

Oh, thanks Ben - that is so much easier!

On 19 Jul 2010, at 11:20, Ben Hodgson wrote:

> Traffic to the Apple HE Store for Southampton Uni doesn’t have to go over the Uni. VPN — it’s purely for the sake of redirecting you via procureweb. I’ve made purchases through it before with no VPN involved. The URL is http://store.apple.com/uk_edu_5000790. Enjoy!
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> On 19 July 2010 11:17, Daniel Thorpe <dt05r at ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote:
> Morning everyone!
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> Quick question, does anyone have issues accessing Apple's HE store at http://apple.procureweb.ac.uk when connected to the ECS network through a vpn?
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> On Snow Leopard, If I connect to ECS's VPN with the "Send all traffic over connection" (from Advanced vpn settings) unchecked, then, when I access the site I get the "you have to be on your institution's network" message. If I check that box in the settings, then the site just doesn't respond at all.... which, is I guess just as bad.
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> I've not got any proxies set or anything, and the vpn gives me a 152.78.** ip address, so... before I investigate further, just wondering if this is a known issue? I'm sure it used to work....
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> Cheers
> Dan
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