[OSX-Users] VPN to soton

[Tim Chown]

On 15 Feb 2017, at 15:46, Hugh Glaser <hg at ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote:
> 
> It is a real pain, by the way, if you want someone to complain.
> My machine at home also serves incoming stuff for web services, and I also want to be able to access it from away from home, either as ssh or various file or screen sharing options and/or VPN(!, yes it runs a VPN server, of course :-) ).
> That means I need to ensure that the VPN to Soton is not running when I leave home - and of course that means it closes my ssh connections to the University that had to start under VPN to allow access.

Try mosh?

I like using VPN where all traffic is routed, as it's handy to have a UK IP address while overseas.  I have found the Soton VPN often doesn't connect though.

Have you checked whether IPv6 is also routed down the VPN or not?  A number of VPN products fail to do so, which can also be handy in some cases.

Tim