[OSX-Users] VPN to soton

[Jules Field]

On 15/02/2017 15:53, Tim Chown wrote:
> 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.
You need to be able to *choose* whether to have all your traffic routed 
or not. But yes, perfect for iPlayer while abroad.
>
> 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.
Seeing as iSolutions' network still doesn't do IPv6, I somehow doubt 
that GlobalProtect VPN will. It wouldn't know what to do with the 
packets if it got them...

Jules

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