1. Download a suitable Windows OpenVPN installer: Staff/PhD (or) Students
[Important note for Staff/PhD: You’ll have to be on eduroam to download the installers, meaning you’ll have to download them when you are in campus]
2. Once download is complete, double click on the .exe file to launch the installer. Click ‘Next’
3. Accept the License Agreement. Click on ‘I Agree’
4. By default, there is a selection of components to be installed. Leave this selection intact and click ‘Next’
5. The default installation location is usually set to C:\Program Files\OpenVPN. Leave intact and click ‘Install’
6. Wait while OpenVPN gets installed…
7. When installation is underway, you might get a Windows Security popup. Click ‘Install’
8. When installation is complete, click ‘Next’
9. Click ‘Finish’
10. Double click on the OpenVPN GUI shortcut on your desktop
11. [Optional] You may be prompted to enter Administrator username and password. If you do not have Administrator access to the machine on which you are trying to setup OpenVPN, you may have to sort this out before proceeding further.
12. [Optional] You may be prompted to enter a Network username and password.
13. Now go to the systems tray (bottom-right corner of your Windows Desktop), and you’ll find an OpenVPN GUI icon
14. Right click on the icon, and depending upon whether you are a Staff/PhD [or] Student [or] GP, you’ll have different options to connect to OpenVPN profiles.
E.g., Staff/PhD have three options — ‘eecs-staff-full’ or ‘eecs-staff-plusdns’ or ‘eecs-staff’. Choose eecs-staff and click ‘Connect’. [Note for Staff/PhD: Use eecs-staff-full only if you are interested in using Central College Services]
15. Enter your EECS username and password when prompted and click ‘OK’ to complete OpenVPN connection
16. Once you are connected through OpenVPN, you can proceed to use Remote Desktop Connection to access a school managed PC or visit sites that only work on the college network (e.g., Apple education store)