Can I use the native Windows VPN client or the native Mac OS X VPN client to access UIUCnet?
No, not at this time. Both of those native clients use protocols that do not scale well to a user base as large as the UIUC community. CITES is actively exploring hardware vendors who claim to be able to support thousands of simultaneous native client users on their VPN concentrators, but thus far nothing has scaled well. Native VPN client support is a very frequent request from campus end users, and CITES will continue to search for an effective solution. Q: Our Department has guest lecturers that will be on campus for two weeks. Is there a way that we can get temporary “guest accounts” for those people while they work here so that they can access UIUCnet Wireless? A: Yes. There is a process for up to five people in your Unit to become authorized to create “guest accounts.” If you need more than 10 “guest accounts” at one time, CITES can do that for you in a batch process, but you will need to match the “guest account” names to the actual users. Network Administrators can request the
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