AICT has a Virtual Private Network (VPN) gateway. VPNs are a technology which permits you to safely transmit any kind of network traffic down a tunnel to a remote location. In practice, this means that users whose connection is filtered by their ISP (like telus), users who are travelling, or users who do not wish to have their connection interfered (to name a few uses) with can get access to campus computing resources as if they were on campus.

Note: The requirement to browse through the University VPN is using the University DNS (name.ualberta.ca at 129.128.5.233 or nom.ualberta.ca at 129.128.76.233).

Click here for step-by-step walkthrough on setting up DNS in MS Windows and Mac OS

1. Download and install the Tunnelblick which is available here.
   Please note Tunnelblick works on 10.4 - 10.7 ("Tiger", "Leopard", "Snow Leopard", and "Lion").
2. Download VPN client configuration files which is available here and add a VPN configuration in Tunnelblick using these files

Click here for a step-by-step tutorial on Installing and Using Tunnelblick

1. Download VPN client and configuration files ( available here ). Install OpenVPN and add a VPN configuration in OpenVPN using the included files.
2. You can download the most up to date verison of OpenVPN here.

Click here for a step-by-step tutorial on Installing and Using OpenVPN