KEYS to Success to Connect

With these three keys in place you should not experience problems connecting to the College of Business resources.

In order to have access to campus resources, verify that you do have internet capabilities. Without it you will not be able to proceed.

Our servers are behind the border firewall of campus.Because of this, special software will need to be installed on a local machine in order to access the network resources directly.This software is known as a VPN client.

This VPN client can be downloaded here:

Since you are off-campus, you will be prompted for your username and password.Use the following format:

auburn\emailid

along with your password.

Once you have installed and rebooted your computer, launch the VPN client.This will bring up a window similar to the one below:

If you are not on the University�s wireless network, double click "AU Off Campus".

You will be prompted for your username and password.Enter it and you will be prompted with the standard disclaimer.Click OK.

Your computer is now part of the University�s network and we can now access the College of Business network resources.These resources may be network drives or printers.

There are three common network drives for the College of Business.These are the U, W, and S drives.The U drive is private and is strictly for the individual user.The W drive is the individual�s web space on the College of Business and is readable by everyone.The S drive is the collaboration drive.

With yourself logged into the VPN, access the network drive by going to: Start and then clicking on Run

For the U drive type:

For the W drive type:

For the S drive at the Lowder Building type:

For the S drive at the Airport type:

This will bring up a login prompt.Login with your cob\usernameand password.

Once you are logged in you should see the folder open up with the contents of that drive.