In order to use the U-M VPN, you must be running Windows 2000 or higher and have a network card installed on your PC. If you are going to use the UM Wireless VPN profile, you must also have a wireless network card installed. Manufacturer-installed cards will work. See the Cisco Release Notes for VPN Client for more information. Make sure your machine meets the minimum system requirements.
Cisco VPN Client
If you do not have the Cisco VPN client installed on your computer:
Download the Windows VPN client from this page, using download link below. You will be asked to authenticate, use your uniqname and umich password.
Save the program to your desktop. Double-click the CiscoVPN installer icon to install the client.
Reboot your computer.
Start the client. You should see the UM-off-campus-access and the UM-on-campus-wireless profiles in the Connection Entries. If you do not, remove the U-M VPN client from your computer and reinstall it.
Once you have the client and profiles on your computer, make sure you have a network connection, select the the appropriate profile either, UM-off-campus-access or UM-on-campus-wireless, and click the Connect button on the top of the VPN client. You will prompted for your uniqname and umich password. Once you have done this, you will be connected to the University of Michigan network securely.
If you have the Cisco VPN client installed on your computer but do not have the U-M VPN Remote Access or UM Wireless VPN profile you will need to download the required profile(s).
Make certain you have a network connection.
Download the needed profile(s) using the appropriate link(s) below.
Start the client.
Click the Import button at the top of the VPN window, and select either the UM-off-campus-access.pcf or the UM-on-campus-wireless.pcf. They should be listed in the lower half of the VPN screen.
Once you have the client and profiles on your computer, make sure you have a network connection, select the the appropriate profile either, UM-off-campus-access or UM-on-campus-wireless, and click the Connect button on the top of the VPN client. You will prompted for your uniqname and umich password. Once you have done this, you will be connected to the Unive rsity of Michigan network securely.
