In your phone's authenticator app, tap the ' +' or 'Add' button to add a connection to Valpo's VPN server.

Click the 'Bind Mobile APP' button to bring up a QR code like the one below. At this point you may be presented with the QR code screen shown below, but if you are not, click on the circle with your initials in the upper-right corner of the screen, then choose Settings from the resulting menu.

Follow the steps from the previous section of this document for logging into Valpo's VPN in a web browser.

To use an authenticator app to receive your OTP instead, follow the steps below. If you would prefer to receive an e-mail at your Valpo Gmail address every time you connect to the VPN, skip ahead to the next section, either for PC/Linux or Mac. You can receive your one-time passcode (OTP) either via e-mail or using any free authenticator app, such as Microsoft Authenticator or Authy. Multifactor authentication is required to use Valpo's VPN client (on Windows, macOS, and Linux), similar to the way banks require a code you receive via text message to access your accounts. In This ArticleĬonfiguring Multifactor Authentication (MFA) In order to protect your other online activities, you may wish to subscribe to a paid public VPN service like NordVPN or ExpressVPN (there are many others). Valpo's Virtual Private Network will only encrypt your connections to other Valpo systems. This webpage provides a good overview of what VPN service is, and how it works:

After installing the SonicWall Mobile Connect app on Windows 10, MacOS, iOS, or Android, it runs as a background process in either iOS or Android OS there is no need to first log in through the website.

With the SonicWall NetExtender client installed, a Windows 10 PC or a Linux computer will behave the way it would if it were connected to the Valpo network.

The 'Valpo Intra website' bookmark provides a way to connect to resources like Campus Chronicle without the burden of multiple logins.

Bookmarks are designed to provide access to individual resources (similar to browser bookmarks), while the NetExtender client and SonicWall Mobile Connect app provide full network access, as if you were physically located on campus. The VPN has three methods of access: web-based Bookmarks, SonicWall NetExtender, and SonicWall Mobile Connect. This tool establishes a secure connection through an otherwise unsecure or untrusted network, and extends certain protected network features of the local network to remote or mobile devices. IT uses a system from SonicWall to provide Virtual Private Network (VPN) technology.

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