Introduction

Some facilities, for example, access to some on-line journals or to our NoMachine remote desktop facility (restricted)are allowed based on network IP address.

When using a computer or mobile device connected to an external (to the IoA) or wireless network you may not have an IP address in the required range and access to these services could be denied.

IoA Managed VPN Configuration

University Information Services provide a Managed VPN for the Institute of Astronomy. Using the Managed VPN allows you access to the IoA Intranet and some of the computers in the IoA network.

To configure your client computer for the IoA Managed VPN, please follow these instructions

Instructions for configuring Fedora for the VPN are available on our site

Checking your IP address

To access the IoA Intranet or the IoA cluster from a non-IoA device you MUST be connected to the IoA VPN and NOT the University VPN. Since the steps to install each are very similar it is possible to install the wrong one. Checking the IP address is one way to verify which VPN you are connected to. To this go to https://myip.uis.cam.ac.uk where you can see your IP address.

If you are connected to the IoA VPN your IP address will be in the range: 172.16.43.x

If you are connected to the University VPN your IP address will be in the range: 172.16.32.x to 172.16.39.x