You are either Staff or Faculty for the College of Engineering and you wish to connect to your desktop on campus from home.
A couple of things need to be in place to allow this...
or using a third party software, like GoToMyPC or LogMeIn as alternatives.
Third Party Programs such as GoToMyPC, LogMeIn and the like will often times show what is happening on the screen to anyone sitting at the remote machine. |
It is important that the remote connection is secured and limited as this can leave your computer vulnerable to hackers if not done correctly. Remote Access provisioning should only be done under absolutely necessary reasons. It is advisable that you first speak with the ECI Support (help@engineering.ucsb.edu) due to the necessary Network Security precautions that is required. |
The Campus VPN client can be gotten here:
http://www.ets.ucsb.edu/services/campus-vpn/get-connected
You will need to have this installed onto your computer.
The fastest, easiest way to get your IP is from this website:
You should do this from your Desktop computer on campus and write it down for when you are trying to connect to your computer.
You will need to enable Remote Desktop to allow remote connections if you are not using one of the third party programs listed above.
To do this, you will need to
From your home computer,
Remote Desktop Connection can only have one person on the computer at any given time. You cannot use Remote Desktop Connection to do Screen Sharing or try to have two people on one computer. |
You will need to enable Screen Sharing on the Mac if you are not using one of the third party programs mentioned above.
To do this
In order to connect to the computer, you can only connect to it with another mac.
The Mac Screen Sharing is designed to show what is happening on the screen to anyone in front of the computer you are connecting to. |
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