I use my university VPN a lot for getting access to research papers but when I moved to Edinburgh I found that I couldn't access the VPN from our home network. Multiple calls to the support team - I use that term loosely! - and wasted time explaining my issues I still didn't succeed. So, I gave up and resorted to tethering my computer to my phone and accessing the VPN that way. However, my wonderful friend has better persuasion abilities than I do as she finally got a solution!
Instructions on getting access to your VPN:
- Navigate to 'http://192.168.0.1/VmLogin.asp'
- Login. The defaults are username='admin' and password='changeme'. Enter the details you changed it to if you changed it.
- Open the 'Advanced Settings' at the bottom right of the box.
- Access the 'Firewall' settings.
- In the section 'Pass Through', tick all three boxes. You may have to select the 'Firewall' check box first.
- Click 'Apply' at the bottom right.
- You can now access your VPN, clever you!