Regional University Computing Center Kaiserslautern-Landau

Rangee - Connection to the University of Koblenz

The following instructions explain how to set up a VPN connection to the University of Koblenz network and how to set up a remote desktop connection to the Koblenz server farm from Rangee workstations on the Landau campus.

VPN connection to the University of Koblenz (Cisco AnyConnect)

Add VPN connection

Open the network options via the network icon (or the Wi-Fi icon) in the taskbar on the right.

Select "VPN connections" and then "Add a VPN connection".

A pop-up will open asking you for the type of new VPN connection. Select "Cisco AnyConnect or openconnect (OpenConnect)" from the drop-down menu and click on "Create ...".

The window for editing the new VPN connection opens.
Enter VPNKoblenz as the connection name and mipa.uni-koblenz.de as the gateway.

Establishing a VPN connection

Open the network options via the network icon (or the Wi-Fi icon) in the taskbar on the right. Select "VPN connections" and then activate "VPNKoblenz" by ticking the box.

Login VPNKoblenz

The pop-up "Connect to VPN "VPNKoblenz"" will now open.

Select "AnyConnectLandau" as the GROUP. Enter your Koblenz username as Username and the corresponding password under "Password:".

Activate the "Save passwords" option to save your login data for the current session and click "Login".
(If you restart the system, the login data will not be retained and must be entered again).

Disconnect/reconnect VPN connection

If you temporarily no longer need the VPN connection to the University of Koblenz, you can simply disconnect and reconnect via the network options. Even after a restart, the connection must be established manually and the password entered.

To do this, click on the network icon (or the WLAN icon) at the bottom right of the taskbar and select "VPN connections".
Remove the tick in front of "VPNKoblenz" to terminate the VPN connection.
Checkthe box again to re-establish the connection.

RDP connection to the University of Koblenz

To work on the Koblenz server farm, establish a remote desktop (RDP) connection. To do this, open the start menu via the Rangee logo in the bottom left corner and select "FreeRDP", then "vwrdpfarm.uni-koblenz.de".

The login dialog opens. Enter your Koblenz user name and the corresponding password.

Enter "uniko" as the domain and then select "OK" to establish the RDP connection.

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