Wireless VPN for PDA
Before you setup the Microsoft VPN client on your PDA
- You must have a valid WSU NetworkID name and password.
If you are faculty/staff, it is the ID that you would use to check your payroll online, and if you are
a student, it is the ID that you would use to register for classes.
***It is not necessarily the same as your VETMED logon ID*** - You must have a valid Active Directory Account that is enabled and unlocked. Click here to check your status.
- You must have Windows Mobile 2003; older operating systems like Windows Mobile 2002 do not have the required connectivity
Microsoft VPN (PPTP) client setup instructions for Windows Mobile 2003
- First activate your wireless card on your PDA
- On the main screenclick, in the lower right of the screen, there is a symbol of a PDA and the world. Tap it
- Select Turn Wi-Fi On
- Tap on the Start Menu
- Select Settings
- Tap the Connections tab on the bottom of the screen
- Tap the Connections icon that is now displayed
- Tap the Advanced tab at the bottom of the screen
- Tap the Exceptions button
- Tap "Add new URL"
- Type in "*.*" without the quotes, then tap OK
- Tap OK again
- Tap on Select Networks button
- Under My Work Network tap Edit...
- Select the VPN tab at the bottom of the screen
- Tap on New...
- For Name you can use whatever you want, but for clarity you may want to use WSUVPN
- For Host name/ IP: enter vpn-gateway.wsu.edu
- For VPN type: select PPTP, then tap Next
- For User name: enter your WSU NetworkID
- For Password: enter your WSU Network Password
- For Domain:* leave this blank, tap on the Advanced button
- Make sure the three check boxes Use slip, Use software compression, and Use IP header compression are all unchecked, then tap OK
- Tap Finish, followed by a series of OK's and then an X
- Now you are done configuring your PDA VPN Connection and ready to test your connection
Connecting to the Wireless VPN Network on the WSU Campus
- If you have never connected to the WSU VPN wireless network before, when you come into an area that offers it, your PDA will ask you what "wsunexus" connects to. Select The Internet. After you choose, the setting will be saved and it becomes automatic. By doing this you have connected your PDA to the network.
- Tap the Connectivity symbol at the top of the screen, usually signified by a pair of arrows
- Tap the Connect VPN link, and it will run through a few screens showing your login progress, and now you are connected and logged in
- Don't forget to disconnect your session when you are done. Just click on the Connectivity symbol at the top of the screen and tap Disconnect