Overview of WebVPN
When you are off campus, some of Illinois State University's electronic services are unavailable to you unless you establish a VPN connection.
Before You Begin
WebVPN is a web-based VPN client that uses your web browser, like Internet Explorer or Firefox.
Connecting with WebVPN
To access restricted electronic services when you are off campus, you must establish a VPN connection. Follow these instructions to connect using WebVPN.
- Go to https://webvpn.ilstu.edu and log in with your ULID and password.
- You will see the following message. Click Allow to continue.
"A script from "Juniper Networks, Inc" is requesting enhanced abilities that are UNSAFE and could be used to compromise your machine or data:
Run or install software on your machine
Allow these abilities only if you trust this source to be free of viruses or malicious programs." - The WebVPN Welcome page will load. Each of WebVPN's features is described below.
More Information
For more information on using WebVPN, refer to the following:
- 1322: Connecting with the Network Connect WebVPN client
- 1313: How to access Datastore and other network shares through the WebVPN website
- 1315: How to use remote desktop connections in WebVPN
- 1276: Overview of VPN
- 1425: How to work around WebVPN login problems in Firefox
- 1381: Configuring Thunderbird with MailVPN settings
- 1321: Configuring Mail in Mac OS X 10.3 and 10.4 with MailVPN settings
- 1454: Configuring Mail in Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6 with MailVPN settings
- 1409: Configuring Windows Mail with MailVPN settings
- 1421: Configuring iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad with MailVPN settings
- 1460: Configuring Blackberry with MailVPN settings
- 1524: Configuring Palm Pre with MailVPN settings
- 1528: Configuring MyTouch with MailVPN settings
- 1443: Configuring Windows Mobile 6 with MailVPN settings
- 1571: How to launch Network Connect in Windows without visiting the WebVPN website
- 1570: How to launch Network Connect in Mac OS X without visiting the WebVPN website