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OpenVPN Computer Setup – Windows The following procedure will walk you through setting up the OpenVPN client on your Windows computer, and connect you to the VPN. 1) In a web browser, go to https://openvpn.risebroadband.com:10443/ 2) Log in with your AD username and password (same as your windows login if you are on the domain, or your sugar or fastsearch username and password). You must change the “connect” dropdown to “login” before clicking on the “Go” button.

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OpenVPN  Computer  Setup  –  Windows    The  following  procedure  will  walk  you  through  setting  up  the  OpenVPN  client  on  your  Windows  computer,  and  connect  you  to  the  VPN.    

1)   In  a  web  browser,  go  to  https://openvpn.risebroadband.com:10443/    

   

2)   Log  in  with  your  AD  username  and  password  (same  as  your  windows  login  if  you  are  on  the  domain,  or  your  sugar  or  fastsearch  username  and  password).  You  must  change  the  “connect”  drop-­‐down  to  “login”  before  clicking  on  the  “Go”  button.  

 

 

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 3)   Click  on  the  “OpenVPN  Connect  For  Windows”  link  to  download  the  client.  

 

     

4)   Save  the  file  to  your  downloads  directory.    

 

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 5)   Click  on  the  “Yourself  (user-­‐locked  profile)”  link  to  download  your  profile.  

 

   

6)   Save  the  file  to  your  downloads  directory.    

 

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7)   In  your  “downloads”  directory,  you  should  have  the  client  and  profile  files.    You  will  want  to  double-­‐click  on  the  “openvpn-­‐connect”  client  install  file.    

   

8)   Windows  will  ask  you  if  you  want  to  run  the  file.    Click  on  the  “Run”  button    

   

9)   User  account  control  will  as  for  verification  that  it  is  OK  to  run  the  file.    Click  on  the  “Yes”  button.    

 

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10)  After  the  program  installs,  find  the  “OpenVPN  Connect”  client,  likely  on  your  desktop  or  in  the  “Program  Files”  menu.    Double  click  to  execute  the  VPN  client.  

 

   

11)  In  the  task  bar,  find  the  OpenVPN  Client  icon.    This  will  likely  be  in  your  hidden  icons,  and  you  will  need  to  click  on  the  “up  arrow”  icon  to  see  the  hidden  icons.    

       

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12)  Click  on  the  OpenVPN  Client  icon,  and  then  the  “Import”  menu,  and  finally  the  “From  local  file”  menu  item.    

   

13)  Select  the  “client.ovpn”  file  from  your  “Downloads”  directory,  and  then  “Open”  button.    

   

14)  You  will  see  a  message  pop  up  from  the  bottom  of  the  screen  letting  you  know  the  profile  has  been  loaded.    

     

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Connecting  to  OpenVPN      

15)  Click  on  the  “OpenVPN  Client”  icon  again,  and  this  time  go  to  the  profile  name  (openvpn.risebroadband.con)  menu,  and  select  the  “Connect  as”  menu  option.  

 

   

16)  You  may  receive  a  warning  about  using  the  unverified  profile.    This  should  only  happen  once.    You  will  want  to  click  on  the  “Yes”  button  to  accept.  

 

   

17)  Make  sure  your  AD  username  and  password  is  entered  into  the  correct  fields,  and  click  on  the  “Connect”  button.    

   

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18)  After  a  brief  period,  where  the  VPN  connects,  your  icon  will  have  a  green  check  mark  on  it.    This  indicates  that  you  are  connected  to  the  OpenVPN  server,  and  routing  traffic  through  the  VPN.  

   

     

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Optional  Settings  –  Icon  visibility    

1)   In  the  task  bar,  find  the  OpenVPN  Client  icon.    This  will  likely  be  in  your  hidden  icons,  and  you  will  need  to  click  on  the  “up  arrow”  icon  to  see  the  hidden  icons.    Click  on  the  “Customize…”  option  in  the  window.  

 

   

2)   Find  the  “opvntray.exe”  icon  setting,  and  change  the  behavior  to  “Show  icon  and  notification”.    This  will  make  the  icon  visible  in  the  system  tray  all  the  time,  and  may  make  it  easier  to  connect  to  the  VPN.