View source for VPN access to DIDE

== Accessing DIDE from outside the internal wired network ==

You will need to be on the Pulse Secure VPN, regardless of where you are. This includes sitting in DIDE on the Imperial-WPA wi-fi, or being on a wired connection within the building on a non-DIDE PC.

Connect to the Pulse Secure VPN using your Imperial credentials, not your DIDE ones.

== Connecting to DIDE resources once you are on the VPN ===

Now that you're on the VPN, you may access DIDE resources directly just as if you were on the wired DIDE network. Note two gotchas which catch everyone out:
* You must log in to DIDE resources using your DIDE account in the format <code>DIDE\username</code>, e.g. <code>DIDE\jbloggs8</code>. By default you will be logging in as the user on your laptop or wherever.
* You must append <code>.dide.ic.ac.uk</code> to the name of the resource which you're trying to access. For example, if you normally access a shared folder called <code>\\fileserver\folder1</code> on the wired DIDE network then to access it remotely you would go to <code>\\fileserver.dide.ic.ac.uk\folder1</code> over the VPN.