ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS

NETWORK OPERATION CENTER

PATISION 76, ATHENS 104 34 - Tel. 210 8203900 - Fax. 210 8203909
e-mail: noc@aueb.gr

CONNECTION INSTRUCTIONS FOR INSTALLING AND USING THE VPN

SERVICE
Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7

To start with, download on your computer and install the following file:
http://www.aueb.gr/help/openvpn-install.exe

To do this, while pressing and holding down the Ctrl button of the keyboard, click on
the above link. Press Run and again Run (for Internet Explorer), or Open (for Opera) on
the dialogue box(s) popping up. For the Mozilla Firefox browser, you must first save the
file, and then double click on it (go to Tools → Downloads).

This starts the installation process, during which choose Next → I Agree → Next →
Install → Continue Anyway → Next → Finish.

In the same way, download on your computer and install the following file:
http://www.aueb.gr/help/openvpn-aueb-config-files.exe
Select Next → Next → Start → Next → Exit during the installation process.

To start the OpenVPN client program you just installed on your PC, do a right click →

Run as Administrator on the icon on your windows desktop (Windows

Vista and Windows 7), or just double-click on this icon (Windows XP). The little icon
appears at the bottom right corner of your screen. This tells us that the OpenVPN
client program has started, and waits for us to ask it to start a connection.

To start a VPN connection, double click on . The windows shown on figure 1

appear. In the OpenVPN–User Authentication window type your username (the
before the @ part of your email address) and password (the same you use for your
AUEB e-mail, wireless, and dial-up services). Then press OK. After a while the little
icon becomes , and the connection has started.
Figure 1

To disconnect from the VPN service, right click on the , and choose Disconnect.
Please note, that it’s recommended you disconnect from the VPN service after
finishing using the services for which you need the VPN connection (such as the
library services).