How To Use VPN

There are two VPNs in use at ECE, the UBC VPN and the ECE VPN.

UBC VPN:

The UBC VPN provides access from off-campus to University license servers, as well as ssh.ece.ubc.ca, ssh-linux.ece.ubc.ca, ssh-ubuntu.ece.ubc.ca, and ssh-soc.ece.ubc.ca. This is the only VPN access required for completion of undergraduate course assignments, and all undergraduates have been provided with access to it. For further information and support please see https://it.ubc.ca/services/email-voice-internet/myvpn.

Please note that UBC VPN login now requires Multi Factor Authentication ("MFA").

https://it.ubc.ca/services/accounts-passwords/multi-factor-authentication-mfa

ECE VPN:

Access to ECE resources such as workstations, printers, and network shares is limited to ECE subnets, the ECE VPN, and the "ubcprivate" wifi network. All other access is blocked by the ECE firewall.

For access to the ECE VPN and ubcprivate, contact it@ece.ubc.ca. In your request, please specify your CWL username and your affiliation with ECE.

Connecting to the ECE VPN

To obtain the Cisco Secure VPN client please see https://it.ubc.ca/services/email-voice-internet/myvpn.

If you have been granted access to the ECE VPN, append .ece to your CWL login. For example, if your CWL login is spock, log on as spock.ece. (Without the .ece suffix, you would be placed on the UBC VPN, outside the ECE firewall.)

Please note that ECE VPN login now requires Multi Factor Authentication ("MFA").

https://it.ubc.ca/services/accounts-passwords/multi-factor-authentication-mfa

Connecting to the ubcprivate wifi network

If you have been granted access to ubcprivate, append .ece to your CWL login. For example, if your CWL login is spock, log on as spock.ece.