Firewall and VPN Connection
VPN Connection
VAMK has many web pages and services, which work only in VAMK network (ex.classrooms). You can use these services also at home or in eduroam network, if you have VPN service installed on your computer. You have to have a valid VAMK userid to use VPN service.
Installation instructions are same for both students and staff. Students use https://studentvpn.puv.fi to download VPN application. These instructions use student VPN service as a example. Staff use a https://staffvpn.puv.fi to download VPN application.
You can install VPN application on your computer and VPN connection is established only when necessary. VPN application itself has no effect into other network connections.
Please DO NOTuse VPN connection to ordinary network use (ex. web surfing), because it doesn not speed up, but slows down youe network speed. It laso generates unnecessary traffic to VPN server. Use VPN only to these services, which impossible to use without it. (ex. library databases).
Installation instructions
Windows 7/Vista
Linux
Log in to download page. Follow instructions on that page.
Mac OSX
Log in to download page. Follow instructions on that page.