Configuration

1. On Ubuntu 19.04 desktop, select the icon "Show Applications";

   

2. Type "Settings" in the search box and select the respective option to access them.

   

3. In Ubuntu's settings, select "Network" and in the VPN connections, select the icon to add another VPN connection.

   

4. On the "Add VPN" window, select the option "Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol" (PPTP).

   

5. On the next window, "Add VPN", configure according to the following options:
   • Name: VPN FEUP PPTP, in this example;
   • Gateway: feup-vpn.up.pt, in this example - consult the Table of VPN service addresses of U.Porto^[1];
   • User name: insert your Information System user in the format up[123456789]@[institution].up.pt^[2]

   

6. Select "Advanced".
7. Select the option "Use Point-to-Point Encription" (MPPE);

   

8. Select "OK".

Connect to VPN

1. On the "Network" window, select the "Off" button in the VPN connection created to establish the connection.

   

2. In the "Authenticate VPN" window, when requested, insert your password of the Information System;

   

3. Select "Connect";
4. If the connection is established, the button will be "On" and the VPN icon will appear in the notifications area;

   

5. To establish a connection in the future, you can select the network connections icon, select the VPN connection and confirm by selecting "Connect".

Notes

1. Table of VPN service addresses of U.Porto

   Institution	Address	IP
   FADEUP	fadeup-vpn.up.pt	193.136.25.117
   FAUP	faup-vpn.up.pt	193.136.25.150
   FBAUP	fbaup-vpn.up.pt	193.136.25.99
   FCNAUP	fcnaup-vpn.up.pt	193.136.25.74
   FDUP	fdup-vpn.up.pt	193.136.52.170
   FEP	fep-vpn.up.pt	193.136.25.122
   FEUP (PPTP/L2TP)	feup-vpn.up.pt	193.136.28.199
   FEUP (SSL)	vpn.fe.up.pt	193.136.33.254
   FFUP	vpn.icbas-ff.up.pt	193.136.52.154
   FMDUP	fmdup-vpn.up.pt	193.136.25.90
   FMUP	fmup-vpn.up.pt	193.136.35.1
   FPCEUP	fpceup-vpn.up.pt	193.136.25.181
   ICBAS	vpn.icbas-ff.up.pt	193.136.52.154
   Reitoria	reit-vpn.up.pt	193.136.25.18

2. The numbers represent your student/mechanographic number and the institution represents your home institution (cdup, arq, fade, fba, fc, fcna, direito, fe, fep, ff, fmd, fpce, icbas, letras, med, reit, sas or sp).