Connecting to your Windows Home Directory This page includes procedures for connecting to Z (department) drives, and Windows home directories from a Mac (a Tier 3 device as far as the Windows file servers are concerned). For these steps to work, you must make sure that you are successfully connected to one [...]
Connecting to your Stash This page includes procedures for connecting to your stashes from a Mac (a Tier 3 device as far as the Windows/Stash file servers are concerned). For these steps to work, you must make sure that you are successfully connected to one of our VPNs before proceeding. [...]
Accessing Your Linux (UNIX) Home Directory on Mac OS X If you are on Wi-Fi, connected via a laptop jack connection, or offsite, make sure that you have first connected to the VPN. Step 1 - In Finder, click Go -> Connect to Server (Or hit Command + K) [...]
Configuring Two-Sided Printing If you print to MCECS printers that can print two-sided (duplex), you can choose whether or not to print two-sided at the time that you print. This assumes you're already successfully connected to one of our VPNs and and have configured your Mac to print to our printers via the [...]
Using the OIT-provided Cisco AnyConnect VPN service The Cisco AnyConnect VPN service can be used to access much of the same systems as OpenVPN. Faculty users have the option of Full Tunnel vs. Split Tunnel VPN usage. You will need to enroll in OIT's Dou Two-Step authentication system before you can use AnyConnect. [...]
Connecting to the OpenVPN from Mac MCECS provides OpenVPN as the prefered VPN solution for accessing protected MCECS resources (such as printers, and computers that support Remote Desktop or VNC. Once you are connected, your network traffic will be directed through PSU's networks and it will appear that you are connected physically to [...]
Troubleshooting Wi-Fi at PSU Wireless → Open Network Preferences → Advanced → 802.1X → User Profiles In Mac OS X, creating more than 1 User Profile for the same wireless network in this section will impair the ability of OS X to auto-join the wireless network. If there are more than one [...]
We recommend using the Gmail web interface to get the best experience with the PSU Google Mail account (user@pdx.edu) associated with your Odin ID. However, if you decide that you must use a local mail client (eg. mail.app) on your Mac, you will need to configure it connect to Google Mail with your PSU [...]
Printing to MCECS Printers using our Windows Print Server NOTE: You must be on the VPN in order to print from your MacOS machine to an MCECS printerFor more information, read our guide on using a VPN at MCECS. Quick and Easy Printing with Mobility Print Mobility Print is a fast and simple solution to [...]