Dewey Access from Home

"YES - you CAN access Dewey from home!"

I have been waiting to say that, and now it is true :-) With the implementation of NEW Dewey, this should be alot smoother and more reliable than in the past!

Connecting to Dewey from Home!!!

Using your school laptop, this is VERY easy :-) 
Just Follow the step below and you are ready to go!

1.  Click the VPN icon in the top right corner of your Finder Toolbar.  It looks like this…

2.  Choose Connect VPN
 

3.  When the VPN Connection box pops up enter your user name and password, then click ‘OK’

Once it is connected it will show in your toolbar

IMPORTANT NOTE – this is your Dewey user name and password, EXCEPT the first initial of your first name and the first initial of your last name are CAPS.  It is case sensitive.

4.  Once this is connected, you have to access Dewey by going to COMMAND+K on your keyboard and the box below will open

5.  Enter the Server address as listed above and then click Connect

6.  Enter your Dewey user name an password as usual

7.  You can then access your Dewey files as usual

NOTE – Access will be a bit slower than it is at school, so be patient!

____________Post Edit Sunday, August 19, 2012 _______________
If you are connecting from your personal Mac at home, OR your school laptop says that the VPN is not configured, follow the directions below, then start at #4 in the above directions...

1.  Go to the Apple
2. System Preferences
3. Network
4. Click the PLUS sign in the bottom left corner of the window to add a network connection
5. Enter the following in that window and then click 'Create' 
6. Fill-in the following information to create the account...
   Be sure to check the box "show VPN status in menu bar so that the next time you connect you can use the directions in the above section of this post.
   REMINDER - this is where your user name is case sensitive and includes a capital letter for your first initial of your first name and a capital letter for the first initial of your last name. ex - LProdigo
7. Click 'Connect'
8. Click 'Apply'
9. Enter your Dewey password and then click 'OK'
   

You have successfully created the VPN connection and can now skip to #for in the directions at the top of this post.  From now on, you will only have to use the directions at the top of this post.