Colorado State University

This post is marked as Deprecated and therefore contains outdated information.

No, I’m not pitching some “Google pays me $1,425 a week” foolishness.  I am talking about how you can connect to your work computer from home if you find yourself sick, or if one of the campus’ emergency plans are implemented due to pandemic, weather, or whatever else you can think of.

I have created some instructions on how a user can continue to work from home by setting up Remote Desktop on their office computer.  Remote Desktop will allow your computer at home to look and feel exactly like the computer you are connecting to (Your office computer in this case).  This includes having access to all the resources (Pangea etc.) that you had on your work machine.  There are a few requirements of course:

• – Power.  You cannot work from home if the power is out.
• – You have a Cable or DSL Internet connection at home.  Dial up will not provide adequate bandwidth for this to be useful.
• – Your office computer is running Microsoft Windows XP or newer.
• – Your office computer is left ‘On’ when you are not in the office and that it does not go into ‘Standby’ or ‘Hibernation’ after a specific amount of time.

The important action item for these directions is that we get this taken care of BEFORE you are forced to remain home.  It is important that these steps are also tested ahead of time to make sure everything is set up properly.

These directions take advantage of the Juniper SSL Gateway that ACNS implemented a few years ago.  The remaining bit of this post will point to the FAQ I composed a while back for this topic.

Please take a look at these directions and give them a try ahead of time.  Biology affiliates can feel free to contact me about any trouble you have in setting this up.  I can usually help with the setup of your office computer if the need arises.  If you are not a Biology affiliate, please contact your local IT personnel for assistance.

https://cnsit.colostate.edu/kb/how-can-i-work-from-home