Connection & Communication
One can use an awful lot of time to solve simple connection-problems. Many therefore avoid advanced possibilities, e.g. connect to your office-harddrive from your home-office or download expensive Journal papers at home for free like you do at the office, which is possible and legal for both students and employees by a university that offers a VPN-connection and is a way of using your office-connection (or login) from the university at home. This makes a workday at home much easier!
These guides are made for The University of Copenhagen but its propably the same in most other Universities. See all guides
VPN
As explained above you can use your uni-login from your home PC or Laptop and get all the advantages your have at your office. It is about attaching some informations to your Internet-connection. At the end it work as a on/off function attached to your Internet-connection at home or on the go.
For employees at the university this also gives the possibility to get your computer-files from your home-office (the X drive).
All you need: a login at the university, a computer and at proper Internet-connection somewhere
How to set up at VPN connection?
Wireless Internet
For Laptops, iPhones, PDA’s etc. around the university.
You need: WLAN-modem
Voipbuster
Call from you PC to a landline telephone somewhere in the world. Great for the home-office. This is the most popular Internet-telephone (much better than skype) because many countries around the world are free, others cost a few cents (Euro) per minute. Voip (voice IP) is free to download and to use (up to one hour talk), but if your put 10 euro’s on the account you can talk as long as you want (even without using the 10 euro’s). See free countries here (e.g. Denmark and USA)
You need: PC-headset or microphone and speakers
Skype
Good for PC2PC talk with video (webcam) or simple chat. Mikogo, a great skype-plugin gives your this functionality: instead of showing the webcam-picture you give the view of your monitor (screenview) for PC-help or presentations – you can still talk in the background. For real help-situations you can give the conversation-partner the control of your mouse and keyboard. This is how I solve other peoples PC-problems in without being at there PC. But mostly I just save alot of money using skype for simple contact on daily basis instead of my cell-phone.
You need: PC-headset or microphone and speakers, webcam is possible but not necessary
