Remote Access Service

Lamar University provides secure remote access via Virtual Private Network (VPN) for faculty, staff and students.  Once connected, information is securely transmitted over the Internet and into the campus network.

LEA 2-Step will be required for remote access for all users.  You can register by visiting LEA 2-Step.

VPN provides access to the following campus resources:

  • Campus file-shares
  • Campus printers
  • Remote access to PCs
  • Internal Applications such as Banner, syllabi portal, Argos, etc.
  • Departmental SSH Servers

 

The following platforms are supported with instructions and clients for each and VPN settings for LU appear below.

Supported Computing Platforms

Operating System Setup Guide Click below to download installer:

32 bit and 64 bit Windows 7 and higher

LU Windows VPN Setup Guide

32 bit

64 bit

Mac OS X 10.8 and higher

LU OSX VPN Setup Guide OSX

Stable Releases of CentOS and Ubuntu Linux 

LU Linux Setup Guide Linux Installer

IOS 9.0.0 and higher

LU IOS VPN Setup Guide Client download at Apple App Store

Android 4.1 and higher

LU Android VPN Setup Guide Client download at Google Play Store


VPN Settings for LU

Server Address Port Campus

luatsanmarcos.lamar.edu

10443 Disaster recovery operation/San Marcos campus
luvpn.lamar.edu 10443 Main Campus/Beaumont campus

Logon Information

Username Password

Your LEA Username (without "@LEA")

Your LEA Password