Information Technology

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 Access

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 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 Apple App Store

Android 4.1 and higher

 LU Android VPN Setup Guide 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

Login Information

Username

Your LEA Username (without "@LEA")

Password

Your LEA Password