Install FortiClient VPN for Windows

  1. Download FortiClient VPN for Windows.
  2. Double-click "FortiClientVPNOnlineInstaller.exe" to install.
    [FortiClient VPN Installer]
  3. After it is installed, start "FortiClient VPN".
  4. It requires you to create a new VPN connection.
    [New VPN]
  5. Input your username and password.
    [username]
  6. The status stops at 40%, and prompt a security alert:
    [Security Alert]
  7. Now your PC successfully establishes the VPN connection, and obtains a "10.100.xx.yy" private IP address.
    [Connected]
  8. ping host21 (10.100.111.1) 
    C:\Waste>ping 10.100.111.1
Pinging host21.mpi.ncnu.net [10.100.111.1] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 10.100.111.1: bytes=32 time=5ms TTL=63
Reply from 10.100.111.1: bytes=32 time=8ms TTL=63
Reply from 10.100.111.1: bytes=32 time=10ms TTL=63
Reply from 10.100.111.1: bytes=32 time=9ms TTL=63

Ping statistics for 10.100.111.1:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 5ms, Maximum = 10ms, Average = 8ms
  9. Now you can connect to host21 via SSH:
    [SSH]
  10. Congratulations! You successfully login and can start writing and running MPI code. 
    login as: ncnuuser01
ncnuuser01@host21.mpi.ncnu.net's password:
Welcome to Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS (GNU/Linux 6.8.0-53-generic x86_64)

  System load:  0.0                Processes:               218
  Usage of /:   19.5% of 29.42GB   Users logged in:         0
  Memory usage: 10%                IPv4 address for ens160: 10.100.111.1
  Swap usage:   0%

ncnuuser01@host21:~$