Teacher+Laptops

Picking Up Your CFF Teacher Laptop
(Click the link above to learn HOW TO MAKE A SHORTCUT TO YOUR H- OR G-DRIVE on your desktop)


 * YOU MUST HAVE HIGH SPEED INTERNET ACCESS TO DO THE FOLLOWING**

I Want to Be Able to Use My CFF Laptop at Home and Connect to the North Penn Network (using VPN)
Click [|here] to learn a little about what VPN is. You really do not need to know what it is if you want to use it, but it may satisfy your curiousity. 1. This will give you access to H-Drive and G-Drive. 2. You can access email using Microsoft Outlook or by going to [|http://mail.npenn.org]

I Want to Be Able to Use My Laptop at Home WITHOUT Connecting to the North Penn Network (no VPN)
1. This will give you internet access like you have at home. 2. You will **NOT** have access to H-Drive or G-Drive 3. You can only access files that are on your laptop or on a [|Flash Drive]. 4. You can only access your North Penn Email via the internet at [|http://mail.npenn.org]

Instructions for Remapping your G-Drive and H-Drive once you have connected to school using VPN
During the summer of 2008, the tech department changed the location of where your G-Drive and H-drive are located within our network. If your VPN in from outside of school (which is still possible), your computer will not know where these drives are. **WHILE SUCCESSFULLY LOGGED INTO SCHOOL USING VPN**, do the the following procedure. Once you are VPN'd into school you can pick up the instructions from Step 3 on page 4.



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Laptop Issues
This links to a page that describes solutions for some of the common little problems and quirks that we have experienced with the CFF laptops that you may be able to resolve yourself. Also, you can always email _hstech@npenn.org if you need resolution.