Maverick
Maybe my question is very stupid but here is my problem.
My University offers an OpenVPN-Access to the University Network so that we have access to databases, books etc.
They also force you to use a proxy for all www traffic (proxy.university.com)
With my Laptop OpenVPN Access is no problem but my iPAD is much more comfortable to carry around.
Unfortunately OpenVPN for iOS is buggy. I managed after editing lots of stuff to establish a connection to the University Network but only internal pages like intranet.university.com work. I can't access journals and databases because my iPAD/iOS has a problem with the proxy. Somehow it is not using the proxy, even when you enter it manually. Many guys from my university tried to find a solution but no luck.
With Android it works perfect but with iOS ... no way ...
So my idea is: I install an OpenVPN-Client on an EC2 Instance, connect it to the University. So one instance is connected and I have to somehow make sure that the www can be accessed.
That I install a PPTPD server who takes the incoming traffic and forward it to my iPAD.
So I would have a personal solution for my iOS devices.
Is this possible with one instance? Is there are a smarter way to do it?
Am I even asking in the right forum?
Would some real pro may find the time to contact a technical stupid Med School Student to help him accessing his Journals with his iPAD via Skype or any other common messenger?
Talking to the IT guys of our University wont help. They simply say iOS is not supported. I would love to visit their office, present them my iPAD and a working connection.
I would be very grateful and happy if someone would point me in the right direction here.
Med School is time consuming so any help would be extremely appreciated.
Thanks for reading.
Ablaze
Maverick, have you had any luck with this yet? I have the exact same issue, with the same university. 😉
