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VPN access under Google Android and ChromeOS

You can also set up a VPN access with your smartphone under Android or Chromebook. Here you will find step-by-step instructions.

VPN access with the Cisco AnyConnect Client

  • Compatibility: Google Android 4.0+ or ChromeOS 89+ (These instructions are based on Android 11 and may differ from other versions in some places).

Navigate to the Google Play Store and use the search function with the keyword “Cisco AnyConnect”.

The following app should then be suggested to you by the search. Download this app by clicking on the “Install” button.

As soon as the download of the app is complete, open it by clicking on the “Open” button.

To connect to the VPN tunnel of the University of Leipzig with the Cisco AnyConnect Client, navigate to “Connections” in the app.

Here you can add a new VPN connection.

Configure this new VPN connection as follows (description and server address) and go back in the menu.

Select Back again to return to the main menu.

Now establish a connection to the VPN tunnel by pressing the sliding button in the line “AnyConnect-VPN”.

Afterwards, authenticate yourself with your personal access data. Depending on your affiliation to the University of Leipzig, please enter your user name as follows.

  • For students of the University of Leipzig: <Uni-Login>@studserv.uni-leipzig.de (e.g. xy12abcd@studserv.uni-leipzig.de)
  • For employees of the University of Leipzig: <Uni-Login>@uni-leipzig.de (e.g. xy12abcd@uni-leipzig.de)
  • For employees of the Faculty of Medicine: <Uni-Login>@medizin.uni-leipzig.de (e.g. xy12abcd@medizin.uni-leipzig.de)

After entering the corresponding password and clicking the “Connect” button, you can now establish a connection to the VPN tunnel.

Select “Connect” to confirm the connection request.

The device then asks for authorisation, which you must confirm with “OK” in order to establish a VPN connection. Disconnect the connection by pressing the sliding button in the line “AnyConnect-VPN” in the main menu of the app again.

To connect to the VPN tunnel of the University of Leipzig with the Cisco AnyConnect Client, first open the AnyConnect App.

Activate the VPN connection configured in step 2 by clicking on the sliding button in the line “AnyConnect-VPN”.

Afterwards, select a profile and authenticate yourself with your personal access data. Depending on your affiliation to Leipzig University, the user name has to be entered as follows.

After entering the appropriate password and clicking the "Connect" button, you will now establish a connection to the VPN tunnel.