Inst. of Photonics and Quantum Sciences Verified email at hw.ac.uk. William MacPherson Lecturer, IPaQS, Heriot-Watt Univeristy Verified email at hw.ac.uk. Duncan Hand Professor of Applied Photonics, J Mathew, KJ Thomas, VPN Nampoori, P Radhakrishnan. Sensors Transducers J 84 (10), 1633-1640, 2007. 32: 2007: Photonic crystal fiber

5. Logon to the VPN using your University Exchange (ie: Vision) username and password (see picture below). 6. You've now reached the HW Connector Portal page. JavaScript is required Students: Students: User ID: HWU Person ID (found on any recent correspondence from the University) User ID: Your HW Username, or Person ID (found on your student card) Essential maintenance – VPN and Single Sign On Systems – Saturday 22 nd February. To enhance stability and performance, essential maintenance will be taking place on our VPN and Single Sign On systems on Saturday 22 nd February. If you require any help or further information, please email ISHelp@hw.ac.uk or servicedesk@hw.ac.uk and follow our social media channels Facebook Twitter We apologies for any inconvenience and thank you for your co-operation. Connectivity – view connectivity information such as internet access, WiFi, VPN and telephony. Using the online self-service Helpdesk is the quickest way to contact Information Services. We’re also available by telephone on 4045 and by email ISHelp@hw.ac.uk To enhance stability and performance, essential maintenance will be taking place on our VPN and Single Sign On systems on Saturday 22 nd February. VPN access and log in to the Portal, Office365 and Dropbox services will be “at risk” on this day although we will endeavour to keep any service disruption to a minimum.

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Start a Remote Desktop session 1. Double click the icon on the desktop 2. Enter your password at the Windows Security dialog box 3. Click OK Exit a Remote Desktop session 1. Click Start 2. Click the arrow next to Shut Down options 3. Click Disconnect Remember to disconnect from the VPN once you are finished (see VPN User Guide: Own Device

The technical meaning is a hardware or software set-up that translates between two dissimilar protocols, for example a router is a gateway that translates/bridges between its internal network, and the Internet.

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