What is a Virtual Private Network (VPN)

When you establish a VPN connection via another ISP (Telenet, Belgacom, etc.) you get access to the UGent network.

A number of UGent ICT facilities can only be used from computers connected to UGentNet, eg:

Note! From another ISP, you do not need VPN for:

To establish a VPN connection, you need to install a VPN client program.