The intention of this is to provide general technical information and answers to frequently asked questions about use of the HLA computer resources.

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File Storage

Printing

Off campus Connections - Using Ag vpn

 

File Storage

Students have access to shared folders (LA_students, Hort_Students) on the hlafileserver. These are open shared folders and you may create and delete folders within.

Warning these are shared folders that others have access to, Do Not expect anything saved here to be sacred. If you require more security consult the IT Dept.

Students start the year with a 400 mb quota on the file server, more can be requested with legitimate reasons. The quota is per user. It is not dependent on where you put the files. If you save a file it goes against your quota. It is up to you to remember where you saved your files.

Access to the HLA file server

Start > Run > \\hlafileserv.hort.purdue.edu
At the authentication pop up box enter >
[ hort_domain\”your career account user name”] for the User name
[Your career account password] for the Password

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PRINTING

Lab Computers should have these printers installed for all user accounts. However if for some reason you can’t see any printers you can use the following method to install them.

If you are using a wireless connection/laptop you can install these printers

Access the print server > double click on the printer share icon
It should take a few seconds to install the drivers, when finished the printer should appear in your printer lists.

Lab Printers
8000 (81/2”x 11”, 11 x17) black/white
2800 (81/2”x 11”, 11 x17) color inkjet
1055 (GL and Postscript) 36” Max width Large Format Color
Bright White Inkjet Paper

To print to the lab printers you may need to log in to the print server to authenticate.

Access to the print server

Start > Run > \\printserv.hort.purdue.edu
At the authentication pop up box enter >
[ hort_domain\”your career account user name”] for the User name
[Your career account password] for the Password

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Ag VPN

To connect to the servers from off campus you will need to create a Virtual Private Network to get through the Hort firewall.

To create a VPN connection

Click Here ForWindows Instructions PDF
Click Here For Mac Instructions PDF