awc.rand.orgAnywhereConnect Access to RAND

Now that RAND has converted to 2FA, this portal will be retired in favor of the new SecureAWC Portal . All staff should have received their 2FA authenticators and been converted to the new portal. If you have not been converted to 2FA, please contact the IS Service Desk at x6000. Connecting (directly below) Quick-Reference Instructions Working from an Institutional Partner's Computer For assistance or questions, call x6000 (U.S.) or x700 (Europe). PLEASE NOTE: AnywhereConnect will be unavailable while a major hardware and software upgrade is performed. As an alternative, please use Cisco AnyConnect to tunnel into RAND if you are connecting from a RAND-owned computer. -- From a Public Computer (Windows kiosk): Option Click to Connect Remarks Email and network drops Santa Monica Washington or Pittsburgh Always try this one first. Works best with a high-speed connection. Email with no attachments Santa Monica Washington or Pittsburgh Basic email--maximum speed and compatibility with public kiosks or dialup connection. Caution: Do not access sensitive information (e.g., read an email attachment containing HSP data) on a non-RAND computer because the file may remain in the computer's cache. From a Home, Partner Institution, or RAND Computer: Computer Click to Connect Windows Santa Monica Washington or Pittsburgh Macintosh Santa Monica Washington or Pittsburgh Caution: Do not access sensitive information (e.g., read an email attachment containing HSP data) on a non-RAND computer because the file may remain in the computer's cache. Quick-Reference Instruction s Click one of the links above. In the Welcome window: Type your RAND loginname. Type your PIN and 6-digit SecurID code (no spaces). Click Sign In. If prompted, click Public System... or Home...only. On the main Bookmarks page, click the bookmark (link) for the desired resource. If prompted again for your username and password: Do the following only on a home computer , not on a public computer. Type rand\ loginname Type your network password and check "Remember my password." Click Continue. To log out: Click Sign Out (upper right) or the door icon. Close browser. Working from an Institutional Partner's Computer If you are denied access to AnywhereConnect when using a UCLA or other partner institution computer, the configuration settings may need to be changed, if the partner institution's security policies permit. Please ask the institution's IT staff to make the following changes to the Windows computer you are using for AnywhereConnect: Add your local username to the power users group on the local system Set Internet Explorer Internet security settings to medium or lower Set Internet Explorer Internet security settings to allow ActiveX Set Internet Explorer trusted Internet sites to trust smconnect.rand.org and pghconnect.rand.org Set Internet Explorer to allow user to install server certificates Call extension 6000 for assistance if the partner institution is unwilling to comply with these requests. 12/28/11 JM...