Boiler Key Recovery Codes

VPN connections

The VPN allows access to College of Agriculture resources, and can be used to access shared drives or office computers, when needing to work remotely at an off-campus location, such as when traveling or at home. A VPN is not required to access e-mail or for general web browsing.
  • If using an AgIT-managed computer:
    • Launch the Cisco AnyConnect application
    • Select the “BoilerKey. Ag – (Default) Purdue Only Traffic” option from the list
    • Click Connect
    • When prompted, enter your Purdue username
    • In the password field, type one of the below combinations
      • <4-digit PIN>,push   (Example: 1234,push)
      • <password>,push
      • <PIN>,<six-digit code> (The code from your physical token, or the DuoMobile application on your smart phone)
      • <password>,<six-digit code>
    • Click Ok
      • If using one of the “push” options, approve the authorization request from your smart phone
      • If using the six-digit code option, you should connect without further action

  • If using a personally-managed computer and you already have the Cisco AnyConnect client installed:
    • You will need the newest VPN profile to connect
    • Whether or not you’ve already downloaded the newest profile, the following steps will work to connect
      • Launch the Cisco AnyConnect client
      • Select the “BoilerKey. Ag – (Default) Purdue Only Traffic” option from the list
      • If this option doesn’t exist, verbatim, copy and paste the URL into the list window, instead
        • https://webvpn.purdue.edu/Ag-General
      • Click Connect
      • When prompted, enter your Purdue username
      • In the password field, type one of the below combinations
        • <4-digit PIN>,push   (Example: 1234,push)
        • <password>,push
        • <PIN>,<six-digit code> (The code from your physical token, or the DuoMobile application on your smart phone)
        • <password>,<six-digit code>
      • Click Ok
        • If using one of the “push” options, approve the authorization request from your smart phone
        • If using the six-digit code option, you should connect without further action
      • If you had to enter the URL into the connection field, your Cisco client will download and install the newest version of the application. This should only take a few minutes.
    • If using a personally-managed computer, and need to install the Cisco AnyConnect client:
  • What is the difference between the connection options?
    • BoilerKey. Ag – (Default) Purdue Only Traffic
      • This connection sends only Purdue-specific internet traffic over the VPN. All other traffic (to non-purdue.edu sites or non-campus resources) is sent via your standard internet service provider
    • BoilerKey. Ag – All Traffic
      • This connection sends all internet traffic through Purdue’s VPN service. This connection may be necessary for access to Purdue Library database resources. This may result in slightly slower access for non-Purdue resources
    • BoilerKey. Ag – Specialized Access
      • This connection is for high-security network access; only select if you’ve been told to use this connection option