VPN

Forticlient is the BSC VPN client. This client works in Windows, Ubuntu, OpenSUSE, MacOS, iOS and Android.

The following steps assume that you have root access to the machine you are configuring the VPN access.

Download the installer for your operating system:

Windows 10 32/64bits (Method 1): Microsoft Store
Windows 10 32/64bits (Method 2): Forticlient Web
Previous versions of Windows 10 32/64bits (Windows 7 and 8): Forticlient Web
Ubuntu 32bits: forticlient-sslvpn_4.4.2333-1_i386.deb
Ubuntu 64bits: forticlient-sslvpn_4.4.2333-1_amd64.deb
OpenSUSE: forticlientsslvpn_linux_4.4.2336.tar.gz
MacOS: Forticlient Web
MacOS (Old versions): forticlient_5.6.1.723.dmg
iOS (iPhone): Direct link in AppStore
Android: Direct link in Google Play

Video Tutorials

Previous versions of Windows 10 32/64bits (Windows 7 and 8): https://youtu.be/cgze9qOKF6Q

Windows 10

Method 1

This option consist in use Forticlient from Microsoft Store. So, to put the VPN using this method, follow the next steps:

In the windows search bar, search “Microsoft Store” and open it.

Click in “Search”.

Now, search “Forticlient”.

Click in “FortiClient” application.

Now, click in “Install”.

If you don’t want make a “Sign in” to download the VPN, click in the “X” of the little window and the download will start without make a “Sign in”.

Now, we have the VPN installed.

Go in the windows search bar, search “VPN” and click in “VPN settings”.

Click in “Add a VPN connection”.

Here, put the following configuration and click in “Save”:

VPN provider: FortiClient
Connection name: BSC VPN
Server name or address: gw.bsc.es

Now, click in “Connect” to establish the connection.

Here, put your BSC user and password and click in “Ok” to establish the connection.

Now, you are connected in the BSC VPN.

Method 2 (Recommended)

This option consist in use Forticlient from the official web. So, to put the VPN using this method, follow the next steps:

Go in the Forticlient website and click in “FortiClient VPN only”.

In “Download VPN for Windows” click in “Download” and open the Forticlient installer.

Click in “Yes”.

Wait for the download.

Mark the box option and click “Next”.

Click in “Next”

Click in “Install”.

Wait for the installation to finish. This process can take between 1-30 minutes.

When the installation finish, click in “Finish”.

Open FortiClient VPN.

Mark the box option and click in “I accept”.

Now, click in “Configure VPN”.

Now, put the following configuration and click in “Save”:

Connection Name: VPN BSC
Remote Gateway: gw.bsc.es
Port: 443

Here, put your BSC user and password and click in “Connect” to establish the connection.

Now, you are connected in the BSC VPN.

Windows 7 and 8

Go in the Forticlient website and click in “FortiClient VPN only”.

In “Download VPN for Windows” click in “Download” and open the Forticlient installer.

Click in “Execute”.

Click in “Yes”.

Mark the box option and click “Next”.

Click in “Next”.

Click in “Install”.

Wait for the installation to finish. This process can take between 1-30 minutes.

When the installation finish, click in “Finish”.

Open FortiClient VPN.

Mark the box option and click in “I accept”.

Now, click in “Configure VPN”.

Now, put the following configuration and click in “Save”:

Name: BSC VPN
Remote gateway: gw.bsc.es
Port: 443

Here, put your BSC user and password and click in “Connect” to establish the connection.

Now, you are connected in the BSC VPN.

MacOS

Go in the Forticlient website and click in “FortiClient VPN only”. If you have a old version of MacOS, download the file from the wiki.

In “Download VPN for MacOS” click in “Download” and open the Forticlient installer.

Make double click in “FortiClientUpdate”.

Click in “Open”.

Now, click in “Install”.

Click in “Continue”.

Click in “Agree”.

Now, click in “Install”.

Here, put your PC password and click in “Install Software”.

Click in “Close”.

When the installation finish, open Forticlient.

Mark the box option and click in “I accept”.

Now, click in “Configure VPN”.

Now, put the following configuration and click in “Save”:

Name: VPN BSC
Remote gateway: gw.bsc.es
Port: 443

Here, put your BSC user and password and click in “Connect” to establish the connection.

When you connect the VPN for first time, it will ask for additional permissions. So click in “Open Security Preferences”.

Now, click in the padlock.

And click in “Allow” the software from “Fortinet, Inc”.

Now, you are connected in the BSC VPN.

OpenSUSE

To install the VPN in OpenSUSE we have 2 methods:

Method 1

This option consist in use Openfortivpn. It depends on your OpenSUSE version you can find the program “openfortivpn” in your OS repository. The minimum version required of openfortivpn is 1.11.

So, to put the VPN using this method, follow the next steps:

Go in the operating system finder, search “Yast” and click it.

Put the password of “root” user and click in “Continue”.

Go in “Software Management”.

In the finder, put “openfortivpn” and click in search.

Now, you see the “openfortivpn” package. Before install it, check that the version is at least 1.11.

Once you check the version, make right click in “openfortivpn” and click in install.

Now, click in “Accept”.

When the installation finish click in “Finish”.

Now, in a terminal put “su -“, make “enter”, and put the password of “root” user.

In a terminal put: openfortivpn gw.bsc.es:443 -u yourBSCusername, make “enter” and put your BSC password.

Now, you are connected in the BSC VPN.

Method 2

This option consist in use the official client, Forticlient. So, to put the VPN using this method, follow the next steps:

Go in the wiki and download the file for the OpenSUSE VPN.

Click in the downloaded file.

Here you see the downloaded file. Sometimes the system extract automatically the ”.tar.gz” file, if not, extract the file of the downloaded package.

Now, in a terminal, put “su –“, make “enter”, and put the password of “root” user.

Go in the “forticlientsslvpn” folder inside the downloaded package. In my case, I have this folder in Downloads.

In the terminal put “./fortisslvpn.sh” to execute the VPN script.

Now, has been opened the VPN program. To continue click in “Agree”.

Go in settings.

Now, click in “default” and click in the minus sign to remove the “default” connection.

Click in the box “Keep connection alive until manually stopped” and click in the plus sign to add a new connection.

Put the following configuration to create the connection and click “Create” :

Connection: BSC
Server: gw.bsc.es
Port: 443
User: BSC User
Password: BSC user password

Now, click in “BSC” and “Done”.

In the drop-down menu click in “BSC” and “Connect”.

In the certificate window click in “Continue”.

Now, you are connected in the VPN.

Common problems

If you have the VPN installed and you have network problems or problems to acces in some websites, in a terminal, put “sudo netconfig update -f” and make enter.