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title: "Is Northwestern Information Technology Remote Access -Virtual Private Network (VPN) (Network Connectivity) down? Northwestern Information Technology Remote Access -Virtual Private Network (VPN) (Network Connectivity) status"
url: "https://www.openstatus.dev/status/northwestern/remote-access-virtual-private-network-vpn-network-connectivity"
description: "Live Northwestern Information Technology Remote Access -Virtual Private Network (VPN) (Network Connectivity) status, uptime over the last 45 days and recent incidents, tracked by openstatus."
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# Is Northwestern Information Technology Remote Access -Virtual Private Network (VPN) (Network Connectivity) down?

**Answer:** No, Northwestern Information Technology Remote Access -Virtual Private Network (VPN) (Network Connectivity) is not down. All Northwestern Information Technology Remote Access -Virtual Private Network (VPN) (Network Connectivity) systems are operational.

- Status: operational
- Checked: 2026-11-07T06:30:02Z
- User reports in the last 15 minutes: 0
- Part of: [Northwestern Information Technology](/status/northwestern.md) / Infrastructure
- Official status page: https://northwesternuniversity.statuspage.io
- About: The Northwestern Public Virtual Private Network (VPN) allows users with Northwestern NetIDs to access University network resources as if they were directly connected to the Northwestern network.Virtual Private Network (VPN) establishes a "secure tunnel" for your computer on the Northwestern network. It provides strong encryption, enables authenticated access to the Northwestern network from external and untrusted environments, and proxies your network traffic so it appears to originate from within the Northwestern network.

## Last 45 days

2 of 2 tracked days without issues.

## Incidents affecting Remote Access -Virtual Private Network (VPN) (Network Connectivity)

| Started | Incident | Impact | Duration |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-09-22 | [Virtual Private Network (VPN) Service Interruption](https://stspg.io/syjzmkh9jxfb) | major | 1h 11m |

## Links

- HTML page: /status/northwestern/remote-access-virtual-private-network-vpn-network-connectivity
- Service: /status/northwestern.md