There was a time when Mizzou has a vibrant Linux User Group (MLUG). Those times have passed. I suppose it can be argued that with such user friendly distros and the wealth of support availble on-line, such groups are no longer necessary. Still, there may be some Mizzou specific Linux related issues that you may need a hand with. That's were this site comes it.
First, you can try to connect using smbclient. Make sure you use the username and workgroup flags. If your a student, you're workgroup will be "tigers".
smbclient \\\\bengal.missouri.edu\\jlec95 -U pawprint -W tigers
If that works, try adding the following to your /etc/fstab file.
//bengal.missouri.edu/your_pawprint /mnt/bengal_share cifs cred=/etc/credentials/babbage_share,domain=tigers 0 0
In /etc/credentials/bengal_share, place
username=pawprint
password=yourpassword
Note: You may need to recompile your kernel with cifs support.
Don't try to use CiscoVPN. It's buggy and poorly suppported. A good alternative is vpnc. Here are a couple of links that should get you going
MizzouIT has a beat on this one. I found this on the knowledge base. Add it to your /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf file.
network={
ssid='MizzouWireless'
proto=RSN
key_mgmt=WPA-EAP
pairwise=TKIP
eap=PEAP
identity='domain\pawprint'
password='your_password'
phase2='auth=MSCHAPV2'
}
It's best to test it from the command line first.