[K12OSN] CISCO vpn client for linux

[Lewis Holcroft]

Ted! Who's Ted?

Sorry TP. It was pre coffee.

And once again I'm very exited about getting this to work.

Lewis

On Oct 7, 2004, at 8:22 AM, Lewis Holcroft wrote:

> Ted,
>
> Thank you very much. This worked like a charm.
>
> Lewis
>
> On Oct 6, 2004, at 9:14 PM, Terrell Prudé, Jr. wrote:
>
>> Lewis Holcroft wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> I'm glad to know this is in use and works.
>>>
>>> I should say I am new to this process and site I am connecting too 
>>> are all windows folks. So the learning curve is steep.
>>>
>>> I did run into a problem. I am running the vpnclient on the server 
>>> and when it does connect the LAN gets disabled. This is a problem as 
>>> all of the local desktops stop responding. Are folks using the 
>>> vpnclient on the server or on workstations on the network? Is this a 
>>> configurable option?
>>>
>>> I'm working with no documentation here. So I'm really in the dark.
>>>
>>> Lewis
>>>
>>> On Oct 5, 2004, at 7:42 PM, Terrell Prudé, Jr. wrote:
>>>
>>>> Lewis Holcroft wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>
>>>>> I have rolled out a K12LTSP 4.0 cluster of 5 servers (I could 
>>>>> upgrade but I just got this installation working and am going to 
>>>>> wait a while)  and now that we have all the equipment in we are 
>>>>> told that the client needs to use a $MS product. The vendor does 
>>>>> not offer a Linux version so....
>>>>>
>>>>> The first step is to set up a vpn link. The vendor uses CISCO 3000 
>>>>> series product and has sent along a copy of the cisco vpn client 
>>>>> version 4.6.00.0045-k9.
>>>>>
>>>>> This requires the kernel source to install. That was fun to 
>>>>> install.
>>>>>
>>>>> When I start the daemon I get messages about tainting the kernel, 
>>>>> which concerns me. Should I be concerned? I think so.
>>>>>
>>>>> Is anyone running this vpn client?
>>>>>
>>>>> If so, does it work well or have problems?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>
>>>>> Lewis
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I have been using the Cisco VPN Client since v4.0.3B, up to and 
>>>> including the 4.6 version specified above, since 4.0.3B came out.  
>>>> Works fine, though for 2.6 kernels, experience has taught me that 
>>>> you will need the 4.6 version for reliable operation.
>>>>
>>>> I have successfully done this on Red Hat Linux 9, Slackware 
>>>> GNU/Linux 9.1 and 10.0, and SuSE Linux 9.1.  "Tainted" simply means 
>>>> that a proprietary, i. e. non-GPL kernel module is getting inserted 
>>>> into the kernel.  Doesn't affect operation, but I wish Cisco would 
>>>> be less anally retentive about the GPL.
>>>>
>>>> --TP
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>>
>> In my .pcf file, there's a setting "EnableLocalLan".  Try setting 
>> that to 1 and let us know.
>>
>> --TP
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