On some systems there is this problem with Cisco VPN service: cvpnd.exe must be excuted before you run the ipsecdialer.exe ( the GUI for the client ). But even if you start the service per hand in service.msc, it got killed in a few seconds after thus you can not run the client.
To work around [...]
UPDATE: A new client for linux (4.8.02.0030) is out. You no longer need the patch for 2.6.24+ kernel on 32 bit systems. However a patch for 64 bit systems is still required. Please click on the link right below to see the howto for 64bit.
UPDATE: 64 bit systems are a bit more complicated, please see [...]
Errm … with a patch. Cisco hasn’t released a new version for Linux yet.
Quick guide: ( I assume you knew all the requirements to install the Cisco client )
Go to the extracted vpn directory
wget http://tuxx-home.at/projects/cisco-vpnclient/cisco_skbuff_offset.patch
patch < cisco_skbuff_offset.patch
sudo ./vpn_install
That’s it.
The error: “Secure VPN connection terminated locally by the Client. Reason 412. The remote peer is no longer responding” means that the software VPN Client detected that the VPN server is not responding anymore and deleted the connection. This is caused by several different issues, for example:
The user is behind a firewall that is blocking [...]
Everyone has dealed with Cisco VPN Client on Vista probably knows the notorious Error 442 - Failed to enable virtual adapter. AFAIK this is a bug from Cisco that stays unfixed for at least 5 months (from the version 5.0.00.0340 released on May 2007 uptill now). Whether it is Cisco or Microsoft to point the [...]
