I just don't know where to put these in the properties of the VPN connection using Windows' built-in client. The issue I'm having Frennzy, is that I can't find all the same fields in Microsoft's VPN client that match what I put into An圜onnect.įor An圜onnect, I'm supposed to put in and that's it.īut for the built-in OS X clients, I have to put in: Haven't tried making the computer going to sleep yet as I have work to do.
So I uninstalled Cisco An圜onnect and hey, sleep works again! But I just couldn't figure out how to translate the instructions to connect to VPN into the relevant places in Windows' built-in VPN. Yeah, I didn't get it at first either when I was told I could do this, but hey, it works. I suppose this works because the ISP has a deal with the university to allow students to connect and use the quota on their university accounts. I can either A)open the browser to complete the connection by logging into an account with the ISP or B)At this point, ignore the browser window that pops-up and connect to the university's VPN.
Right now, how it works is that I connect to the network. Any chance I can get this working with Windows' built-in VPN client or must I suffer Cisco's shitty thing? I think the VPN type is called Cisco IPsec. Put that in, but then the it just forever thinks, never connecting. So far I've done new VPN connection>input vpn server URL>Connect, at which point I'm asked for username and password. The providers have instructions to use Apple's built-in client for OS X and iOS, but I can't find equivalent options to set up in the built-in Windows one. So I want to say fuck the whole badly named client and just use the built-in VPN stuff in Windows 8.
It now BSODs when attempting to go sleep, I can't switch from Ethernet to WiFi without a "VPN driver error" making me restart my computer, but now my computer won't properly restart, making me force shut down.
Unfortunately, this stupid thing is wreaking havoc on my system. On Windows, they only seem to give instructions on how to use the Cisco An圜onnect Secure Mobility Client (yikes).
If you are big then you already have at least two internal DNS servers (your domain controllers for example), but if you are small single server shop then just enter some fake IP address for secondary DNS in client configuration as quick workaround until you upgrade all the clients.I have to use a VPN to get Internet right now. They claim that this issue shows its ugly face when only one DNS server is configured to be pushed on the client. Another workaround according to Cisco is to use more than one DNS server in the tunnel group (or client configuration group). or newer don't have this problem, so I advised my customers to upgrade their Cisco VPN Clients. This required an emergency testing in my mighty lab :) - my laptop with VM Ware and Windows 7 32-bit virtual machine:)įinally I resolved the case: it's a bug in the VPN client (I found it on Cisco Bug Toolkit under CSCsq34291 name).
As I wrote above it wasn't about just one case but several. So, actually you can connect to your intranet servers using IP addresses, but not with DNS names.
It contains no trial period limits, nag screens or unrelated software bundles. The Standard version provides a robust feature set that allows the user to connect to a wide range of open source and commercial gateways. 64-bit version of Win 7/Vista and WinXP are fine.Ī little deeper investigation isolated the problem: I noticed that vpn client upon successful connection with the Cisco router or ASA firewall doesn't receive DNS servers specified in tunnel group (ASA) or client configuration group (IOS). The Shrew Soft VPN Client for Windows is available in two different editions, Standard and Professional. These days I'm receiving support calls from our customers which say that they are unable to connect to the intranet resources with Cisco VPN Client.Ī little investigation brought me to discovery that it's only about Cisco IPSec VPN Clients installed on Windows 7 32-bit.