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Cisco VPN - Connecting on Linux

Last Updated: 02/17/2011
This tutorial applies to the following operating system(s):
LINUX

Overview

The Cisco VPN connection procedure with Linux depends upon whether you are connecting from on-campus or off-campus.  See below.

1. For on-campus connections:

>vpnclient connect oncampus
Cisco Systems VPN Client Version 4.6.02 (0030)
Copyright (C) 1998-2004 Cisco Systems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Client Type(s): Linux
Running on: Linux 2.6.9-11.ELsmp #1 SMP Fri May 20 18:26:27 EDT 2005 i686
Config file directory: /etc/opt/cisco-vpnclient

Initializing the VPN connection.
Contacting the gateway at 192.168.66.4
Contacting the gateway at 192.168.66.5 (balancing)
User Authentication for oncampus...

Enter Username and Password.

Username []: buffalor (enter your identikey username)
Password []: (enter your identikey password)
Authenticating user.
Negotiating security policies.
Securing communication channel.

Your VPN connection is secure.

VPN tunnel information.
Client address: 128.138.102.15 (actual address may vary)
Server address: 192.168.66.5 (actual address may vary)
Encryption: 168-bit 3-DES
Authentication: HMAC-MD5
IP Compression: None
NAT passthrough is active on port UDP 10000
Local LAN Access is disabled

 

2. For off-campus connections:

>vpnclient connect cuboulder

Cisco Systems VPN Client Version 4.6.02 (0030)
Copyright (C) 1998-2004 Cisco Systems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Client Type(s): Linux
Running on: Linux 2.6.9-11.ELsmp #1 SMP Fri May 20 18:26:27 EDT 2005 i686
Config file directory: /etc/opt/cisco-vpnclient

Initializing the VPN connection.
Contacting the gateway at 192.168.66.4
Contacting the gateway at 192.168.66.5 (balancing)
User Authentication for oncampus...

Enter Username and Password.

Username []: buffalor (enter your identikey username)
Password []: (enter your identikey password)
Authenticating user.
Negotiating security policies.
Securing communication channel.

Your VPN connection is secure.

VPN tunnel information.
Client address: 128.138.102.15 (actual address may vary)
Server address: 192.168.66.5 (actual address may vary)
Encryption: 168-bit 3-DES
Authentication: HMAC-MD5
IP Compression: None
NAT passthrough is active on port UDP 10000
Local LAN Access is disabled

 

3. To disconnect, press Ctrl+c in the shell that you started the client from.