Cisco VPN Client Needed For Work, will it work with Snow Leopard

You won't need the .pcf file if you just reinstall the Client. These settings are stored separate from the application, and they are not deleted or destroyed if you just reinstall the client.

Can you (JTaylorEngineer) or someone else tell me where to look on my Mac for the .pcf files. My Cisco VPN works fine after a reinstall of the client, but I'd really like to try out the SL version. I see that the preference pane as an "import configuration" option, but I can't find it. Thanks!

Thank you very much - this worked and was easy to do!

Much appreciated and no more Cisco VPN Client...

The profiles are located under /etc/CiscoSystemsVPNClient/Profiles

gypsydave, thanks for the reply.

This is exactly what I did from the first point the "Cisco" type VPN showed up in the betas of Chilly Kitty. No joy then, no joy now. Have been trying this in the iPhone pretty regularly too which has had the "Cisco" type VPN choice for some time. Again no joy in Mudville.

The Cisco VPNClient was actually causing KP's in Chilly Kitty pretty consistently up until the final release. Still not convinced the Cisco VPNClient software will not tank 10.6 but will find out this weekend.

My effort is to remove any foreign kext (kernel extension, potential system killer) that I can and right now.. The Cisco software has always been a source of problems and if I could kick that to the door, joy would commence!

But for the topic thread, I am tool running Cisco VPNClient 4.9.0180 (crazy version numbers) and it is working fairly well, even across an iPhone tethered to my Mac using bluetooth. 😉

Thanks very much for the tip on decrypting the pcf file!!! I managed to get the Apple VPN to work on my campus and will hopefully not need Cisco anymore. Thanks again for all the advice on this forum.

To KAdamsInCo:
Thanks so much! I was worried that it wouldn't work at my institution, but the built-in client works like a charm!

I was in a bind and needed to get some work done, so thanks again.

Tim

I just wanted to chime in on something. For the past two days, I've been dealing with this problem, where my VPN client would come back with that Error 51. I tried downloading the newest Cisco VPN client, spent an afternoon trying to get Snow Leopard's built in VPN client to work (no luck), and tried three other VPN programs, all of which failed to connect. Then, it occurred to me; I have my Mac forced into booting the 64-bit kernel and extensions. I restarted, let it boot into 32-bit kernel and extensions, and viola, VPN client running as good as ever. Seems like a silly thing to mention, especially since most people probably haven't tweaked their Macs into booting 64-bit, but I know there are some geeks out there like me that want it to run at its complete optimum, and thus could cause the problem.

THANK YOU! This worked for me, too.

If I have a regular connection and one designated as a split connection, but they both have the same IP address, how would I do this? Is there something in the shared secret that would make this happen? Is the mac client doing a split connection by default?

Curious if anyone knows.

KAdamsInCo: thank you so much! I hate the Cisco client and with your tip, I was able to drop it like a hot potato. Thank you thank you thank you!!!

BTW, I didn't see a 'pcf file value' in my .pcf file and it still works great with the Apple SL VPN client. So those of you who don't see it -- don't worry, it will probably still work.

K - i found this very, very helpful.
Thank you, very much.

Jeremy

Thanks for your help. This wrks very well.

W.