Juniper networks VPN

Hi just upgraded to 10.6, looks really great, but cant find away to install Junper networks VPN, anyone got this working?
Thanks
Steve

Macbook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6)

Posted on Aug 28, 2009 5:14 AM

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Sep 5, 2009 11:03 AM in response to joebella

Hi Joebella
Well I am trying to login via safari into the secure application manager, and this runs via juniper. every time I log in it starts then gets stuck and says " could not launch. Please restart the web browser and try again." This of course is since I uprgraded to SL. I tried the steps the guys suggested in this Discussion Round, but I got stuck there as well. I alos downloaded the pkg. from a site suggested above which don't work either.
Through the terminal the files can not be detected...
Thanks for any help
Mike

Sep 5, 2009 1:48 PM in response to mikerei

The steps I followed for a clean install of Network Connect and the many threads from here to Juniper.

1st make sure if you have a host checker script running, that you turn that off first, if you are not sure what its called (might different name based on your company) you may need to get with your company. also note that it could be setup to autostart.
2nd make all of the Network Connect application is off
3rd. make sure you Quit Safari
4th. you could also do a backup of your computer, I had done one before i upgraded to Snow Leopard
you could just reboot to do the above steps, but you will still need to confirm the hostchecker is not autostarting, but you could do a reboot after removing all files/folders listed below.

Assumptions i am making: You know how to use the Terminal application, know some basic UNIX, and familiar with sudo.

Now lets do the clean up from the Terminal app, using the sudo command. *be very careful that only remove the following and not at a higher level.
Remove the following Host Checker and Network Connect files/folders
Note: the single quotes between folders with spaces, they are required, otherwise you will get an error.
Note: the first time you use the sudo command you will be prompted for a password, this will be any account with admin privileges.

sudo -l
sudo rm '~/Library/Application Support/Juniper Networks'
sudo rm '~/Library/Logs/Juniper Networks'
sudo rm '/Applications/Network Connect.app'
sudo rm /usr/local/juniper

Once you have removed the above, recommend that you reboot

Now search on google for NetworkConnect.dmg, you must have the standalone installer which is provided by a DMG file. Current location as of this posting was found at http://www.tcnj.edu/~nts/downloads/NetworkConnect/. it will install an older version that will be upgraded by your company's SSLVPN web login.

Once you have download the NetworkConnect.dmg file, it installs just like any other Mac OS X application. Follow the onscreen steps. After the install then from the Terminal app type the following after confirming the version you currently have under /usr/local/juniper/nc
sudo chmod 755 /usr/local/juniper/nc/{version number]
sudo mkdir '/Applications/Network Connect.app/Contents/Frameworks'

access your SSLVPN site, login… it should then upgrade you /usr/local/juniper/nc with a newer version than the one installed by the .dmg. it should have also transferred the chmod permissions you did above, it not then redo that step only. of course confirm the new version number ( this is only if your still getting the same browser warning)
sudo chmod 755 /usr/local/juniper/nc/{version number]

hope this works for you and others

Sep 10, 2009 10:11 PM in response to wislon

Although I had upgraded to Snow Leopard with Network Connect already installed and working in 10.5, I somehow managed to botch the changes recommended in this and other threads. I tried EVERYTHING described her (and more), but nothing seemed to work. Finally, I reinstalled my back-up of 10.5.x, then reinstalled 10.6. I had found out that the correct version of NC for me was 6.1.0 and I reapplied the two sudo commands right after installing 10.6, using the correct version number for NC and, voilá, it now works.

Apparently, something, somewhere got corrupted and no matter what I did, I had to go back to 10.5 before I was able to make this solution work. I hope this helps those who have not yet been successful with this fix.

Sep 15, 2009 5:25 PM in response to wislon

I went through the steps listed by jimmydot and got Network Connect to open from the SSL site, however I get the following message when it tries to establish secure session:

+Network Connect cannot establish a secure session. Network connect cannot start the tunneling service. See the Log Viewer for more information.+

Below is what the log viewer looks like:

2009-09-15 19:38:17.793 Network Connect[3719] NCController.info -applicationDidFinishLaunching: Network Connect 6.2.0 (13255)/Version 10.6.1 (Build 10B504) starting (NCController.m:98)
2009-09-15 19:38:17.796 Network Connect[3719] NCController.info -applicationDidFinishLaunching: launched from applet/application launcher (launchType: 1), waiting for parameters (NCController.m:133)
2009-09-15 19:38:17.796 Network Connect[3719] DSIPCConnection.info -_clearIPCBuffer: Clearing the IPC buffer (DSIPCConnection.mm:526)

Any ideas what could be causing this?

Sep 18, 2009 8:19 AM in response to wislon

I had this problem on the road and and grateful to all here for providing the solution, which worked brilliantly. I've had two problems -- this one and one related to an external hard drive -- following the SL upgrade and both have been solved here. As a former and unhappy WINTEL user, I am continually impressed with the diligence users have in solving the few problem that arise and their willingness to share those fixes here. Thanks.

Sep 20, 2009 2:25 PM in response to joebella

joebella wrote:
Hi all..

I have been having this problem and I am using version 6.0 of the client. The following fix seems to have worked for me:

Open terminal and type:

sudo chmod 755 /usr/local/juniper/nc/[version number]/
sudo mkdir '/Applications/Network Connect.app/Contents/Frameworks'

I found this here:
http://www.thevagary.net/archives/2009/08/makenetwork_connect_work_ins.html


I am running NC 6.1.0. This solution fixed my problem! Thank you joebella!

Sep 23, 2009 6:40 AM in response to joebella

joebella wrote:
Hi all..

I have been having this problem and I am using version 6.0 of the client. The following fix seems to have worked for me:

Open terminal and type:

sudo chmod 755 /usr/local/juniper/nc/[version number]/
sudo mkdir '/Applications/Network Connect.app/Contents/Frameworks'

I found this here:
http://www.thevagary.net/archives/2009/08/makenetwork_connect_work_ins.html

Thank you, that worked for me.

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