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VPN Questions July 2014
Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2014 7:24 pm
by VPN Questions
I saw the posts from late last year talking about the VPN support, and set up the Cisco VPN client 5 which was linked off the Wiki.
This seems to be an old version, with support ending later this month.
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/se ... model.html
Is there an updated version of their VPN client that we can use?
What is the official Sonic.net recommendation for VPN clients?
I realize a basic one is built into most Operating Systems nowadays.
Re: VPN Questions July 2014
Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2014 12:11 am
by timdoug
I'm not sure what platform you're interested in, but I've had success on Linux and Mac OS X with the vpnc client (
https://www.unix-ag.uni-kl.de/~massar/vpnc/) and the "Enhanced VPN" configuration (i.e., cert-backed).
Grab the rootcert from one of the official Sonic.net VPN tarballs (I used
http://www.sonic.net/support/vpn/vpncli ... -k9.tar.gz), put it somewhere on your filesystem, and use the following config (changing the path, username, and password as appropriate):
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IPSec gateway ipsec.vpn.sonic.net
IPSec ID Enhanced VPN
IPSec secret enhanced
IKE Authmode hybrid
CA-File /path/to/rootcert
Xauth username your_sonic.net_username
Xauth password your_sonic.net_password
Debug 1
No Detach
Local Port 0
Re: VPN Questions July 2014
Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2014 4:48 pm
by Guest
I would also like to see an updated VPN client linked.
I will be using Windows.
Re: VPN Questions July 2014
Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2014 6:15 pm
by dkenglish7
Anyone out there know how to set up the native Win7 or Win8 clients to work? I've read here that it is "difficult" but not what worked - would just as soon not have to install extra software. Thanks in advance...