Skip the Cisco VPN part and hop down to “Installing VPNC.” This is easy stuff, at least for a techie. It got me hooked up to my Cisco VPN from Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy. The process looks something like this:
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sudo apt-get install vpnc
- Edit a short config file.
- If necessary, de-encrypt your stored password here and add to the config.
- To connect (see update at bottom of post):
sudo vpnc --dpd-idle 0 [your-config-file-name]
- When you’re done:
sudo vpnc-disconnect
Thanks, Arun!
UPDATE 2009.2.18: I was having some trouble getting the vpn connection to stay alive. I found here that adding the —dpd-idle 0 takes care of the problem, at least for me. You may not need it.