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Author Topic: VPN to work  (Read 29210 times)

quoque

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VPN to work
« on: December 20, 2008, 12:29:27 pm »
Is there a programme to use and intructions telling me how to configure Vector linux so that I can connect via VPN to my work's network, I have tried to use this page :

http://www.linuxquestions.org/linux/answers/Networking/PPTP_VPN_on_Slackware_How_to

Section 3 on but no success.
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bigpaws

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Re: VPN to work
« Reply #1 on: December 20, 2008, 12:42:45 pm »
What VPN protocol?

Did you make a new kernel as instructed?

At what point did you fail?

Bigpaws
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sgla1

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Re: VPN to work
« Reply #2 on: January 11, 2009, 05:16:43 pm »
What kind of vpn are you connecting to?  If it's cisco you're in luck -- there is a very good cisco client called "vpnc".  You may also need the kernel module for the "tun" virtual interface, if it's not included in the stock VL kernel.  I haven't tried it on VL yet but I will soon.  Works great on the "brown" distro.
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toigwan

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Re: VPN to work
« Reply #3 on: June 20, 2009, 03:46:44 pm »
@sgla1
Quote from: sgla1 on January 11, 2009, 05:16:43 pm
What kind of vpn are you connecting to?  If it's cisco you're in luck -- there is a very good cisco client called "vpnc".  You may also need the kernel module for the "tun" virtual interface, if it's not included in the stock VL kernel.  I haven't tried it on VL yet but I will soon.  Works great on the "brown" distro.

Were you able to install the cisco vpn client successfully?  I just recently downloaded cisco vpn client from my college campus website, but was unable to install it.
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caitlyn

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Re: VPN to work
« Reply #4 on: June 20, 2009, 09:02:56 pm »
I have both vnc and the proprietary Cisco VPN client installed on my Red Hat boxes.  Works great.  I haven't tried it on VL yet.  What problems did you encounter?
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toigwan

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Re: VPN to work
« Reply #5 on: July 02, 2009, 12:38:52 pm »
Hi caitlyn,

Thanks for replying to my posts.
I ran as root
#./vpn_install
Based on the messages, it would seem some *.h files could not be found.
Undeclared here..., 'struct sk_buff' has no member named 'nh', ...
The top of the install message shows:

Cisco Systems VPN Client Version 3.7 (Rel) Linux Installer
Copyright (C) 1998-2001

I checked Cisco website and they are on version 5...
What version of Cisco are you using?
I am going to e-mail my campus tech support and see if I can get my issue resolved.

Thank you
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caitlyn

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Re: VPN to work
« Reply #6 on: July 02, 2009, 01:53:26 pm »
The proprietary Cisco VPN client will *NOT* work on Vector Linux AFAIK.  Try VNC or else you'll have to use one of the distros supported by Cisco (Red Hat/CentOS or SUSE).
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FelixColl

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Re: VPN to work
« Reply #7 on: July 24, 2014, 01:00:43 am »
Have you tried of using any vpns? Like PrimoVPN.net, worth it for me.

Hope to hear any update if you try another one.
« Last Edit: August 06, 2014, 06:39:36 am by FelixColl »
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bradhaddin

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Re: VPN to work
« Reply #8 on: April 30, 2016, 05:50:53 am »
My opinion that people should select Paid VPN Service because It provides high-quality security to access Geo restricted website or content also give anonymity while download torrents.
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vincent2

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Re: VPN to work
« Reply #9 on: June 24, 2016, 03:26:53 am »
opera-beta 39 and later dev version offer  embeded  free VPN  feature.

pls try it, just need to convert *.deb  file to txz  with slackBuild  at first.
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