Alternate to Cisco VPN

[Unregistered]

I have the Cicso VPN provided by the UofA on their website, and I was wondering is there anyway to configure apple's vpn function to work. I have the latest version of Tiger and if one goes opens up internet connect you will see the option I am referring to... I would just prefer using apple's vpn function because I am sure it is more intergrated and easier to run rather than having the cisco seperate version...

Thank you,
TM

[dcv]

I'm looking at it right now, and I don't think internet connect will be able to connect. OS X's internet connect only gives you the options of PPTP or L2TP over IPSec connection, neither of which are supported by UofA VPN (I think).

If anything I've said is innacurate, please correct me.

[trees]

Unfortunately, Cisco has chosen not to implement any of the open standard VPN solutions. Their system demands using their proprietary client. That is what you get when you download from the UofA sitelicense site.
Unless something has changed in the recent past, none of the built-in clients will work.

[Unregistered]

Ok thank you both!

[Unregistered]

Another, sort of off topic yet on topic Q: I want to create my own VPN system from my house, and I have a Dlink DI-614+ wireless router and I was wondering what I need to do to set this up. I can probably try and figure it out but if I had some help that would be great... I guess here are some Qs I have, so if you can answer those and/or just tell me what to do that would be awesome!

AND Perhaps I do not understand fully how to make a VPN but from my understanding I would config my router to allow such a connection and define the various fields and passwords THEN using my laptop I would connect to my router from when I was anywhere on the internet and then gain access to any computers/printers/whatever on that router. Also FYI I have a DSL connection via SBC.

1) What method is better, L2TP or PPTP?
2) When I go to config my router I get these fields, what should I fill them in with?
2i) "Virtual Server is used to allow internet users access to LAN services" Name:
2ii) Private IP
2iii) Protocol Type: options are TCP, UDB, both
2iv) Private Port
2v) Public Port
2vi) then below it has a virtual servers list with a variety of things I can enable with check mark boxes...

Ok well other than that I have no idea because I have not investigated it much, So i hope I am making sense and if I get no response then I guess I will read about how to setup such a thing...

Thank you
TM

[trees]

Well, somebody else will have to respond to this. I'm afraid I have no idea.
Nothing I do needs anything like that kind of security.

Anyone? Anyone? Buehler?

[nlopez]

Your router only supports pass though, meaning that if you set it up right it won't skrew up your connection to another VPN somewhere else, so it's of no help. What are you trying to accomplish with this home VPN? Is it really worth the $100+ to get a VPN-capable router?

[rprice1]

Having the same router, I'm almost postitive there is no way to config the router as a VPN server on its own, you would probably need something more expensive such as a hardware firewall to do that. However, there's probably a way to have a computer using VPN software on your network to which you could connect and gain access to your network.

As far as your question with virtual server settings, those are for port forwarding. So lets say you had some sort of VPN software that used L2TP, you could click on the list for L2TP entry, change the IP address to the computer running the VPN software on your network and save the settings. That would allow the connection from the internet to the VPN client, without changing the setting the connection would not work. As I'm sure my explaination was kind of simple, you can certainly read up on the basics here:

http://www.portforward.com/help/portforwarding.htm

They also have configuration guides for the DI-614+ too.

[Unregistered]

Sorry I have not responded to these wonderfully helpful posts in a long time! Thank you all for your help! I have 1 more question I swear!!!

Does the airport express support the school and other VPN connections to go through it? So if I wanted to use the arizona vpn client on my computer the airport express would allow it through correct?

Thank you all!
Have a great summer

[jharriso]

You should be able to use the "University of Arizona" VPN connection from any network you connect from. This will make all of the UA systems treat you as though you are actually on campus. This way, systems that require you to be on campus, I think some CS apps, are usable remotely. A lot of the online materials from the library require you to sign in with your cat card number and last name if you're not on campus, this too is averted by dialing in to "University of Arizona".
You can only use the "Wireless VPN" on the UAwireless SSID network on campus.