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Connecting to WMU’s Cisco VPN from Linux

So if you're like me and you happen to use Linux instead of Windows or Mac OS X and you want to connect to Western's VPN (or any Cisco based VPN really, though I'll go though some Western specific steps) then I'm writing this for you.  For this guide I'll be assuming you're running Ubuntu 10.04 and using NetworkManager (although I'm pretty sure you can do this with just the Cisco VPN Linux Application vpnc).  Note some issues you might run into that I'll address at the end.  Anyways, here it goes.

1. Install network-manager-vpnc

Run this from a terminal

2. Acquiring the WMU pcf file

So I decided it was probably not a good idea to post the pcf file on here because I don't want to stir up any problems by posting the "encrypted" (lol yeah, right) group password.  Anyways since you're already using Linux, this step isn't too hard.  Start by logging into GoWMU and then going to the VPN area and download the Student Mac client.  Now you should have the file vpnclient-darwin-4.9.01.0080-universal-k9.dmg somewhere.  I'll be working on it in my home directory.

Changed my mind since they took down the old VPN clients, although the Cisco VPN server is still running, here it is.

Now you should have the pcf file in your homedir.

3. Configuring NetworkManager

Start by right clicking on NetworkManager and click "Edit Connections".  Then click the VPN tab and click "Import".Select the pcf file in your home directory and click open.  It should look like this (I blurred out the IP just in case).Fill in the Username and set the User password if you want it saved.  Then click the IPv4 Settings and click then click Routes.  Then click "Use this connection only for resources on its network".Click OK and then Apply.  At that point it should work, if you have any problems let me know!