[ale] Cisco VPN client question

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John,

First upgrade your RH6.x to RH7.3 or RH9.1!!!

Then, if you cannot get it to build and Cisco Customer Abuse won't help
you then go with IPSec.

Bob Toxen
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On Sat, Sep 27, 2003 at 10:39:31AM -0400, John Mills wrote:
> ALErs -
> 
> I suspect this is an "old chestnut" to more experienced folks, but in my 
> eternal quest to join that group ...
> 
> I want to set up the Cisco VPN client on my RH-6.x laptop. I got sources 
> from UICU's web site as: "vpn-5000-linux-5.2.8-des-k8.tar.Z", which they 
> claim to match RH-6.2 and 7.x w/compat. libs. I unpacked the sources and 
> ran the install script OK, but the resulting 'vpnmod' has a number of 
> unsatisfied references and won't start.
> 
> These include:
> Starting VPN services: modules/lib/modules/2.2.19-6.2.7/COMPvpn/vpnmod: 
> unresolved symbol skb_under_panic_R16fa6f86
> /lib/modules/2.2.19-6.2.7/COMPvpn/vpnmod: unresolved symbol 
> boot_cpu_data_R7771ef76
> /lib/modules/2.2.19-6.2.7/COMPvpn/vpnmod: unresolved symbol 
> __kfree_skb_R461d1b3d
> ... (more like that)
> 
> There is also a complaint that interface 'vpn0' does not exist - not 
> surprising, since I haven't created it, but how do I?
> 
> Does anyone know if these are a matter of editing the 'install' script, 
> basic configuration/installation issues, or a fundamentally unusable 
> module?
> 
> Recommended alternatives? I am trying to debug VPN login problems, and the 
> site only provided MsWinXP/NT clients.
> 
> TIA.
> 
>  - John Mills
>    john.m.mills at alum.mit.edu
> 
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