Release Notes for VPN Client,
Release 4.0 through Release 4.0.5.D
CCO Date: December 6, 2004
Part Number OL-5450-10
Note
You can find the most current documentation for the VPN Client at
http://www.cisco.com or http://cco.cisco.com. These electronic documents may
contain updates and changes made after the hard copy documents were printed.
These release notes support VPN Client software Release 4.0 through
Release 4.0.5.D. These release notes describe new features, limitations and
restrictions, caveats, and related documentation. Please read the release notes
interoperability considerations and other issues you should be aware of when
Contents
Introduction, page 3
System Requirements, page 3
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Introduction
Documentation Feedback, page 96
Obtaining Technical Assistance, page 96
Obtaining Additional Publications and Information, page 99
Introduction
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The VPN Client is an application that runs on a Microsoft Windows -based PC,
a Sun ultraSPARC workstations, a Linux desktop, or a Macintosh (Mac) personal
computer that meets the system requirements stated in the next section. In this
document, the term “PC” applies generically to all these computers, unless
specified otherwise.
The VPN Client on a remote PC, communicating with a Cisco VPN device at an
enterprise or service provider, creates a secure connection over the Internet that
lets you access a private network as if you were an on-site user. This secure
connection is a Virtual Private Network (VPN).
System Requirements
Refer to Chapter 2, “Installing the VPN Client,” in the VPN Client User Guide for
Windows, Release 4.0 or Cisco VPN Client User Guide for Mac OS X, as
appropriate for your platform, for a complete list of system requirements and
installation instructions.
•
To install the VPN Client on any system, you need
–
–
CD-ROM drive (if you are installing from CD-ROM)
Administrator privileges
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The following table indicates the system requirements to install the VPN
Client on each of the supported platforms.
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System Requirements
Computer
Operating System
Requirements
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Computer with a
Pentium -class
processor or
greater
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Microsoft Windows 98 or
Windows 98 (second edition)
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Microsoft TCP/IP installed.
®
(Confirm via Start > Settings >
Control Panel > Network >
Protocols or Configuration.)
•
•
Windows ME
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Windows NT 4.0 (with Service
•
•
50 MB hard disk space.
RAM:
Pack 6, or higher)
Windows 2000
Windows XP
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•
–
–
32 MB for Windows 98
64 MB for Windows NT and
Windows ME
–
–
64 MB for Windows 2000
(128 MB recommended)
128 MB for Windows XP
(256 MB recommended)
Computer with RedHat Version 6.2 or later Linux
•
•
32 MB Ram
and Intel x86
processor
(Intel), or compatible libraries with glibc
Version 2.1.1-6 or later, using kernel
Versions 2.2.12 or later
50 MB hard disk space
Note
The VPN Client does not support
SMP (multiprocessor) kernels.
Sun
UltraSPARC
computer
32-bit or 64-bit Solaris kernel OS
Version 2.6 or later
•
•
32 MB Ram
50 MB hard disk space
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Macintosh
Mac OS X, Version 10.2.0 or later
50 MB hard disk space
computer
The VPN Client supports the following Cisco VPN devices:
•
•
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Cisco VPN 3000 Concentrator Series, Version 3.0 and later.
Cisco PIX Firewall, Version 6.2.2(122) or Version 6.3(1).
Cisco IOS Routers, Version 12.2(8)T and later
If you are using Internet Explorer, use version 5.0, Service Pack 2 or higher.
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Installation Notes
Installation Notes
Because of platform differences, the installation instructions for Windows and
non-Windows platforms also differ.
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•
Refer to the VPN Client User Guide for Windows, Release 4.0, Chapter 2, for
complete installation instructions for Windows users.
Refer to the Cisco VPN Client user Guide for Mac OS X, Chapter 2, for
complete installation information for those platforms.
The following notes are important for users who are upgrading to Windows XP
and users who want to downgrade to an earlier version of the VPN Client
software.
Installing Release 4.0.3
Release 4.0.3 on Windows operating systems is localized for Canadian French
and Japanese, as well as English. The following sections describe how to install
this version on a Windows system.
Overriding the MSI Installation Language.
To perform this action you must already have Windows Installer Version 2.0
installed. You can determine which version you have by executing msiexec.exe
without parameters. If the version is lower than 2.0, execute instmsiw.exe, which
updates the software to the correct version.
Note
You must run the following commands from the command line, and the current
directory must be the install source.
The default installation is in English. To specify a language other than English,
enter the following command, all on the same line:
msiexec /i vpnclient_setup.msi
TRANSFORMS=vpnclient_<language>.mst;vpnclient_help_<language>.mst
The supported language codes are:
•
fc (Canadian French)
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jp (Japanese)
To force an English only language install, enter the following command:
msiexec /i vpnclient_setup.msi
To force a Canadian French language installation, enter the following command,
all on the same line:
msiexec /i vpnclient_setup.msi TRANSFORMS=vpnclient_fc.mst;vpnclient_help_fc.mst
To force a Japanese language installation, enter the following command, all on the
same line:
msiexec /i vpnclient_setup.msi TRANSFORMS=vpnclient_jp.mst;vpnclient_help_jp.mst
Overriding IS Installation Language:
The install image must contain a vpnclient.ini file with the following two lines:
[main]
ClientLanguage=<language code>
The supported language codes are
•
•
fc (Canadian French)
jp (Japanese)
Non-localized Features
The following parts of the VPN Client are not localized:
•
•
•
•
VPN Client GUI Splash Screen
Copyright statements
Log Messages
Any text pushed down from the VPN 3000 Concentrator. This includes the
banner and the user authentication request text message (which most often
appears as “Enter User Name and Password”).
•
•
InstallShield text. We are localizing only the MSI install text.
The company name, “Cisco Systems”, and product name, “VPN Client”.
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Installation Notes
Installation Notes - Windows Platforms
In addition to the installation considerations for Release 4.0.3, Release 4.0.x
includes the following installation considerations for Windows users:
Installing the VPN Client Software Using InstallShield
Installing the VPN Client software on Windows NT, Windows 2000, or Windows
XP with InstallShield requires Administrator privileges. If you do not have
Administrator privileges, you must have someone who has Administrator
privileges install the product for you.
Note
The VPN Client Installer does not allow installations from a network drive
(CSCeb43490).
Installing the VPN Client Software Using the MSI Installer
If you are using the MSI installer, you must have Windows NT-based products
such as Windows NT 4.0 (with SP6), Windows 2000, or Windows XP. Installing
with MSI also requires Administrator privileges.
Note
Windows Installer 2.0 must be installed on a Windows NT or Windows 2000 PC
before configuring the PC for a Restricted User with Elevated Privileges
(CSCea37900).
VPN Client Installation Using Windows Installer (MSI) Requires Windows NT SP6
When you attempt to install the VPN Client using MSI install (vpnclient_en.exe)
on NT SP3, SP4, or SP5, the error messages do not indicate that the VPN Client
cannot be installed on those operating systems because they are unsupported.
Once the errors occur, no other messages are displayed and the installation is
aborted.
When you attempt to run vpnclient_en.exe on Windows NT SP3, SP4, or SP5 you
see the following messages:
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“Cannot find the file instmsiw.exe (or one of its components). Make sure the path
and filename are correct and that all the required libraries are available.”
-then-
“Cannot find the file MSIEXEC (or one of its components). Make sure the path
and filename are correct and that all the required libraries are available.”
The Windows Installer (MSI) can be installed only on NT SP6, so the error
messages you see using earlier service packs are due to an MSI incompatibility
(CSCdy05049).
Installation Notes - Solaris Platforms
The following sections describe actions you must take when installing the VPN
Client on a Solaris platform.
Uninstall an Older VPN Client If Present on a Solaris Platform
If you have a previous version of the VPN Client running under Solaris, you must
uninstall the older VPN Client before installing a new VPN Client. You are not
required to uninstall an old VPN Client, if one is present, before installing a new
VPN Client for Linux or Mac OS X.
Refer to the Cisco VPN Client User Guide for Linux, Solaris, and Mac OS X,
Chapter 2, for complete uninstallation information.
Disable the ipfilter Firewall Kernel Module Before Installing the VPN Client on a
Solaris Platform
If you have an IP firewall installed on your workstation, the reboot after
installation of the VPN Client takes an inordinate amount of time. This is caused
by a conflict between the vpnclient kernel module cipsec and the ipfilter firewall
module. To work around this issue, disable the ipfilter firewall kernel module
before you install the VPN Client (CSCdw27781).
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New Features in Release 4.0.5
Using the VPN Client
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To use the VPN Client, you need:
–
Direct network connection (cable or DSL modem and network
adapter/interface card), or
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Internal or external modem, and
•
To connect using a digital certificate for authentication, you need a digital
certificate signed by one of the following Certificate Authorities (CAs)
installed on your PC:
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–
–
–
–
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Baltimore Technologies (www.baltimoretechnologies.com)
Entrust Technologies (www.entrust.com)
Netscape (www.netscape.com)
Verisign, Inc. (www.verisign.com)
Microsoft Certificate Services — Windows 2000
A digital certificate stored on a smart card. The VPN Client supports
smart cards via the MS CAPI Interface.
New Features in Release 4.0.5
Release 4.0.5 of the VPN Client software includes the following new features.
Mutual Group Authentication
Note
This feature addresses a VPN Client group password vulnerability identified in
the following Security Notice: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk583/tk372/
technologies_security_notice09186a0080215981.html (CSCed41329).
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New Features in Release 4.0.5
Group Authentication is a method that uses pre-shared keys for mutual
authentication. In this method, the VPN Client and the VPN central-site device
use a group name and password to validate the connection. This is a symmetrical
form of authentication since both sides use the same authentication method during
their negotiations.
Mutual group authentication is asymmetrical in that each side uses a different
method to authenticate the other while establishing a secure tunnel to form the
basis for group authentication. In this method, authentication happens in two
stages. During the first stage, the VPN central-site device authenticates itself
using public-key techniques (digital signature) and the two sides negotiate to
establish a secure channel for communication. During the second stage, the actual
authentication of the VPN Client user by the central-site VPN device takes place.
Since this approach does not use pre-shared keys for peer authentication, it
provides greater security than group authentication alone, as it is not vulnerable
to a man-in-the-middle attack.
To use mutual group authentication, the remote user’s VPN Client system must
have a root certificate installed. If needed, you can install a root certificate
automatically by placing it on the VPN Client system during installation. The
certificate must be in a file named rootcert, with no extension, and must be placed
in the installation directory for the remote user’s VPN Client system.
For more information on mutual group authentication, see the VPN Client
Administrator Guide, Chapter 1.
You must configure both the VPN Client and the VPN Concentrator to allow
mutual group authentication (Hybrid mode). Ensure that the Certificate Authority
being used on both the VPN Client and the VPN Concentrator is the same.
Configure the VPN Concentrator in a similar fashion to the use of User
Certificates.
1. Select an IKE Proposal that allows HYBRID mode authentication such
as those listed in Table 8-3 of the VPN Client Administrator's Guide.
HYBRID-AES256-SHA-RSA for example.
2. Configure an IPSec SA to use the appropriate Identity Certificate to be
authenticated with the CA certifcate of the VPN Client. If certificates
have not yet been obtained for the VPN Concentrator, please refer to the
VPN 3000 Series Concentrator Reference Volume I: Configuration
Release 4.1.
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3. Configure a VPN Group to use the new IPSec SA from step 2. The VPN
Clients under test for Mutual Group Authentication will be connecting to
this group.
New Features in Release 4.0
Release 4.0 of the VPN Client software includes the following new features.
Virtual Adapter
A virtual adapter is a software-only driver that acts as a valid interface in the
system. Its purpose is to solve protocol incompatibility problems. The virtual
adapter appears in the network properties list just like a physical adapter.
Note
When installing the Release 4.0 VPN Client on a Windows 2000 system, the
following warning appears during the virtual adapter installation, indicating that
no digital signature was found and asking whether to continue the installation:
The Microsoft digital signature affirms that software has been tested
with Windows and that the software has not been altered since it was
tested.
The software you are about to install does not have a Microsoft digital
signature. Therefore, there is no guarantee that this software works
correctly with Windows.
Cisco Systems VPN Adapter
If you want to search for Microsoft digitally signed software, visit
the Windows Update Web site at http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com to
see if one is available.
Do you want to continue the installation?
If you see this message, click “Yes” to continue (CSCdz14583).
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New Features in Release 4.0
Common Graphical Interface for Windows and Mac VPN Clients
In Release 4.0, the VPN Client provides a consistent graphical user interface
across all supported Windows operating systems and Mac OS X, recognizing that
the Windows and Mac operating systems follow different conventions, and that
the Windows version has additional features. The VPN Client documentation is
based on this new user interface.
Alerts (Delete With Reason)
In Release 4.0, the VPN Client can display to the user the reason for a VPN 3000
Concentrator-initiated disconnection. If the VPN 3000 Concentrator, Release 4.0,
disconnects the VPN Client and tears down the tunnel, the VPN Client, Release
4.0, displays a popup window showing the reason for the disconnect and also logs
a message to the Notifications log and the IPSec log file. For IPSec deletes that
do not tear down the connection, the event message appears only in the log file.
The administrator on the VPN 3000 Concentrator can enable or disable this
feature, called Alerts in the VPN Concentrator configuration. It is not
configurable on the VPN Client. When this feature is enabled, the VPN 3000
Concentrator and the VPN Client negotiate whether to display these messages.
See the Cisco VPN Client User Guide, Release 4.0, for a description of the
conditions that can cause such disconnects.
Single IPSec-SA
Rather than creating a host-to-network security association (SA) pair for each
split-tunneling network, this feature provides a host-to-ALL approach, creating
one tunnel for all appropriate network traffic apart from whether split-tunneling
is in use. With this feature, the VPN Client supports a single SA per VPN
connection and directs all the appropriate traffic through this tunnel, regardless of
whether split tunneling is in use. The Statistics page on the VPN Client reflects
the traffic for this single SA.
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New Features in Release 4.0
Personal Firewall Enhancements
In Release 4.0, the VPN Client supports Sygate Personal Firewall and Sygate
Personal Firewall Pro, Version 5.0, Build 1175 and higher. Other supported
features new with this release include:
•
•
The ability to enable or disable stateful firewalls from the command line.
Configurable ICMP permissions.
Coexistence with Third-Party VPN Vendors
In Release 4.0, the VPN Client is compatible with VPN clients from Microsoft,
Nortel, Checkpoint, Intel, and others. This feature offers the ability to use other
VPN products while the Cisco VPN Client is installed.
Improved RADIUS SDI XAuth Request Handling
The VPN Client, Release 4.0, includes improvements in RADIUS SDI XAuth
handling, which may improve performance. Administrators can configure this
feature in the .pcf file and the .ini file. For information, see VPN Client
Administrator Guide, Release 4.0, Chapter 2.
New, ISO-Standard Format for Log File Names
The format of the names of log files generated by the VPN Client GUI has
changed to LOG-yyyy-MM-dd-hh-mm-ss.txt from MMM-d-yyyy-hh-mm-ss.log.
This new format complies with the ISO 8601 extended specification for
representations of dates and times and avoids issues with localization.
The new log file names have a chronological order that is the same as their
alphanumeric order. This provides for a method of enumerating only the log files
generated by the GUI.
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Enhancements to GINA
Release 4.0.2 includes an improved application launch verification mechanism
employed by the Graphical Identification and Authentication (GINA)
dynamic-link library (DLL). This affects only the Windows NT4, Windows 2000,
and Windows XP platforms (CSCeb12179).
Usage Notes
This section lists issues to consider before installing Release 4.0.x of the VPN
Client software.
In addition, you should be aware of the open caveats regarding this release. Refer
to “Open Caveats” on page 37 of these Release Notes for the list of known
problems.
Potential Application Compatibility Issues
You might encounter the following compatibility issues when using the VPN
Client with specific applications. Whenever possible, this list describes the
circumstances under which an issue might occur and workarounds for potential
problems.
Windows Interoperability Issues
The following known issues might occur with the indicated Microsoft Windows
operating systems and applications software.
WINS Support
On Windows 95 and Windows 98, dynamic WINS support works with
DHCP-enabled adapters (for example, PPP or NIC adapters that get their IP
information dynamically). For static configurations, users must manually
configure the adapters with WINS information.
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Windows NT
Users running Windows NT 4.0 with Service Pack 4 require a hot fix from
Microsoft for proper operation. This fix is available on the Microsoft
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q217/0/01.ASP.
Importing a Microsoft Certificate Using Windows NT SP3
The following problem has occurred on some Windows NT SP3 systems
(CSCdt11315).
When using the Client with digital certificates stored in the Microsoft certificate
store, the Client may fail to connect. This is accompanied by the following Client
event in the Log Viewer:
4101 13:41:48.557 01/05/01 Sev=Warning/2 CERT/0xA3600002
Could not load certificate (null) from the store.
Workaround: Two workarounds exist. Choose one of the following:
•
Import the certificate from the Microsoft certificate store into the Cisco
certificate store using the Cisco Certificate Manager. Refer to “Importing a
Certificate” in the VPN Client User Guide for Windows, Release 4.0,
Chapter 6.
•
Alternatively, upgrade to a Windows Service Pack later than SP3.
VPN Client Cannot Launch Microsoft Connection Manager
The VPN Client does not see a dialup connection made with Microsoft
Connection Manager because of incompatibilities between the requirements of
the two applications (CSCdx85663).
Windows 98 Might Hang on Shutdown
On some Windows 98 PCs with the VPN Client installed, if you restart the PC, it
may stop responding (that is, “hang”) on the screen that says “Windows is
shutting down”.
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Wait a minute. If the PC is still not responding, press the reset button. When the
PC reboots, it should not run through ScanDisk, indicating the shutdown was
successful in closing all open files. This problem may occur on some PCs and not
on others, and we are looking for a solution. Windows 98 shutdown has numerous
issues, as can be seen the following Microsoft Knowledge Base Article:
“Q238096 - How to Troubleshoot Windows 98 Second Edition Shutdown
Problems” (CSCdt00729).
Windows 2000 (only) Requires Adding Client for MS Networks for Dialup Connections
For the Cisco VPN Client running on a Windows 2000 system, you cannot access
Microsoft resources unless you add the Client for Microsoft Networks for the
Dial-up adapter.
Aladdin Runtime Environment (RTE) Issue with Windows NT and Windows 2000
Using versions of the Aladdin Runtime Environment (RTE) on Windows NT and
Windows 2000 can cause the following behavior. The login prompt that is posted
by the Aladdin etoken when connecting the VPN Client can get hidden in the
background. If this happens, the VPN connection can timeout and fail with the
following event:
“System Error: Connection Manager failed to respond.”
A side effect of this is that the VPN Client’s service and dialer might become out
of synch, and the PC might need to be restarted (CSCdv47999). To avoid this
issue, use the Aladdin Runtime Environment (RTE) version 2.65 or later.
Microsoft MSN Installation
Microsoft’s MSN installation fails if you have already installed the VPN Client.
Uninstall the VPN Client before you install MSN. After MSN has completed
installation, you can install the VPN Client.
WINS Information Might Not Be Removed from Windows Servers If Not Disconnected Before Shutdown
If the VPN Concentrator is configured to send WINS server addresses down to the
VPN Client and the PC is shut down or restarted without first disconnecting the
VPN Client, the WINS servers are not removed from the network properties. This
might cause local PC registration and name resolution problems while not
connected with VPN.
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To work around this problem, do one of the following:
•
Be sure to disconnect the VPN Client before shutting down. If you are having
problems, check your network properties and remove the WINS entries if
they are not correct for your network.
•
Alternatively, enable “Disconnect VPN connection when logging off”. Go to
Options > Windows Logon Properties, check Disconnect VPN connection
when logging off (CSCdv65165).
VPN Client May Falsely Trigger Auto Initiation Connection Event though the NIC Card Has Been Removed
The 4.0 VPN Client with Auto Initiation enabled on a Windows NT system may
exhibit the following behavior. After removing a NIC card, the VPN Client may
continue to trigger an Auto Initiation connection event though the NIC card has
been removed. To stop its connection attempts, you can place the VPN Client in
Suspended mode after a failed or canceled VPN connection. You can also disable
this feature from the GUI by using Options > Automatic VPN Initiation, and
unchecking “Enable”. If you add a new NIC, the problem goes away.
(CSCdx46812).
DNS
For DNS resolution, if the DOMAIN NAME is not configured on the network
interface, you need to enter the fully qualified domain name of the host that needs
to be resolved.
Network Interfaces
•
•
•
The VPN Client does not support Point-to-Point Protocol over ATM
(PPPoA).
The VPN Client cannot establish tunnels over Token Ring. However, it does
not conflict with an installed Token Ring interface.
DELL Docking Station users running the VPN Client on Windows NT may
experience bluescreen failures if the latest version of Softex Docking
Services has not been installed. The Softex Docking Service utilities are
available directly from the DELL Support Web site,
http://search.dell.com/index.asp. Select the checkbox for the File Library and
search for the term “Softex Docking Services”.
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Network ICE BlackICE Defender Configuration
Network ICE's BlackICE Defender is a traffic monitoring security product. If you
properly configure it, BlackICE Defender can work with the VPN Client. You
must configure BlackICE Defender for Trusting, Nervous, or Cautious mode. If
you use Nervous or Cautious mode, add the public IP address of the VPN
Concentrator to the list of trusted addresses. You can now configure the VPN
Client to work with BlackICE Defender configured for Paranoid mode when in
Tunnel-everything mode. Split Tunneling requires BlackICE to be in Trusting,
Nervous, or Cautious mode.
The Cisco VPN Client firewall has the following requirements for BlackICE
(BlackICE Defender 2.5 or greater or BlackICE Agent 2.5 or greater). For
BlackICE Defender 2.5, copy the BICTRL.DLL file from the Cisco installation
release medium to the BlackICE installation directory on the VPN Client PC. This
is a mandatory step for making a connection requiring BlackICE.
BlackICE Defender version 2.9 and greater includes the BICTRL.DLL file in the
Network ICE distribution medium, so that you do not need to copy it from the
Cisco installation release medium.
Microsoft Outlook Error Occurs on Connection or Disconnect
The following Microsoft Outlook error might occur when the VPN Client
connects or disconnects:
“Either there is no default mail client, or the current mail client cannot fulfill the
messaging request. Run Microsoft Outlook and set it as the default mail client.”
This message does not affect operation of the VPN Client. The issue occurs when
Microsoft Outlook is installed but not configured for email, although it is the
default mail client. It is caused by a Registry Key that is set when the user installs
Outlook.
To eliminate this message, do one of the following:
•
Right-click the Outlook icon, go to Properties, and configure it to use
Microsoft Exchange or Internet Mail as the default mail client.
•
•
Use Internet Explorer to configure the system to have no default mail client.
Configure Outlook as the default mail client (CSCdv67594).
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Adjusting the Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) Value - Windows Only
VPN Encapsulation adds to the overall message length. To avoid refragmentation
of packets, the VPN Client must reduce the MTU settings. The default MTU
adjusted value is 1300 for all adapters. If the default adjustments are not
sufficient, you may experience problems sending and receiving data. To avoid
fragmented packets, you can change the MTU size, usually to a lower value than
the default. To change the MTU size, use the VPN Client SetMTU utility. If you
are using PPPoE, you may also have to set the MTU in other locations. Refer to
the following table for the specific procedures for each type of connection.
The MTU is the largest number of bytes a frame can carry, not counting the
frame's header and trailer. A frame is a single unit of transportation on the Data
Link Layer. It consists of header data, plus data that was passed down from the
Network Layer, plus (sometimes) trailer data. An Ethernet frame has an MTU of
1500 bytes, but the actual size of the frame can be up to 1526 bytes (22-byte
header, 4-byte CRC trailer).
Recognizing a Potential MTU Problem
If you can connect with the Cisco VPN Client but cannot send or receive data, this
is likely an MTU problem. Common failure indications include the following:
•
•
•
You can receive data, such as mail, but not send it.
You can send small messages (about 10 lines), but larger ones time out.
You cannot send attachments in email.
Setting the MTU Value
If you are not experiencing a problem, do not change the MTU value. Usually, an
MTU value of 1300 works. If it doesn’t, the end user must decrease the value until
the Cisco VPN Client passes data. Decrement the MaxFrameSize value by 50 or
100 until it works.
The following table shows how to set the MTU value for each type of connection.
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Connection
Type
Procedure
Physical
Adapters
Use the SetMTU utility supplied with the Cisco VPN Client.
Dial-up
Use the SetMTU utility supplied with the Cisco VPN Client.
PPPoE - All Windows XP only
Vendors
Use SetMTU
PPPoE -
EnterNet
Windows 98
•
On the main desktop, right click on My Network Places and go to Properties. The
Network window opens.
•
•
Double-click the Network TeleSystems PPPoE Adapter.
On the Network TeleSystems window, click the Advanced tab, and then click
MaxFrameSize. Change the value here. The value varies from case to case. The
range can be from 1200 to 1400.
Windows 2000
•
•
•
•
On the main desktop, right-click My Network Places and go to Properties. The
Network and Dial-Up Connections window opens.
Right-click and go to Properties on each connection until you find the connection
that has the NTS EnterNet PPPoE Adapter.
Once you find the correct connection, click Configure on the right side of the
window.
On the next window, click the Advanced tab, then click MaxFrameSize. Change the
value here. The value varies from case to case. The range can be from 1200 to 1400.
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Connection
Type
Procedure
PPPoE -
WinPoet
Windows 98: WinPoet does not provide user control over the PPPoE MTU under
Windows 98.
Windows 2000
WinPoet does not provide a user interface to control the MTU size, but you can control
it by explicitly setting the following registry key:
HKLM/system/currentcontrolset/control/class/<guid>/<adapternumber>
adapter(000x):
Value: MaxFrameSize
Value type: DWORD
Data: 1300 (or less)
The GUID and adapter number can vary on different systems. Browse through the
registry, looking for the MaxFrameSize value (CSCdu80463).
Caution
Edit the registry only if you are comfortable doing so. Incorrect registry
entries can make your PC unstable or unusable.
PPPoE -
Windows 98
RasPPPoE
•
•
•
On the main desktop, right-click My Network Places and go to Properties. The
Network window opens.
Find the PPP over Ethernet Protocol that is bound to the Network card that is in
your PC, then double click on it.
In the General Tab check Override Maximum Transfer Unit. Change the value here.
The value varies from case to case. The range can be from 1200 to 1400.
Windows 2000
•
On the main desktop, right-click My Network Places and go to properties. The
Network and Dial-Up Connections window opens.
•
Right-click the connection the PPPoE Protocol was installed to, and go to
properties.
•
•
When the window opens, double-click PPP over Ethernet Protocol.
In the General Tab, check Override Maximum Transfer Unit. Change the value
here. The value varies from case to case. The range can be from 1200 to 1400.
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Asante FR3004 Cable/DSL Routers Require Asante Firmware Version 2.15 or Later
Versions of the Asante firmware caused a problem with rekeying and keepalives
when a VPN Client had an all-or-nothing connection to a VPN Concentrator
through an Asante FR3004 Cable/DSL router. Version 2.15 (or later) of the
Asante firmware resolves these issues. For more information about Asante
cable/DSL routers, see the following Web sites:
Using Nexland Cable/DSL Routers for Multiple Client Connections
All Nexland Pro routers support passing multiple IPSec sessions through to Cisco
VPN 3000 Series Concentrators. To enable this function, the Nexland user must
select IPSec Type 2SPI-C on the Nexland options page.
The discontinued Nexland ISB2LAN product correctly handles a single
connection, but problems can occur when attempting to make multiple client
connections to the same Secure Gateway from behind an ISB2LAN Nexland
Cable/DSL router. Nexland has fixed this problem in the Nexland Pro series of
routers (CSCdt10266).
Cert DN Matching Cannot Match on Email Field EA
You cannot match on the Cert DN field (EA) when using the Peer Cert DN
Verification feature because the VPN Concentrator does not assign a value to that
field (CSCdx25994).
VPN Dialer Application Can Load During OS Shutdown or Restart
When using the VPN Client’s Start Before Logon feature (Windows NT, Windows
2000, or Windows XP) in “fallback” mode, the VPN dialer application loads
during a shutdown or restart of the operating system. This will not cause any
problems and can be ignored (CSCdu02071).
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America Online (AOL) Interoperability Issues
AOL Versions 5.0 and 6.0
The VPN Client supports AOL Version 5.0. AOL Version 6.0 is also supported,
with one limitation: when connected, browsing in the network neighborhood is
not available.
AOL Version 7.0
AOL Version 7.0 uses a proprietary heartbeat polling of connected clients. This
requires the use of split tunneling to support the polling mechanism. Without split
tunneling, AOL disconnects after a period of time between 5 and 30 minutes.
AOL 7 Disconnects after VPN Authentication
When making a dialup connection with AOL 7.0 Revision 4114.537 (for Windows
95, 98, ME, Windows 2000 and XP), then attempting to connect with the VPN
Client, AOL might disconnect while the user is being authenticated. This is an
AOL issue, not a VPN Client problem (CSCdy45351).
VPN Client Fails to Connect over Some AOL Dialup Connections
The Cisco VPN Client connecting over an AOL dialup connection fails to
complete the connection, particularly when using AOL 7.0 and 8.0.
The AOL dialup process uses a fallback method which, if your initial attempt to
connect fails, resorts to a different connection type for the second attempt. This
second attempt can sometimes cause AOL to communicate over two PPP adapters
(visible in ipconfig /all output). When this happens, the VPN Client cannot
connect. This is a known issue, and AOL is investigating the problem.
The workaround is to try to reconnect the dialup connection to try to avoid getting
two PPP adapters (CSCea29056).
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Browser Interoperability Issues
The following known issues might occur when using the VPN Client with the
indicated browser software.
Issues Loading Digital Certificate from Microsoft Certificate Store on Windows NT SP5 and on IE 4.0 SP2
The following error occurs in the VPN Client log when using a Digital Certificate
from the Microsoft Certificate Store. This can occur on Windows NT 4.0 with
Service Pack 5 and on Internet Explorer 4.0 with SP2 and using the VPN Client
v3.1 or v3.5:
“Could not load certificate cn=Joe
Smith,ou=Engineering,o=MyCompany,l=Buffalo, st=new
york,c=US,[email protected] from the Unsupported Store store”
Both the VPN Client and the Certificate Manager can see and validate the
Certificate, but when you try to connect using that Certificate, you get a message
in the Connection History dialog that says, “Failed to establish a secure
connection to the security gateway”.
To fix this problem, do one of the following:
•
•
Upgrade to Internet Explorer v5.0 or greater.
Upgrade the PC to Service Pack 6.0a (CSCdv70215).
Requirements for using VPN Client for Windows Using Digital Certificate With Non-exportable Keys
To use certificates with non-exportable keys, you must have the VPN Client,
Release 3.6 or 4.0, and your PC must have Internet Explorer version 5.0 SP2
or later installed to function properly. (CSCdx90228).
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Entrust Entelligence Issues
The following known issues might occur when using Entrust Entelligence
software with the VPN Client.
Potential Connection Delay
Using the VPN Client with Entrust Entelligence might result in a delay of
approximately 30 seconds if you are trying to connect while Entrust is “online”
with the CA. This delay varies, depending on your Entrust CA configuration. If
the Entrust CA is on the private network, then the chance of Entrust being online
are low, since the VPN connection is needed to communicate with the CA.
If you experience this delay, do one of the following:
•
•
Wait for the delay to end and proceed with the VPN connection normally.
Before initiating the VPN Client connection, log out of Entrust. The VPN
Client will initiate the Entrust Login Interface with the “work offline”
checkbox checked, which alleviates the problem. The easiest way to log out
of Entrust is to right-click on the Entrust tray icon (gold key) and select “Log
out of Entrust” (CSCdu25495).
Entrust System Tray Icon Might Erroneously Indicate Logout
When using VPN Client with Start Before Logon (Windows NT and 2000) and
Entrust Entelligence, the Entrust system tray icon indicates that it is “logged out”
once in Windows. It is really logged in, just not in the normal Windows desktop.
The reason for this is that the context that Entrust was logged into was on the
“Logon desktop”. This is an Entrust issue, not a VPN Client problem.
Entrust operates normally once logged into within Windows (CSCdu29239).
Entrust Client May Appear Offline
After establishing a VPN connection with Entrust Entelligence certificates, the
Entrust client may appear offline. It may appear this way even after the Entrust
client has successfully communicated with the Entrust i500 directory.
To work around this issue, do one of the following:
•
Upgrade to Entrust Entelligence version 5.1 SP3 or later.
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Once connected, right click on the Entrust tray icon (gold key) and uncheck
“Work Offline”. This manually puts Entrust online (CSCdu33638).
Use Entrust Entelligence 4.0 with VPN Client Release 3.5.1 or 3.1 Start Before Logon
When using the Release 3.5.1 or 3.1 VPN Client with the Entrust Entelligence 4.0
software, the Start Before Logon feature does not function properly. Upgrading to
Entrust Entelligence 5.1 resolves this problem (CSCdu61926).
Some Entrust Dialogs Do Not Display Properly When Using VPN Client Start Before Logon
When using the VPN Client with Start Before Logon and Entrust Entelligence,
some Entrust dialogs do not display properly on the logon desktop that displays
before going into Windows NT or Windows 2000. The first time the VPN Client
dialer and service access the Entrust certificates, it prompts for a security check.
This prompt displays in Windows, but not at the logon screen.
To work around this problem, connect the VPN Client once, while in Windows
and after installing, to register the VPN applications (ipsecdialer.exe and
cvpnd.exe) with Entrust. Once you have done this you can use it at the logon
desktop (CSCdu62212).
Renewing Entrust Entelligence Certificate (Key Update) Requires Entrust Version 5.1 SP 3 or Later
Entrust Entelligence certificate renewal (key update) will not work over a VPN
Client connection unless Entrust Entelligence version 5.1 SP3 or later is being
used. Other Entrust Entelligence operations using older versions work properly.
To work around this issue, do one of the following:
•
•
Upgrade to Entrust Entelligence version 5.1 SP3 or later.
Computers need to have Entrust digital certificates renewed by placing them
directly on the network during the renewal period to get updated
(CSCdu84038).
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Accessing Online Glossary Requires Connection to Cisco.com
The Glossary button at the top of all Help screens tries to contact univercd at
www.cisco.com (the Cisco documentation site). This connection requires
connectivity to Cisco's main web site. If your PC does not have a corporate
Internet connection or your firewall blocks access, the following error appears
when you attempt to access the Glossary:
“The page cannot be displayed.”
To access the Glossary, you must be connected to www.cisco.com (CSCdy14238).
ZoneAlarm Plus Versions 3.1.274 and Earlier Are Incompatible with VPN Client
The following known incompatibility exists between the Cisco VPN Client and
Zone Labs ZoneAlarm Plus version 3.1.274 and earlier. If you are using such a
version of ZoneAlarm Plus, please visit http://www.zonelabs.com or contact your
Zone Labs representative for an update.
On a PC with ZoneAlarm Plus version 3.1.274 (or earlier) and the VPN Client,
the following errors occur when the PC boots:
On Windows 2000:
ZAPLUS.exe has generated errors and will be closed by Windows. You will
need to restart the program.
An error log is being generated.
The Application Log states:
The application, ZAPLUS.EXE, generated an application error. The error
occurred on 7/23/2002... The exception was c0000005 at address 00401881
(<nosymbols>).
Similar errors occur on other Windows operating systems.
The result of this error is that the ZoneAlarm GUI does not run, and therefore a
user can not change any settings in ZoneAlarm Plus or allow new programs to
access the Internet.(CSCdy16607).
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ZoneLabs Automatically Adds Loopback and VPN 3000
Concentrator Addresses to Trusted Zone for Windows NT PCs
The Loopback address and the VPN 3000 Concentrator’s address are
automatically added to the ZoneLabs “Trusted Zone” on Windows NT-based
systems.
If a Windows NT based-PC has ZoneAlarm, ZoneAlarm Pro, or Zone Labs
Integrity Agent, and the VPN Client Release 4.0 installed on it, the loopback
address (127.0.0.1) is automatically added to Zone Labs “Trusted Zone” when the
Client service is started. Additionally, the VPN 3000 Concentrator’s address is
automatically added to the “Trusted Zone” when a connection is made
(CSCea61272).
Upgrading Zone-Alarm Pro to Version 3.7.098 Causes Error When
VPN Client Is Already Installed on the PC
Upgrading ZoneAlarm Pro version 3.5.xxx to ZoneAlarm Pro version 3.7.098
when the VPN Client is installed on the PC might cause the following error to
appear:
“The procedure entry point DbgProcessReset could not be located in the
dynamic link library VSUTIL.dll.”
Click OK, and the installation continues (CSCea25991). See ZoneLabs’ bug
number 10182.
Harmless Warning Might Occur with Linux Kernel 2.4
Linux users running 2.4 kernels may encounter the following warning when the
VPN Client kernel module is loaded:
Warning: loading /lib/modules/2.4.18-3/CiscoVPN/cisco_ipsec will taint the
kernel: no license
This message indicates that the VPN Client kernel module is not licensed under
the GPL, so the Linux kernel developers will not debug any kernel problems that
occur while this kernel module is loaded. This message does not affect the
operation of the VPN Client in any way (CSCdy31826).
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DHCP Route Renewal in Windows 2000 and Windows XP
In a Windows 2000 or Windows XP environment, if the public network matches
the private network (for example, a public IP address of 192.168.1.5, with a
subnet mask of 255.255.0.0, and an identical private IP address) and the public
network’s route metric is 1, then traffic might not be tunneled to the private
network (CSCdz88896). The same problem can occur if you are using a virtual
adapter and the public metric is smaller than the virtual adapter metric.
In Windows 2000 and Windows XP, you can increase the metric of the public
network by doing the following steps:
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Select Start > Settings > Control Panel > Network and Dial-up Connections.
Select the public interface and click properties for the public interface.
Select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and get the properties for the Internet Protocol
(TCP/IP).
Step 4
Click Advanced, and set the interface metric to 2 or greater.
Solaris Client Using Routed RIP Might Lose Connectivity
If the VPN Client running in the Solaris environment uses routed RIP to learn its
default route, you might lose connectivity. This is because RIP is blocked when
the VPN Client is connected in all tunneling mode (CSCdv75825).
Data Meant for Private Network Stays Local if VPN Client’s Local
Network Is on Same IP Subnet as Remote Private Network
This problem occurs only with the VPN Client, Release 4.0 and only with Virtual
Adapter (Windows 2000 and Windows XP), when the VPN Client’s local network
is on the same IP subnet as the remote private network. When a VPN connection
is up, data meant for the private network stays local. For example:
192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0
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The VPN Client, Release 4.0, with Virtual Adapter attempts to modify local route
metrics to allow data to pass over the VPN tunnel. In some cases, it is impossible
for the VPN Client to make this modification (CSCdz38680).
To work around this problem, make the change manually, using the following
procedure:
Step 1
Run > Control Panel > Network and Dialup Connections.
Right-click on the adapter in question and select Properties.
Step 2
Step 3
From the Adapter Properties dialog, select TCP/IP from the list and click
Properties.
Step 4
Click Advanced and increase the number in the “Interface metric” box by 1 (it is
usually 1, so making it 2 works).
Step 5
Step 6
Click OK to exit out of all dialogs.
The VPN connection should now work.
DNS Server on Private Network with Split DNS Causes Problems
When an ISP’s DNS server is included in the Split Tunneling Network List and
Split DNS Names are configured, all DNS queries to domains other than those in
the Split DNS Names list are not resolved.
By definition, split DNS is used so that only certain domains get resolved by
corporate DNS servers, while rest go to public (ISP-assigned) DNS servers. To
enforce this feature, the VPN Client direcds DNS queries that are about hosts on
the Split DNS Names list to corporate DNS servers, and discards all DNS queries
that are not part of the Split DNS Names list.
The problem is when the ISP-assigned DNS servers are in the range of the Split
Tunneling Network List. In that case, all DNS queries for non-split-DNS
domains are discarded by the VPN Client.
To avoid this problem, remove the ISP-assigned DNS server from the range of the
Split Tunneling Network List, or do not configure split DNS (CSCee66180).
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VPN Client Supports Sygate Personal Firewall V. 5.0, Build 1175
The supported version of Sygate Personal Firewall is version 5.0, build 1175.
Earlier versions might cause the following Blue screen to occur on a Windows
NT-based system that has made many connects/disconnects with the VPN Client
(CSCdy62426):
Stop: 000000d1 (BAD0B0B8, 00000002, 00000000, BFF12392)
Driver_IRQL_Not_Less_Or_Equal
***Address BFF12392 base at BFF10000, Datestamp 3CCDEC2C - Teefer.sys
The 4.0 VPN Client Is Not Supported on Windows 95
The VPN Client for Windows, Release 4.0, requires the use of the Windows 98 or
later operating system. We recommend updating your Operating system to a
newer version of Windows (CSCea06231).
VPN Client Not Supported on Windows NT Servers
The VPN Client is not supported on any Windows NT server version (including
Windows 2000 and Windows XP/.NET/2003 servers). Only Windows NT 4.0
Workstation and Windows 2000 Workstation are the supported platforms.
No Limit to Size of Log File
When logging is enabled on the VPN Client, all of the log files are placed in the
Program Files\Cisco Systems\VPN Client\logs directory and are date and time
stamped. There is no limit to the size of the log when logging is enabled. The file
will continue to grow in size until logging is disabled or the VPN Client program
is closed. The log is still available for viewing until the VPN Client program is
re-launched, at which time the display on the log tab and log window are cleared
(CSCdy87504). The log file remains on the system and a new log file is created
when the VPN Client, with logging enabled, is launched.
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Start Before Logon and Microsoft Certificate with Private Key
Protect Fails
Trying to connect the VPN client using Start Before Logon (SBL) and Microsoft
Machine-based certificates fails. This is a Microsoft issue, not a VPN Client
problem.
If your certificate has private key protection enabled, every time you use the
certificate keys you are either prompted for a password to access the key, or
notified with a dialog and asked to click OK.
The prompt displayed when using a certificate with private key protection appears
on the Windows Desktop. You do not see this message while at the “Logon”
desktop, therefore the VPN Client cannot gain the access to the certificate needed
to connect.
Use one of the following workarounds:
•
Get a certificate without private key protection (just make sure it is
machine-based, otherwise it won't be accessible before logging on).
•
Instead of using Start Before Logon, log on to the PC using cached
credentials, make the VPN connection, and— using the “stay connected at
logoff” feature—logoff/logon with the VPN established to complete the
domain logon (CSCea03349).
Downgrading VPN Client from Release 4.0 Causes Start Before
Logon Failure
Start Before Logon fails if the VPN Client is downgraded from Release 4.0 to 3.6.
The reason for this is that the file csgina.dll is upgraded when the VPN Client
version 4.0 is installed. If the VPN Client is downgraded to version 3.6, the
csgina.dll file for version 4.0 is not replaced, and this breaks ability in the VPN
Client version 3.6 to Start Before Logon (CSCea03685).
Follow this procedure to drop back to the VPN Client version 3.6 from version
4.0.
Step 1
Step 2
Uninstall the VPN Client version 4.0.
After rebooting, search for csgina.dll. This file is found in the System32 directory.
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Step 3
Step 4
Rename csgina.dll to something like csgina.old.
Install the VPN Client version 3.6.
Linksys Wireless AP Cable/DSL Router Version 1.44 or Higher
Firmware Requirement
To use the VPN Client behind a Linsksys Wireless AP Cable/DSL router model
BEFW11S4, the Linksys router must be running version 1.44 or higher firmware.
The VPN Client cannot connect when located behind a Linsksys Wireless AP
Cable/DSL router model BEFW11S4 running version 1.42.7 firmware. The VPN
Client may see the prompt for username/password, then it disappears
(CSCdz52156).
Faultlog.txt File Logs Severity 1 Events
The faultlog.txt file is created when severity 1 events occur. It logs only severity 1
events. All severity 1 log messages go to the logs and also to faultlog.txt. This file
exists in the installation directory of the VPN Client.
The advantage that the faultlog.txt file provides is that messages are logged even
when the log viewer is not running. For example, errors during service
initialization can't be logged to the log viewer, because these errors happen even
before the service has attached itself to the log viewer.
Certificates exported from Netscape 7 do not import into the VPN
Client Macintosh Version
This incompatibility exists with Netscape 7.0 and the Release 3.7.x Macintosh
versions of the VPN Client. Netscape 7.0 uses the latest RSA libraries that are not
compatible with the previous RSA libraries that the Clients are using. Previous
versions of Netscape are still compatible with the VPN Client.
To work around this issue, export the certificate using a browser other than
Netscape 7.
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On the Mac OS X platform, Internet Explorer 5.2 that comes installed does not
allow certificates to be exported. The best course of action for these users is to
either enroll and export the certificate from a Windows workstation and email it
to the Mac user or to use direct enrollment from the Client itself.
Verisign works fine with the Macintosh version of the VPN Client. But the
“browsers” available on the Macintosh don't export certificates (Verisign or
others) in the proper format for the VPN Client to receive them, or they don't
allow the export of certificates at all (IE). This is because IE is a Windows product
and doesn't support on the Macintosh platform everything the normal Windows IE
does (CSCdz23397).
VPN Client Can Require Smart Card When Using Certificates
For Windows 2000 and Windows XP systems, you can configure the VPN Client
to require the presence of a Smart Card when Certificates are used. If this feature
is configured, the VPN Client displays an error message if a Smart Card is not
present. The Certificates need not be present on the Smart Card itself. To
configure this feature, add the following line to the user’s client profile, specifying
the appropriate vendor for your Smart Card:
SmartCardName=<Name of Smart Card Vendor>
If you are using pre-shared keys instead of Certificates, this requirement is not
enforced, even if configured.
To disable the Smart Card verification function, completely delete the entry:
SmartCardName=<text> from the user’s client profile (CSCec82220).
VPN Client GUI Connection History Display Lists Certificate Used
In Release 4.0.3.C, the VPN Client GUI connection history dialog box now
displays as the first entry the name of the certificate used for establishing the
connection (CSCec79691).
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Use Zone Labs Integrity Server 2.1.052.0 or Higher with VPN
Client 4.0
Versions of the Zone Labs Integrity Server earlier than 2.1.052.0 exhibit the
following problem. If two or more VPN Clients (running on Windows 2000 or
XP) are connected to a VPN 3000 Series Concentrator and receive firewall policy
from a ZoneLabs Integrity Server, the Integrity Server registers only one
connection.
On the Integrity Flex (client agent), under “Policies”, the “Integrity Server”
column flashes “Connected” then “Disconnected” over and over. Also, the VPN
Client log includes the following event: “The firewall, configured for
Client/Server, returned a status of lost connection to server.” Zone Labs Integrity
Server version 2.1.052.0 fixes this issue (CSCea66549).
Restart VPN Client Service If You Install VPN Client Before Zone
Alarm
The Firewall Enhancement, “Prevent VPN Traffic Blocking”, automatically adds
the Loopback address (127.0.0.1) and the address of the VPN 3000 Concentrator
to the ZoneAlarm or ZoneAlarmPro trusted zone.
An exception to this, however, occurs if the VPN Client is installed before Zone
Alarm. Then the VPN Client’s service must be restarted by rebooting the PC or
stopping and restarting the service through the Control Panel (on Windows
NT-based PCs) (CSCea16012).
InstallShield Error Might occur during VPN Client Installation
The following error message might occur during VPN Client installation:
IKernel.exe - Application Error
The instruction at “0x771c741a” referenced memory at “0x00163648”. The
memory could not be “read”.
This error is caused by an InstallShield component, possibly because of a
run-once stale remnant. To recover, you must reboot.
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The InstallShield Knowledge base article q108020 addresses this problem. To
view this article go to the following URL (CSCea43117):
http://support.installshield.com/kb/view.asp?articleid=q108020
Microsoft has a fix for this issue. For more information and to obtain the fix, go
to the following URL:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;329623
VPN Client cTCP Connection Fails If Checkpoint Client Is
Installed
When the Checkpoint VPN-1 Securemote client is installed with the 4.0 VPN
Client, and the VPN Client attempts to connect using cTCP, the 4.0 VPN Client
cannot make the connection. Connections do work with UDP, NAT-T, and
non-NAT connections.
To make a connection with cTCP when the Checkpoint VPN-1 Securemote is
installed, you must disable the Check Point SecuRemote driver in the Connections
Properties. To do this, you must be administrator. Follow these steps:
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
Click Start > Settings > Control Panel >Network and Dial-up Connections.
Select the Local Area Connection you use.
Click on File > Properties.
Uncheck Check Point SecuRemote, and click OK.
(CSCea31192)
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Open Caveats
Caveats describe unexpected behavior or defects in Cisco software releases. The
following lists are sorted by identifier number.
Note
If you have an account with CCO, you can use Bug Navigator II to find caveats of
any severity for any release. To reach Bug Navigator II on CCO, choose Software
http://www.cisco.com/cgi-bin/Support/Bugtool/launch_bugtool.pl.
This section lists open caveats for the VPN Client running on a Windows
platform.
•
CSCdt07491
The VPN Client may swap Primary and Secondary WINS received from the
Concentrator. In a few cases, the VPN Client receives a Primary and a
Secondary WINS server from the Concentrator but swaps them when they are
added to the IP Configuration. If this happens, it may cause browsing
problems if the Secondary WINS server is not as populated as the Primary.
Disconnecting and reconnecting may fix the problem.
•
CSCdt07673
When the VPN Client is installed on a Windows 2000 PC with the Efficient
Networks NTS EnterNet 300 PPPoE version 1.41 or 1.5c, the following
message appears:
“EnterNet could not find the (adapter) for complete pc management NIC
(adapter). But it did locate the (adapter) for complete pc management NIC
(adapter) - Deterministic Network Enhancer Miniport adapter through which
your network server is reachable. Do you want to switch to this adapter?”
Answer Yes every time this question appears. The installation then continues
normally.
A similar message appears on Windows NT 4.0. The message is:
“EnterNet could not find the (adapter). But it did locate the (adapter) through
which your network server is reachable. Do you want to switch? Yes No”
Answer Yes to this question. The installation then continues normally.
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If the VPN Client is uninstalled, the next time the NTS EnterNet 300 PPPoE
version 1.41 is used the message, “EnterNet could not find the (adapter). But
it did locate the (adapter) through which your network server is reachable. Do
you want to switch? Yes No”
Answer Yes to this question. The installation then continues normally.
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Problems have occurred when an ISA legacy NIC card (IBM Etherjet 10MB)
is used in a PC with PnP OS enabled. The WINS servers did not function
correctly when a VPN Client connection was made. This could be an issue
with other legacy NIC cards as well.
The end results are that the WINS servers sent from the Secure Gateway
cannot be viewed in the Network configuration, and problems with
browsing/logon over the VPN connection may occur.
Workaround:
Disable PnP OS in the PC's BIOS or statically configure the WINS servers.
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When you connect the VPN Client to a VPN 3000 Concentrator that issues
two DNS servers, both appear under ipconfig /all, but only one appears under
the Network settings TCP/IP Properties. DNS server appears to be missing
under TCP/IP Properties (Advanced button, DNS TAB). We do not know
whether this causes any problems.
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You might see the following problem on systems running Windows NT and
Windows 2000 when you are using the Start Before Logon feature of the VPN
Client with third-party dialer. If the third-party dialer does not get set to the
foreground when launched, add the following parameter to the vpnclient.ini
file in the VPN Client directory (\Program Files\Cisco Systems\VPN
Client\Profiles):
[main]
TopMostDelay=2500
The value is the time in milliseconds that the VPN Client waits for the third
party dialer to load before attempting to place it in the foreground. The
default time is 1000 milliseconds.
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Workaround:
For problem dialers/applications, try 2500 milliseconds or greater.
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SCEP enrollment might fail to complete successfully after the PKI
administrator has granted your request.
Workaround:
If this happens, delete your failed request and submit a new one.
To delete the request, click the Certificate tab, select the failed request, and
click Delete on the toolbar. Alternatively, open the Certificates menu and
select Delete.
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The following issue can exist when using the VPN Client Start Before Logon
feature with Entrust SignOn. Entrust SignOn is an add-on to the Entrust
Entelligence client that allows logging into the Entrust profile and the NT
domain from a single login.
The Entrust SignOn GINA dll does not support chaining to other GINA dll
files. To make the Entrust SignOn product and the VPN Client with Start
Before Logon function properly together, install the VPN Client after Entrust
SignOn. The VPN Client replaces the Entrust GINA (etabcgin.dll) with its
own (csgina.dll).
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VPN Client and Entrust Entelligence - VPN Connection timeout.
In version 3.1, the potential exists for the VPN Client Connection Manager
and the VPN dialer to get out of sync with each other. This occurs only after
a VPN Client upgrade on the first time the VPN Client accesses a given
Entrust profile. The following sequence outlines how a user could get the
connection into this state:
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
In the VPN dialer, the user clicks Connect.
Entrust prompts for password and security hash check. The user clicks Yes.
Entrust prompts for password for cvpnd.exe security access.
If the user waits here or walks away from PC, the VPN Connection times out in 3
minutes.
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Step 4
The user returns and enters the Entrust password, then clicks Yes to the security
hash check question.
Step 5
Step 6
The VPN connection completes, and data can be passed. The VPN dialer appears
as not connected.
Clicking Connect returns “A connection already exists”. The user clicks Cancel,
and the dialer appears connected in the system tray.
The VPN connection can be used as a normal connection.
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This issue occurs on a Windows NT PC that is running ZoneAlarm or Sygate
Personal Firewall, if the VPN Client is set to Start Before Logon and an
upgrade to the VPN Client is implemented. Do not attempt a connection
before the logon when you reboot, because both firewalls do not
automatically give the VPN Client permission to access the Internet. Both
firewalls see the upgrade as a new application attempting to access the
Internet, and it requires user permission through its pop-up menus. The user
must logon to the Windows NT PC using cached credentials, then launch a
VPN connection. The firewall then asks permission to allow the VPN Client
to connect. Answer yes to each connection. After that, Start Before Logon
works fine.
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The message, “The necessary VPN sub-system is not available. You will not
be able to make a connection to the remote IPSec server.” might appear on a
PC when Start Before Logon is enabled on the Client and ZoneAlarm is also
running. The message appears when the ctrl+alt+del key combination is
pressed. This has happened because the Cisco Systems VPN Service has
terminated unexpectedly.
Workaround:
Logon to the PC with cached credentials, open “Services” in control panel
and start the VPN service. A connection to the VPN Concentrator will be
possible once the service has started.
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When connecting to a VPN 3000 Concentrator over PPPoE using the
EnterNet 300 client software from Efficient Networks, Inc., if a firewall is
required by the VPN Concentrator, the following message might appear:
“The Client did not match any of the Concentrator's firewall configurations...”
If this message appears, click OK and then click Connect. The connection to
the VPN Concentrator then proceeds successfully.
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If you make connections from the command line interface, the following
problem can occur. When a firewall is required to connect and the firewall
fails or is shut down, you do not see any message giving the reason for the
lost connection.
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If you use the VPN Client with a Digital Certificate and your Client sits
behind a Cable/DSL router or some other NAT device, you might not be able
to connect to your VPN Gateway device (that is, the VPN 3000
Concentrator). The problem is not with the VPN Client or the Gateway; it is
with the Cable/DSL router. When the VPN Client uses a Digital Certificate,
it sends the Certificate to the VPN Gateway. Most of the time, the packet with
the Certificate is too big for a standard Ethernet frame (1500), so it is
fragmented. Many Cable/DSL routers do not transmit fragmented packets, so
the connection negotiation fails (IKE negotiation).
This problem might not occur if the Digital Certificate you are using is small
enough, but this is only in rare cases. This fragmentation problem happens
with the D-Link DI-704 and many other Cable/DSL routers on the market. We
have been in contact with a few of these vendors to try to resolve the issue.
Testing with the VPN Client Release 3.1 indicates that VPN Client
connections using Digital Certificates can be made using the following
Cable/DSL routers with the following firmware:
Linksys BEFSRxx
v1.39 or v1.40.1
SMC 7004BR Barricade R1.93e
Nexland Pro400
NetGear RT314
Asante FR3004
V1 Rel 3M
V3.24(CA.0)
V2.15 or later
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Others like 3COM 3C510, and D-Link DI-704 either had updated firmware
that was tested and failed, or had Beta firmware that was NOT tested because
the firmware notes did not indicate a fix specifically for fragmentation.
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The following message might appear when a connection using the EnterNet
300 version 1.4 PPPoE software and transferring via FTP:
93 09:42:06.020 08/02/01 Sev=Warning/2 IPSEC/0xE3700002
Function CniInjectSend() failed with an error code of 0xe4510000
(IPSecDrvCB:517)
This does not interfere with your connection. You can ignore this message.
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When Zone Alarm's Internet setting is set to high and the VPN Concentrator
sends a CPP firewall policy that allows inbound traffic on a specific port, the
CPP rule takes precedence over the Zone Alarm rule allowing the specified
port to be open.
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Importing a PKCS12 (*.p12 or *.pfx) certificate using the Certificate
Manager that has not been password protected will fail with the following
error:
“Please make sure your import password and your certificate protection
password (if for file based enrollment) are correct and try again.”
Workaround:
Get a *.p12 certificate that has been password protected.
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Attempting to install/uninstall Gemplus Workstation version 2.x or earlier
while the Cisco VPN Client and its GINA (csgina.dll) is installed will cause
the following error, and Gemplus will not install/uninstall:
“A 3rd party GINA has been detected on your system. Please uninstall it
before installing this product.”
Workaround:
Do one of the following:
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Uninstall the VPN Client and reinstall it after Gemplus software.
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Use Gemplus version 3.0.30 that no longer installs the gemgina.dll
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When a CPP Firewall policy is in place that drops all inbound and outbound
traffic and no WINS address is sent to the VPN Client from the 3000 series
Concentrator, Start Before Logon fails. If a WINS address is in place, Start
Before Logon works fine. Also, if a WINS address is sent and the CPP rule
drops all inbound traffic, but allows all outbound traffic, Start Before Logon
works fine.
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Using the Aladdin “R2” model etoken, certain functions can be performed
using the certificate even after the R2 token has been detached from the
system (USB port). The VPN Client, for instance, can perform an IKE rekey
without the token attached to the system. The reason for this is the design of
the “R2” etoken: it does not contain the RSA key functions needed and must
upload the private key to the system for these functions.
In contrast, the Aladdin “PRO” etoken must be connected to the USB port
during an IKE rekey, otherwise the VPN Client connection terminates. This
is Aladdin’s problem; it is not a VPN Client problem.
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Using the Solaris VPN Client, some applications are unable to operate
properly. A possible indicator of the problem is that a large ping is unable to
pass through the VPN Tunnel.
No problem exists when passing large packets using cTcp or normal IPSec.
When using IPSec over UDP, Path MTU Discovery problems exist, as a result
of which large packets cannot be transmitted.
An MTU issue currently exists with the Solaris VPN Client that causes
fragmentation errors that might affect applications passing traffic through the
VPN Tunnel.
To identify whether the VPN Client is properly fragmenting packets, use the
following commands:
ping -n <known good ping target address>
ping -n -s <known good ping target address> 2500
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The first command ensures that the target is reachable, and the second
determines whether fragmentation is an issue.
Workaround:
Step 1
Before opening the tunnel, bring down the MTU of the point-to-point interface to
the MTU of the rest of the path to the concentrator (generally 1500). This would
allow large packets to pass through, when using IPSec over UDP. No problems
exist when using normal IPSec or cTcp.
Step 2
Set IP Compression to “LZS” in the VPN Group on the Concentrator. This
decreases the size of the encrypted packet and might allow the smaller packet to
avoid fragmentation. If you are using NAT, switching the NAT method of the
client from cTCP (TunnelingMode=1) to UDP (TunnelingMode=0) might also
reduce the size of the packet.
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When you have multiple VPN Client connections behind Linksys Cable/DSL
router, the following problem can occur. Due to a Linksys problem with
firmware versions 1.39 and 1.40.1, making multiple VPN Client connections
enabling the feature “Allow IPSec over UDP” (transparent tunneling) may
cause data transfer problems.
Allow IPSec over UDP is a VPN Client feature that allows ESP packets to be
encapsulated in UDP packets so they traverse firewall and NAT/PAT devices.
Some or all of the clients may not be able to send data. This is due to a
Linksys port mapping problem, that Linksys has been notified of.
Workaround:
Use a newer version of Linksys code (higher than firmware version 1.40.1).
If you must use one of the problem versions, do not use the “Allow IPSec over
UDP” (transparent tunneling) feature when you have multiple VPN Client
connections behind Linksys Cable/DSL router.
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The following Microsoft Outlook error might occur when the VPN Client
connects or disconnects. This occurs when Microsoft Outlook is installed but
not configured.
Either there is no default mail client or the current mail
client cannot fulfill the messaging request. Pun Microsoft
Outlook and set it as the default mail client.
To set Microsoft Outlook as the default mail client, right-click on the Outlook
icon, go to Properties, and configure it to use Microsoft Exchange or Internet
Mail.
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The make module process fails during installation of the VPN Client for
Linux.
Workaround:
The module build process must use the same configuration information as
your running kernel. To work around this problem, do one of the following:
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If you are running the kernels from Red Hat, you must install the
corresponding kernel-sources rpm. On a Red Hat system with
kernel-sources installed, there is a symlink from
/lib/modules/2.4.2-2/build to the source directory. The VPN Client looks
for this link first, and it should appear as the default value at the kernel
source prompt.
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If you are running your own kernel, you must use the build tree from the
running kernel to build the VPN Client. Merely unpacking the source
code for the version of the kernel you are running is insufficient.
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Getting Entrust certificates using SCEP does not get the Root CA certificate.
The Entrust CA does not send the whole certificate chain when enrolling with
SCEP. Therefore, making a VPN Client connection might require the manual
installation of the Root certificate before or after SCEP enrollment. Without
the existence of the Root CA certificate, the VPN Client fails to validate the
certificate and fails with the following VPN Client event/error messages:
“Get certificate validity failed”
“System Error: Unable to perform validation of certificate
<certificate_name>.”
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If an attempt to load the VPN Client is made before the Clients Service loads,
the following error occurs: “The necessary VPN sub-system is not available.
You will not be able to make a connection to the remote IPSec server.”
Workaround:
Wait until the Service has loaded, then start the VPN Client.
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A customer had problems enrolling the Mac OS version of the VPN Client.
Following some troublesome attempts at debugging the enrollment of the
MacOS VPN Client with a Baltimore CA, it was felt that the Documentation
should be improved and the Certificate Manager enhanced.
Workaround:
It seems that the critical thing as far as Baltimore is concerned is to put either
or both of the challenge phrase (-chall) and the host's FQDN (-dn) in the
request. This appears to be similar for the successful SCEP enrolment in a
Verisign Onsite PKI. Perhaps there's a case for tweaking the interface a bit,
or at least making some notes in the manual!
Just doing cisco_cert_mgr -U -op enroll only asks for a Common Name,
which is not enough. The request that succeeded on two separate Baltimore
installations, one of which had an expired RA certificate, was as follows
(switches only shown for brevity):
cisco_cert_mgr -U -op enroll -cn -ou -o -c -caurl -cadn -chall -dn
The ou is required for connecting to a Cisco 3030 VPN Concentrator and is
the group name. On almost every attempt, the certificate manager dies after
starting to poll the CA, with an error in the log: “Could not get data portion
of HTTP request”.
If this happens, it is possible to resume the enrollment with cisco_cert_mgr
-E -op enroll_resume. The last attempt didn't fail at all though, and the
certificate manager kept running until the request was approved, which is how
it should behave.
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If the computer is powered off or loses power during an MSI installation of
the VPN Client, the VPN Client may not be registered in Control Panel, and
the following may occur when attempting to reinstall:
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A message may appear stating:
Deterministic Network Enhancer Add Plugin Failed
Click the “OK” button.
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Error 1722. There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A
program as part of the setup did not finish as expected. Contact your
Support personnel or package vendor. Click the “OK” button.
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Error 1101. Error reading from file c:\config.msi\laff4.rbs. Verify that the
file exits and you can access it. Click the “OK” button.
Error 1712. One or more of the files required to restore your computer to
its previous state could not be found. Restoration is not possible. Click
the “OK” button.
After clearing the last message box, restart MSI installation. It should
successfully install the VPN Client.
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If IOS sends a split tunnel attribute that is host-based (255.255.255.255
mask), the VPN Client uses the host in a QM, but it passes the
IPV4_ADDR_SUBNET in the ID payload.
IOS expects IPV4_ADDR, as this is a host ID. This causes connectivity
issues.
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The VPN Client’s xauth dialog always stays in the foreground so it doesn't
get “lost” (on XP it goes to the background and then jumps forward within
seconds). The xauth dialog does not have focus, however, and it can be
difficult to enter the username/password without first clicking on it with the
mouse. This was observed on Windows 2000 and Windows XP; we have not
checked Windows 98.
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Installing the VPN Client using the Microsoft Windows Installer (MSI)
displays “Time Remaining” for the installation. This time is not very accurate
and should be ignored.
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Microsoft article Q234859 states that for the resiliency feature to work on
Windows 4.0, IE 4.01 sp1 and shell32.dll version 4.72.3110.0 or greater must
be installed on the computer.
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The Microsoft Installer (MSI) resiliency (self healing) feature does not
restore all files that are installed with the VPN Client. The files that will be
restored are files that are associated with the shortcuts under Start | Program
Files | Cisco Systems VPN Client.
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An issue can occur when using the Release 4.0VPN Client with Start Before
Logon (SBL), after enabling SBL. The first time you log out of Windows, the
VPN Client does not load after you press the CTRL+ALT+DEL key
combination at the Windows logon prompt.
Workaround:
Reboot the PC after enabling Start Before Logon; after a subsequent logout,
the VPN Client should operate properly.
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The following error occurs after the resiliency feature has reinstalled a
missing file on Windows NT 4.0:
c:\winnt\profiles\all users\start menu\programs\cisco systems
vpnclient\xxx.lnk
The Windows installer failed to install the program associated with this
file.
Please contact your system administrator.
xxx.lnk is whatever file is being restored.
When you click OK, the PC reboots and the file is restored. The resiliency
feature is working, but the error should not appear.
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When attempting to launch the dialer when the dialer is already running on
the logon desktop (due to SBL or SBL and AI), the following error occurs
instead of the VPN Client dialer loading:
“Single dialer instance event creation failed with error 5.”
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This is most likely to happen when Start Before Logon and Auto Initiate are
being used on a Windows NT/2000/XP system.
Workaround:
This is due to the fact that the VPN Client dialer is already running on the
“logon desktop”. Most likely during Windows logon the dialer launched and
posted an error, the Windows logon was completed and the error was never
closed. To work around this error, do the following:
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Press CTRL+ALT+DEL to get to the logon desktop.
Look for and close any VPN Client error dialogs.
Press ESC to return to the normal Windows desktop; the VPN Client should load
normally.
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During installation of the VPN Client on a PC that already has the Enternet
v.1.5c or v. 1.5c SP2, the following error might appear:
“SVCHOST.EXE has generated errors and will be closed by Windows.”
Workaround:
If this message appears, click OK, then reboot the PC when the VPN Client
prompts for the reboot. After this, The message does not reappear and all
connections work fine.
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InstallShield's “Tuner” application produces warnings and errors when
validating the Cisco MSI installation package.
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On a Windows 98 PC that has the Sygate Personal Firewall, the following
message may appear in the VPN Client log file:
“Packet size greater than ip header”
This message does not interfere with the VPN Client’s ability to pass data and
can be ignored.
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A user with the VPN Client cannot establish an IPSec tunnel to a VPN
Concentrator running over an Internet satellite connection.
There are three observed results:
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User is never prompted for XAUTH username and password.
After successfully authenticating, the user cannot transmit/receive any
data.
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After successfully transmitting data for approximately 5 minutes, the
VPN session is disconnected regardless of the user activity at the time of
disconnect.
This problem occurs only if IPSec over TCP is used.
Workaround:
Use IPSec over UDP.
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The following error might occur on Windows 98 when making many VPN
connections without closing the VPN Client between connections:
VPNGUI caused an invalid page fault in module MSVCRT.DLL at
0167:78002f52.
To avoid this error, exit the VPN Client after disconnecting.
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The VPN Client on Windows XP using native XP PPPoE client fails to
connect when using IPSec/TCP.
Workaround:
Make sure that the Windows XP Internet Connection Firewall is disabled for
the PPPoE connection. This feature defaults to enabled when the connection
entry is created. To disable it do the following:
Step 1
Step 2
Run Control Panel, then click on Network Connections.
Right click on the PPPoE connection entry (may be called “Broadband”) and
select “Properties”.
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Step 3
Change to the Advanced Tab and uncheck the “Internet Connection Firewall”
option.
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Some AOL applications might not be usable while a 4.0 VPN Client
connection is active. These include the AOL integrated web browser and
some internal links. Using external web browsers and other applications
should work over the VPN. These issues were seen most recently using AOL
version 7.0 and 8.0.
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To connect to a VPN 3000 Concentrator requiring Sygate Personal Firewall,
Sygate Personal Firewall Pro, using Are You There (AYT), the version of the
firewall must be 5.0, build 1175 or later. The VPN Client might not detect an
earlier version of the Sygate Personal Firewall and therefore, a connection
will not be allowed.
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After upgrading, the VPN Client is unable to connect to the VPN 3000
Concentrator. The ability for the VPN Client to negotiate an AES-192 IKE
Proposal has been removed. This change affects all VPN Client versions
greater than 3.7.2.
Workaround:
Reconfigure the VPN Concentrator so that it does not require an AES-192
IKE Proposal for VPN Client connections.
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The Equant remote access dialer does not automatically connect the Release
4.0 VPN Client, as it could when using the Release 3.x VPN Client. If you
have the Equant dialer configured to establish your VPN connection, the VPN
Client appears, but you must manually click Connect to connect. An updated,
Cisco-specific .dll file is available from Equant to fix this problem.
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The 4.0 VPN Client (on Windows 2000 or Windows XP) connects but is
unable to pass data over the VPN tunnel. Viewing the routing table using
“route print” at a command prompt shows the default gateway has been
modified incorrectly as in the example below.
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0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 n.n.n.n n.n.n.n
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Where n.n.n.n is the IP address assigned to the VPN.
Workaround:
This is due to a misconfiguration on the VPN3000 at the central site. Make
sure that the Group | Client Config settings for Split Tunneling Policy are
correct. If the group is set to “Only tunnel networks in the list” and the Split
Tunneling Network List is the predefined “VPN CLient Local LAN” list this
problem will occur.
If split tunneling is the desired result, change the Split Tunneling Network
List to an appropriate list, otherwise make sure that the Split Tunneling Policy
is set to “Tunnel Everything” and check “Allow the networks in the list to
bypass the tunnel”. This allows for proper Local LAN function.
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When the VPN Client is installed and Start before Logon is configured,
logging into an Active Directory Domain might take a long time, with or
without a VPN connection.
This issue occurs under the following conditions:
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The VPN Client is installed on Windows 2000 or Windows XP
Professional.
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You have enabled “Start before Logon” in the VPN Client.
You are logging in to a Windows Active Directory domain (not an NT 4
Domain).
Workaround:
This problem occurs because of a fix that was added for CSCdu20804. This
fix adds the following parameter to the registry every time Start before Logon
is enabled:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\NetL
ogon\Parameters
ExpectedDialupDelay
Removing “ExpectedDialupDelay” from the registry (then rebooting) should
fix the problem with slow logons to an Active Directory Domain.
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Caution
Note
This procedure contains information about editing the registry. Before
you edit the registry, make sure you understand how to restore it if a
problem occurs.
If you disable, then re-enable Start before Logon, this entry is added again
and must be removed.
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If the Digital Certificate you are using has expired, the Windows VPN Client
GUI does not popup with an error message indicating it has expired. The only
indication you have is in the log file.
A message does appear if you are using the VPN Client command line -
vpnclient.exe
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If a ZoneLabs product such as ZoneAlarm or ZoneAlarm Pro is installed on
the PC and the VPN Client is installed or upgraded, ZoneAlarm blocks the
VPN Client service (cvpnd.exe). The VPN Client’s splash screen appears, but
the GUI does not. ZoneAlarm does not ask the user whether to allow the VPN
Client to access the Internet. Additionally, the following error appears after
about two minutes:
“The necessary VPN sub-system is not available. You can not connect to the
remote VPN server.”
Workaround:
Do the following steps:
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Open the ZoneLabs product and select “Program Control”.
Click on the “Programs” Tab
Cisco Systems VPN Client's Access permission is a ?. Click under “Trusted” and
select “Allow”. The ? mark changes change to a Check mark.
Step 4
Reboot the PC.
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When the PC boots back up, the client will launch normally.
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The following Notification might occur if the Cisco Systems Integrated
Client is required to make a connection:
“The Client did not match the firewall configured on the central site VPN
device. Cisco Systems Integrated Client should be enabled or installed on
your computer.”
When this occurs, the connection is not allowed. If this Notification appears,
click Close and attempt to reconnect. If this second attempt to connect fails,
reboot the PC. The connection should succeed at this point.
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This problem has two facets. You cannot select text from the VPN Client log
tab, and trying to save the VPN Client log results in an empty (zero byte) file.
This problem might occur if the VPN Client logging has been enabled,
disabled, or cleared.
Workaround:
If the all or part of the log must saved, you can select the text with the mouse
or by using CTRL+A, and then copy it using CTRL+C. You can then paste it
as usual using CTRL+V in Notepad or your favorite editor.
As an alternative, the VPN Client log files are saved to the directory
c:\Program Files\Cisco Systems\VPN Client\Logs by default and can be
opened and viewed using a text editor and saved as a different name if needed.
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After the user enters the username and password, the VPN Client machine
might go blank for a moment and then continue. This behavior has not shown
any negative effect on the tunnel connection or the user's ability to use the PC.
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The VPN Client does not put any limit to the number of log files that are saved
in the \VPN Client\Logs directory. Users must manually delete these files to
remove all or some of them.
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Using the 4.0 VPN Client with Entrust Entelligence certificates, the “Send
CA Certificate Chain” option should be grayed out and unavailable, but it is
not.
Workaround:
Checking the “Send CA Certificate Chain” option when using Entrust
Entelligence certificates makes the VPN Client connection fail to complete,
leave this option unchecked.
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If you uninstall the VPN Client from a Windows 2000 or Windows XP
Computer with RASPPPOE, the following message box might appear:
Failed to uninstall the Cisco Network Adaptor.
Error: 0xe000020b
Click OK. The Client uninstallation then continues normally.
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The following problem has occurred with non-Windows VPN Clients. While
connected to the VPN Client, DNS resolution to the internal network works
at first but fails later in the connection.
If the workstation is set to use DHCP and receives a DNS address from the
DHCP server, the new DNS overwrites the VPN Concentrator's pushed DNS
that had been resolving internal network devices. Once the new DNS has
overwritten the Concentrator-pushed DNS, internal devices are no longer
resolved properly.
Workaround:
After connecting to the ISP, record the DNS addresses assigned by the DHCP
server and hard code them into the workstation. This prevents the workstation
from accepting the DHCP-pushed DNS addresses in the future but still allows
resolution when not connected over VPN.
The drawback of this is that if the ISP changes their DNS server addresses,
the user must find out the hard way and hard code these new addresses once
more.
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The PKCS#10 thumbprint for the certificate request is missing on 4.x VPN
Client, so it is impossible for the CA to verify the user's request by comparing
the thumbprint.
Workaround:
Downgrade to 3.6.X VPN Client.
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Performance issues exist with H.323 and the 4.0 VPN Client virtual adapter.
These performance issues could be related to MTU.
Workaround:
To use this workaround, you need to be running VPN Client Release 4.0.3.C
or later. Set the Virtual Adapter MTU at the MAC layer to 1500 (default value
is 1300). To do this, run the command “SetMTU.exe /va 1500”, then
re-establishing the tunnel. (A reboot is not required.) SetMTU.exe should be
located in the VPN Client installation directory. Please use “SetMTU.exe /?”
for other options.
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The ‘vpnclient stat firewall’ command cannot be run while not connected.
This command should return the state of the firewall at all times, not just
when the VPN Client is connected.
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CVPND does not free file handles when it disconnects from the VPN
gateway. This might cause an out-of-resources situation. This problem
occurred under Windows NT, running VPN Client version 4.0. No problem
running with Windows 2000.
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The following problem occurs when using the VPN Client, Release 4.0
running on MS Windows 2000 or Windows XP. After connecting, a
“classfull” route is installed in the routing table, due to not receiving a subnet
mask.
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IPSec SA rekeying fails on VPN Client 4.0.2A/B. The VPN4.0.2A/B and
IPSec SA Lifetime Measurement is configured as Data on the VPN 3000
Concentrator.
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Open Caveats
Workaround:
Use Time Lifetime on the VPN 3000 Concentrator.
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After the Cisco VPN Client is connected, the PC stops receiving the local
multicast traffic. The “Allow Local LAN Access” check box is checked, and
the multicast addresses are also included in the bypass list on the VPN 3000
Concentrator.
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The ForceNetLogin feature might not work properly with Entrust Intelligence
client version 6.1.
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VPN Client sends the first ESP packet after IKE negotiation is successful
using an SPI number that doesn't exist. Then the central-site Concentrator
sends back a delete notification, which the client ignores because the SPI
doesn't actually exist in the VPN Client. This does not affect any functions.
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A customer installed an RSA Keon CA server with root and subordinate CA.
When we are using the VPN Client, Release 3.1 with the certificates, we can
connect to VPN 3000 Concentrator running either 3.x or 4.0.1D
(Concentrator code does not matter).
Once I upgrade the VPN Client to 3.6.x or 4.0.x, I can no longer get a
connection to VPN 3000 Concentrator.
I play around all the settings including “check uncheck CA chain” on the
Client end, as well as the Concentrator end, “Certificate Group Matching”,
IKE group 1 or group2, no matter what I do, it does not work.
Workaround:
Downgrade the VPN client to 3.1.
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With the VPN Client, Release 4.0.x installed on a Windows XP (tablet
edition) system, whenever the VPN dialer is opened we get an error “System
Error: IPC Socket allocation failed with error ffffffff8h” and then it cannot go
out to the DHCP server and get an IP address.
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When installing a customized VPN Client InstallPath, a pop-up box appears
during the installation with the following message:
Usage:
VAInstaller i <INF Location> <HardwareID>
r <HardwareID>
f <HardwareID>
Options:
i - installs the Virtual Adapter
r - removes the Virtual Adapter
f - finds if the Virtual Adapter in installed
Workaround:
If the installation path includes $BASEDIR\Program Files\, then the
InstallPath works.
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Using VPN Client, Release 4.0.3.C running under Windows 95, Windows 98,
or Windows ME, we can not log in to the Microsoft network using the
Command-Line Interface to connect VPN communication. NetBIOS packets
fail to be encrypted.
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Mac OS X VPN Client Release 4.0.3.E and higher no longer supports
Mac OS X 10.1.5. VPN Client Release 4.0.2.C is the last released client
compatible with Mac OS X 10.1.5.
Workaround:
Install the Mac OS X VPN Client Release 4.0.2.C.
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Caveats Resolved in Release 4.0.5.D
Release 4.0.5.D resolves the following issues:
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If a user is member of at least 500 groups in the domain (Win2000), the VPN
Client cannot open a connection. A message in the log says that the certificate
could not be retrieved because the store is empty. The same user can connect
without a problem if the number of groups he belongs to is less than 500.
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An error is generated on the VPN Client when trying to connect after a
certificate renewal is performed:
"Error 31: The certificate "User Name" associated with this Connection Entry
no longer exists or failed to open. Please select another certificate."
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The VPN Client software is unable to verify some user certificates.
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This was introduced in 4.0.3.C. If the user has more than 10 certificates, and
wants to select a certificate number 10 or higher, the wrong certificate is
selected.
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The VPN Client's DPD processing is correct, but it was logging the wrong
DPD sequence number in the logs.
CSCsa41980
In rare cases in which IKE packets are fragmented and received out of order,
it is possible for the Cisco VPN Client to terminate abruptly.
CSCsa42416
If Netopia's NetOctopus is installed on the host, the Cisco VPN Client cannot
disable the Virtual Adapter at tunnel disconnect.
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Caveats Resolved in Release 4.0.5.C
Release 4.0.5.C resolves the following issues:
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Can't Install the Virtual Adapter after removing a VPN 5000 client. This
happens because some of the VPN 5000 Registry keys are not removed by the
Uninstall.
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Client fails when Sygate firewall is installed and the system is not configured
with correct DNS servers.
If Ethernet or wireless is connected after logging into Windows and the DNS
server is not reachable, you get warning201 on the GUI, and then you get the
XAuth prompt. You are eventually connected, but after the connection, you
cannot pass any traffic. But from the second connection onwards, everything
works just fine.
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There is currently no way to differentiate certificates that have the same
common name and reside in the same store. The VPN GUI does not allow
users to associate a different certificate with same name in the profile.
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The parent suffix is not appended by VPN Client even if
"AppendOriginalSuffix" value is present in vpnclient.ini under [DNS]
section. This could be seen by a DEBUG log message that the correct value
was present in vpnclient.ini. Windows network connection property pages
also had the right checkbox selected to append the parent suffix.
Caveats Resolved in Release 4.0.5.B
Release 4.0.5.B resolves the following issue:
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When the VPN Client and the head-end device are using different subordinate
digital certificates, IKE authentication fails.
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Caveats Resolved in Release 4.0.5.A
Caveats Resolved in Release 4.0.5.A
Release 4.0.5.A resolves the following issues:
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Cisco-proprietary NAT Transparency can be enabled in environments where
NAT/PAT is not used, but perhaps a firewall allows UDP but not ESP packets.
The standards-based implementation does not allow for this option, since it
is autodetecting the need for NAT transparency based on whether or not the
client is in a NAT/PAT environment.
Requesting a mechanism per profile to force use of NAT-T even if the VPN
Client or VPN Concentrator do not detect that they are behind a NAT/PAT
device.
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When trying to import a certificate, on the GUI, the “Unable to import
certificate” message is displayed. A password has been provided when
generating the Certificate request file. This password has been correctly
re-entered in the “Import Password” field.
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When a connection is made with the VPN Client using a certificate in the
Cisco store that does not contain a password, the GUI still prompts the user
for a password. This problem happens only if the certificate is in Cisco store.
CSCec47637
Using the VPN Client with multiple-monitor display enabled on a Windows
XP machine, the VPN Client authentication dialog box appears split between
the two monitors rather than completely in one side or the other.
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If entrust certificates are used with the VPN Client, the Client writes the
timeout values to entrust.ini file. The VPN Client deletes comments in the
entrust.ini file when it writes the timeout values.
CSCee13237
When fast user switching is enabled in Windows XP and multiple users log
in, the VPN username/password prompt window always shows up in the first
user's desktop. All other users cannot see this window when opening a VPN
connection. They may think the VPN Client is stuck.
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When connecting from the VPN Client to the VPN 3000 Concentrator, with
Cisco Pushed Policy enabled, the Firewall tab on the VPN Client is disabled
and is therefore unusable.
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The VPN Client cannot load a certificate that has an incorrect value for the
CRL Distribution Point extension. Since this field is not used by the VPN
Client, it should ignore this field.
Caveats Resolved in Release 4.0.5
Release 4.0.5 resolves the following issues:
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Rebranding of the Cisco VPN Client (4.0.3) does not update the VPN Client
title bar correctly and/or automatically. When the steps are followed, the VPN
Client installation creates a folder called oem.ini and then put the actual
"oem.ini" file within this folder.
The title bar is correctly rebranded if the oem.ini file is moved from the
previously mentioned directory to the C:\Program Files\Cisco Systems\VPN
Client\ folder (which is the default client installation folder) or whatever
folder the client was installed on.
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When the 4.0.3.F VPN Client is installed in a directory other than the default
(C:\Program Files\Cisco Systems\VPN Client), the virtual adapter can not be
installed on Windows 2000 or Windows XP. The installation displays the
following error message:
Failed to install Cisco Network Adapter. Error: 0x3.
Please uninstall this client and try the install again.
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If the connection profile uses certificates, the VPN Client requires users to
enter the CertSubjectName field in the profile. This happens to be fairly large,
something like:
CertSubjectName=cn=Test1,ou=rootou,o=cisco,l=city,st=state,c=US,e=som
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The client should allow users to just enter the CertName field in the profile.
The VPN Client should not force the use of SubjectName, as it is long and
hard to enter in the profile. The CertName field for the above subject name
looks like:
CertName=Test1
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If you want the DNS suffix to be appended to the actual list, you will have to
add AppendOriginalSuffix=1 in the vpnclient.ini file. Otherwise the existing
DNS suffixes are overwritten by default. The purpose of this DDTS is to
change this default.
Caveats Resolved in Release 4.0.4.D
Release 4.0.4.D resolves the following issues:
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When connected over a PPP connection using any of the Linux, Solaris, or
Mac VPN Clients, the Excluded networks do not allow traffic to the network
directly connected to the workstations ethernet adapters.
The EnableLocalLan keyword combined with the proper Concentrator Group
configuration should allow the client to pass traffic to the workstations local
ethernet network. An issue with the client prevents traffic only to the network
directly attached to the workstation. Other networks excluded from the
tunnel pass traffic normally.
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VPN Clients should exclude all local networks with wildcard push.
The VPN Client feature to push the 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0 wildcard during the
excluded networks negotiation only excludes the network currently
connected to the VPN Concentrator. The client SHOULD be excluding ALL
local interfaces and networks.
If a user has Ethernet and PPP and dials in to connect to a group with a
wildcard exclude, they will only exclude their PPP interfaces network. The
Ethernet network is NOT excluded.
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With this change, ALL interface networks will be excluded so that the user
will be able to access their home network over Ethernet while connected to
the tunnel over PPP. Should they have two Ethernets, the same would apply.
Prior to this change, the admin would have to push individual networks along
with the wildcard to support home networks with more than one interface.
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Access to overlapping subnet over tunnel fails - supernet mask:
Split tunneling from network X.X.14.0/23 (255.255.254.0) and tunneling in
to a Concentrator that assigns a Y.Y.A.B address and includes X.X.0.0/16
(255.255.0.0) in the split tunneling list. With all versions of the client prior
to 4.x on Windows, the customer could access the X.X.14.0/23 network
across the tunnel, this no longer works with 4.x and the virtual adapter.
The issue appears to be that when the concentrator passes down the less
specific mask, the routing table entry for the specific mask (X.X.14.0/23) is
not modified, so it is always preferred.
The client should be looking at the routing table and adding more specific
metric routes for any specific masks covered under a split tunneling list when
a user connects/disconnects.
If the customer changes the split tunneling list specifically to X.X.14.0/23,
then this network is accessible via the tunnel, however, this does not work for
production since all networks under X.X.0.0/16 must go through the tunnel.
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Cisco Systems VPN adapter not removed after upgrading VPN Client.
When the Windows 2000 VPN Client is updated with an installation of VPN
Client Release 4.0.4, problems can occur if the InstallShield installation
method is chosen.
During the installation process, the old version is automatically uninstalled
prior to installation of the new version. However, sometimes the prior "Cisco
Systems VPN adapter" does not get uninstalled, and Release 4.0.4 installs a
second "Cisco Systems VPN adapter."
This can lead to mysterious failed connection attempts to the VPN
Concentrator.
If the VPN Client Release 4.0.4 is installed a second time, the duplicate
"Cisco Systems VPN adapter" is gone.
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When trying to install the 4.0.4 version of the VPN Client on a Windows 2000
PC which was built with a ghost image, we get the error,
"Error 28001 MS TCP/IP is not installed"
and cannot install the VPN Client.
CSCee84411
Split-tunneling does not work under certain circumstances for 4.0.4.C version
of the VPN Client.
Caveats Resolved in Release 4.0.4.B
Release 4.0.4.B resolves the following issues:
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You may see a problem with FTP file transfers over a long period of time
(hours) while connected with the VPN Client. The symptom is that the FTP
session never starts (no response to the 'open' command) and the Client Log
Viewer shows the following events:
74 22:31:08.704 02/08/01 Sev=Warning/2 IPSEC/0xE370000C
Failed to acquire a TCP control resource, the queue is empty.
75 22:31:08.704 02/08/01 Sev=Warning/2 IPSEC/0xA370001A
VRS processing failed, discarding packet
Other applications like PING and HTTP should work fine, but for FTP to
work again, you must disconnect and reconnect the VPN Client.
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While attempting to connect a Linux VPN Client, the client seems to lock up
after the certificate password has been entered. Beginning with the Release
4.0.3.B Linux VPN Client, if the VerifyCertDN field is in use within the
profile and it does not match the server certificate sent by the VPN 3000
Concentrator, the client will hang.
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When the VPN Client Release 4.0.3.F is installed, uninstalled, and
reinstalled, the VPN Client cannot establish a tunnel. The client logs have the
message:
Failed to initialize the ipsec driver! Returned 1
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The Linux VPN Client 4.0.4.A will not install on the SuSe 9.1 OS.
CSCee50587
Certificate import screens introduced in the 4.0 VPN Client that say that a
password is optional may be confusing to some users. Customer would like
the message changed to say that a password may be required instead of that a
password is optional.
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Firewall dialog box needs to be disabled if firewall is not used.
At SBL (Start Before Login), the VPN Client checks to see if any supported
firewalls (Zone, BlackIce, etc.) are installed on the system. If they are, the
client checks to see if they are up and running. If they are not up and running,
the client displays a dialog box letting the user know that we are waiting for
the firewall to start before continuing with the VPN connection. Users have
an option for canceling this dialog box and continuing even though the
firewall has not started. This happens before the client has sent any messages
to the VPN 3000 Concentrator; therefore, the client has no idea if a firewall
is in fact required by the VPN 3000 Concentrator. We wait because we don't
want to start a connection to the VPN 3000 Concentrator until an installed
firewall is up and running, for security reasons.
This needs to be done because sometimes at SBL, the Cisco VPN Service
would come up before other services (like the firewall), or the TCP stack.
This is seen more often on Windows XP, because XP has the fast boot option
where a user is allowed to log on the system even before all the services are
up. If a firewall is required by the VPN 3000 Concentrator device, we want to
make sure that the firewall is up.
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The problem is, the client installs the stateful firewall on the machine. It trips
over stateful firewall (if it is not started) even when customers don't have the
stateful firewall turned on. As a fix, if the stateful firewall is not started by
end-users, and if that is the only firewall installed on the system, the client
will not display a dialog box.
If stateful firewall is turned on, and if it is not started at SBL, the VPN Client
still displays the dialog box. If there are other Cisco supported firewalls on
the system that are not started, we display the dialog box.
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Windows 2000 OS-added route doesn’t get incremented after client connects.
On Windows 2000 machines the operating system adds routes (routes that are
added by default when an interface comes up). These routes have a metric of
1, and we do not increment the metric of the original route. We do not see this
issue in Windows XP.
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The VPN Client graphical user interface hangs or displays “Warning 201: The
Cisco Vpn service is not responding” at Start Before Login.
This happens only when Zone service (vsmon.exe) is installed on the system.
This service is installed by Zone Alarm Pro or Zone Integrity Agent.
Cisco VPN service adds a rule to the Zone service to allow VPN traffic when
Cisco VPN service is first started. But it is possible that the OS starts the
Cisco VPN service before the Zone service is started. In that case, the Cisco
service gets blocked while trying to add those rules.
Caveats Resolved in Release 4.0.4
Release 4.0.4 resolves the following issues:
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If an IPSec SA has expired and has not been renewed by the VPN 3000
Concentrator, the system displays an INTERNAL ERROR: INVALID
REASON CODE message when you issue the VPN Client stat command.
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On a Linux machine running version 2.6.2 kernel or higher, the Cisco Linux
VPN Client 4.0.3(B) hangs when trying to connect.
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The VPN Client stat repeat command produces the following error when the
client disconnects:
INTERNAL ERROR: INVALID REASON CODE
This is only a message from theVPN Client stat command and does not
indicate any problems with the VPN Client.
Caveats Resolved in Release 4.0.3.F
Release 4.0.3.F resolves the following issues:
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There are MTU-related performance issues with H.323 and the VPN Client
virtual adapter.
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Using the CLI under Windows XP, if you try to connect when the VPN Client
is already connected, the existing tunnel connection fails.
CSCed61937
When using Radius with Expiry, the user is prompted for a username,
password, and domain. If the domain name is 15 chararcters long, it is
truncated to 14 characters in the VPN Client profile.
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If a central-site concentrator with DPD keepalives disabled deletes an
ISAKMP SA, VPN Clients are not updated. The client repeatedly tries to
negotiate new IPSEC SAs using the old ISAKMP SA.
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Import of base-64 encoded certificates fails in version 4.0.3.B of VPN Client.
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Caveats Resolved in Release 4.0.3.E
Release 4.0.3.E resolves the following issues:
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The silent disconnect option of VPN Client for Windows does not suppress
the message:
“Do you wish to disconnect your Dialup Networking connection?”
For VPN Client Release 4.0.2, the behavior is somewhat different. The sd flag
suppresses the message, but the dialup connection remains in place.
Disconnecting the connection requires user intervention when the VPN
Client exits.
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Using VPN Client Release 4.0.2.C for MacOS X on MacOS X 10.3, after
installing the Mac VPN Client on MacOS X 10.3 (Panther), you get an error
message that the “VPN SubSystem [is] not available.” Restarting the Mac
causes the message to go away, as does manually starting the service.
CSCec82493
When using the Release 4.0.3.C VPN Client for MacOS X under Panther
(MacOS X 10.3), you might see drop-down lists appear in odd places on the
screen. For example, the Profile list in Simple mode appear in a different part
of the screen when you click the drop-down list.
Caveats Resolved in Release 4.0.3.D
Release 4.0.3.D resolves the following issues:
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The 4.0 VPN Client running on Windows 2000 or Windows XP is unable to
connect. The following event appears in the log:
“The Client was unable to enable the Virtual Adapter because it could not
open the device.”
This can happen as a result of the VPN Client’s virtual adapter not being
installed.
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A VPN Client, version 4.0.1, can't initialize the virtual adapter while
attempting an IPSEC connection after “undocking” from a docking station.
When attempting a connection the following message appears in the VPN
Client logs:
Sev=Warning/2IKE/0xE3000099
Failed to active IPSec SA: Unable to enable Virtual Adapter
(NavigatorQM:938)
In summary:
Docked- successful connect
Undocked- failure to enable adapter
Redocked- failure to enable adapter
The only way to recover is to reboot the system.
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When the VPN Client connection is initiated via CLI from Terminal Server
client, and no one is logged on the Terminal server, then the VPN Connection
fails.
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Release 4.x VPN Client for Windows with Auto-initiation prompts to
disconnect or suspend when the Windows machine is shutdown. This happens
with all Release 4.x VPN Clients with auto-initiation turned on.
Caveats Resolved in Release 4.0.3.C
Release 4.0.3.C resolves the following issues:
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With Datakey Smart Cards, after a user logs off a Windows session and logs
back in, the user is not prompted to re-enter the Smart Card credentials by
receiving a prompt for a password.
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Using the 4.0 VPN Client with the virtual adapter (Windows 2000 or
Windows XP) in a multiple NIC environment, the VPN Client might not pass
data while connected.
When the VPN Client PC has multiple network interfaces and the default
gateway is on the non-VPN interface, the default gateway metric is not
incremented. This might result in data that is bound for the VPN going to the
non-VPN default gateway and being dropped. This problem is clearly
identifiable by looking at the routing table while a VPN (All Tunneling)
connection is active, where the two default routes appear with equal metrics.
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The 4.0 VPN Client requires a specific route to the DHCP server so that this
doesn't break after the connection is established. If users are connecting to the
external interface and using a local DHCP server there is a specific route to
that server created pointing to the NIC, not the virtual adapter.
If other services are running on that same server, such as WINS, DNS, and
such, this route breaks these services once the VPN session is established. If
you remove this route, everything works as it should. This occurs regardless
of whether you use tunnel everything or split tunneling.
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VPN Client, Release 4.0.2.B causes system failure (blue screen) when using
IPSec/TCP.
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Cisco VPN traffic seems to top off at 1352 (IP datagram), which includes
1324 (ESP packet). This happens even when the interface MTU is set to 1400
or more.
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In a load-balanced configuration running VPN Client Releases 4.0.1, 4.0.1.A,
4.0.2.C - E, 4.0.3, and VPN Concentrator Releases 4.0, 4.0.1.A - E, the DPD
fails to disconnect the Client IPSec session when the Client connects to the
load-balanced cluster IP address.
Release Notes for VPN Client, Release 4.0 through Release 4.0.5.D
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Caveats Resolved in Release 4.0.3.B
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When a profile that uses a certificate is used to establish a connection to the
central site, the VPN GUI verifies the certificate before establishing the
connection. But because of this problem, it verifies the first certificate in the
list, instead of the certificate associated with the profile.
Generally users would not notice this because the verification of the
certificate is successful. But if the first certificate in the list is not valid, the
connection fails.
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On very rare occasions, in Release 4.0 and higher of the VPN Client GUI,
IPSecLog.exe fails when you change the log settings in the VPN GUI.
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Feature Request: Allow customers to modify the VA MTU (at MAC layer)
during Install Shield installation.
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The Release 4.0 VPN Client must notify Novell once the VPN Tunnel comes
up.
Caveats Resolved in Release 4.0.3.B
Release 4.0.3.B does not contain any new resolved caveats.
Caveats Resolved in Release 4.0.3.A
Release 4.0.3.A resolves the following issues:
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When installing the Release 4.0 VPN Client on Windows 2000, a driver
signing warning appears, asking whether or not to continue the installation.
The Release 4.0 VPN Client, when installed on Windows 2000 or Windows
XP has a new Virtual Adapter feature. On Windows 2000 systems, the VPN
Client installs a Virtual Adapter driver that is not yet signed, so when
installing the VPN Client on Windows 2000 systems, a warning might appear.
Release Notes for VPN Client, Release 4.0 through Release 4.0.5.D
OL-5450-10
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Caveats Resolved in Release 4.0.3
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Using Windows NT 4.0, SP 6, and Windows XP Home, the VPN Clients CLI
cannot start a third-party dial-up program when a connection profile is
configured to do so. The following error appears: “The third-party dial-up
program could not be started.”
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When attempting to connect with the Linux VPN Client, the VPN Client fails
if the interface routing to the concentrator is down, because the client cannot
bind to it. This could happen if the Ethernet cable is unplugged. This problem
does not occur with the Linux VPN Client, Release 4.0.3 or higher.
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VPN Client, Release 4.0.3, cannot connect to a VPN Server. The following
error messages appear on the VPN client logs:
API Failure - Function call ControlService returned 1062
Failed to active IPSec SA: Unable to enable Virtual Adapter
Caveats Resolved in Release 4.0.3
Release 4.0.3 resolves the following issues:
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Windows VPN Client (version 4.x) fails to connect to a VPN 3000 Series
Concentrator from a Windows Terminal Services Connection. This was
possible with earlier 3.6.x versions. The problem occurs when a user connects
to a Windows 2000 server running terminal services and from the terminal
services session launches the VPN Client to connect to a VPN 3000
Concentrator (configured to do split tunneling). With versions4.x using the
new Virtual Adapter, this is not possible; however, it was possible with
versions 3.6.x.
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When using the VPN Client, Release 3.6.2B on Windows XP PCs, if “register
this address to DNS” was not Checked on a PPP adapter side, Split-DNS
behavior differs.
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If checked, Split-DNS behaves normally.
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If not checked, Split-DNS functions normally, but after disconnecting
from the internet, it never refers to the DNS of the Internet side.
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Name resolution can take up to 40 seconds when a tunnel has been
established. This problem occurs only on WIN XP. This problem was not
evident in 3.6.x VPN Client code.
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Symptom: With the VPN Client 4.x on Windows XP, using split tunneling and
split DNS, the DNS lookup does not use DNS servers.
The following observations pertain to this issue:
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All or nothing tunnel works fine.
This problem occurs only with split tunnel and split tunnel with split
DNS.
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If you use nslookup to resolve the PINGed server, it might give the right
info.
This problem exists for both FQDN and unqualified name.
Caveats Resolved in Release 4.0.2.E
Release 4.0.2.E resolves the following issue:
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If vpnclient.ini option “AppendOriginalSuffix” has a value of 1 or 2, the VPN
Client should append the primary suffix of the machine at tunnel
establishment.
Caveats Resolved in Release 4.0.2.D
Release 4.0.2.D resolves the following issues:
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VPN Client, Release 3.6.2 is installed on the Windows 2000 and Windows XP
machines using the customized (OEM) installation (InstallShield Install).
Release Notes for VPN Client, Release 4.0 through Release 4.0.5.D
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Caveats Resolved in Release 4.0.2.D
To activate “Start before Logon”, oem.ini and vpnclient.ini are present in the
installation package. Once the machine is rebooted after the installation, the
“Start before Logon” feature does not work.
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When making changes to the vpnclient.ini and preceding [CertEnrollment]
parameters with an exclamation point (!) character, the fields are still editable
after installation. The exclamation point should make these fields uneditable,
but users can still edit the fields after installation and rebooting.
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Information like Department information does not get filled in using v4.0.1
of the VPN Client. When using Certificate Enrollment, the CA url info is
correctly saved, but other information is ignored.
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On an XP PC with the 4.0 or 4.0.1 VPN Client, a user may experience DNS
issues upon connection. After connecting to a VPN 3000 Concentrator
(Release 4.0), the VPN Client can ping resources on the private network by
IP, but not by name. Once this happens on the XP PC, you can go to
network connections->advanced->advanced settings and change the order of
the adapters, or actually move a different (doesn't matter which) one to the
top of the list and hit OK. You can then ping by name.
If you disconnect the VPN Client and reconnect, you get the same results, but
the adapter at the top of the list is the one you moved there previously. You
cannot ping by name until you move a different adapter to the top of the list
and hit OK.
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The VPN Client intermittently takes as much as 30 seconds to launch. This
happens only intermittently. It takes about 15 seconds for the splash screen to
come up, and another 15 seconds for the GUI to come up. If you launch the
GUI from the command line or Windows Explorer by executing vpngui.exe
directly, it takes half that time.
This problem exists only in Releases 4.0.2, 4.0.2.A and 4.0.2.B of the VPN
Client. If VPN Client logs are disabled, this problem completely goes away.
Release Notes for VPN Client, Release 4.0 through Release 4.0.5.D
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Caveats Resolved in Release 4.0.2.C
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The silent uninstall feature of the VPN client does not uninstall the Profiles
and certificates folder from the Program Files folder:
C:\Program Files\Cisco Systems\VPN Client
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If vpnclient.ini option “AppendOriginalSuffix” has a value of 1 or 2, the VPN
Client should append the primary suffix of the machine at tunnel
establishment.
Caveats Resolved in Release 4.0.2.C
Release 4.0.2.C resolves the following issues:
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Disable the VPN Client log, stops logging to the file and screen. Re-enabling
logging first clears the screen and reloads all the text from the file back to the
screen. Log output should start to appear on the screen and file.
CSCea52757
When installing from a CD, where all the files are Read-Only by default, the
MSI installer copies the VPNCLIENT.INI and .PCF files to the destination
but does not change the file attributes from Read-Only to Read+Write.
CSCdz57585
There is no way to prevent the “sample.pcf” file from appearing in the VPN
Client connection entries after installing the Mac VPN Client GUI. It is
unnecessary to see “sample.pcf” in the GUI connection entries. It should
remain as a template for hand-made profiles but not appear on the GUI. The
Windows VPN Client already behaves in this fashion.
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After waking from a workstation sleep, the Mac VPN Client still shows that
it is connected, even though it is not tunneling or blocking any traffic.
If the VPN Client is connected when the workstation is put to sleep, it might
not realize that it has lost its connection.
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At VPN Client initialization, the version string is overlaid in text on top of
the splash screen. There is no may to modify this string for OEM
customization. It should be removed.
Caveats Resolved in Release 4.0.2.B
Release 4.0.2.B resolves the following issues:
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VPN Clients, version 4.0.x, do not produce an informative Delete with
Reason message when the VPN Concentrator has been configured to
disconnect the Client due to “Type and Version Limiting”.
Type and Version Limiting was introduced with the 4.1 Concentrator code
and does not trigger an informative message from the VPN Client. The
current message is:
Secure VPN Connection terminated by Peer.
Reason: Unknown Error Occurred at Peer.
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The VPN Client is terminating the connection prematurely during rekey.
The scenario is:
1. The initial IKE SA (SA1) comes up.
2. Rekey is initiated. P1 is complete by establishing SA2.
3. Xauth is in progress.
4. SA1 is deleted. In this case, the remote peer sends a Delete message.
5. The VPN Client detects that there is no user authenticated IKE SA in the
system and brings down the connection.
Although SA2 is not yet authenticated, it is still a valid IKE SA. The VPN
Client should not bring down the connection at this point and should let the
rekey complete.
Release Notes for VPN Client, Release 4.0 through Release 4.0.5.D
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Caveats Resolved in Release 4.0.2.A
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DNS suffix search list gets replaced when CVPN Client 4.x is used for VPN
tunnel establishment.
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Unable to autopopulate the CertSerialHash value in the .PCF file. The
customer creates a customized profile and installs the certificate in the
Personal store on the PC. When the end user uses the VPN Client for first
time, it does not populate the CERTSERIALHASH value under the .PCF file,
which was working in earlier code.
Caveats Resolved in Release 4.0.2.A
Release 4.0.2.A resolves the following issues:
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The VPN Client does not handle stdin / stdout data correctly.
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The VPN Client user interface terminates unexpectedly with the following
error when a third-party dialer is misconfigured or the Client can't find the
dialer at the path specified:
vpngui.exe has generated errors and will be closed by Windows. You will
need to restart the application. An error log is being created.
If you specify the path correctly, the error does not occur.
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The TunnelEstablished flag is set to 1 (Connected) before user has accepted
the banner. This is an issue now that Release 4.0 prevents communication
across the tunnel before the banner is acknowledged.
Release Notes for VPN Client, Release 4.0 through Release 4.0.5.D
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Caveats Resolved in Release 4.0.2
Release 4.0.2 resolves the following issues:
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The Macintosh OS X version of VPN Client does not save the location & size
of the external Log Window so it must be resized and moved every time you
open it.
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Using the Linux version of the VPN Client over a SuSe native PPPoE
connection, the VPN Client fails to connect. The Mandrake platform exhibits
the same symptoms. The VPN Client is unable to bind to the type of PPPoE
used natively by SuSe and Mandrake.
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While attempting to make a connection using the Linux version of the VPN
Client, the workstation crashes if PPPoE is activated during the connection.
That is, if a VPN Client connection is in progress while PPPoE is being
brought up, the workstation crashes.
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When installing the Linux version of the VPN Client on a Red Hat 8.1 beta
installation, a number of disquieting warnings appear during installation as
well as a strange binary message while connecting the VPN Client. These
messages do not affect the performance of the VPN Client.
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If the certificate which is to be used by the VPN client, contains the
non-ASCII characters in the CN and Subject (letters with umlaut, various
kinds of accents, copyright character), then after selecting the certificate in
the VPN dialer, closing the VPN dialer, and reopening the same connection
entry, there is an error message, “The certificate <name>, associated with this
Connection Entry, no longer exists. Please select another certificate.”
In the certificate list, though, this certificate is still present and can be
selected.
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Rebranding the VPN Client Release 4.0 for Mac OS X is not currently
possible. If you drop a png file into the Resources folder of the installer disk
image, when you install the VPN Client, the png file is not copied into the
/etc/CiscoSystemsVPNClient/Resources/ folder.
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The Linux VPN Client does not install on platforms with kernel versions of
2.5 or 2.6. These kernel versions are not yet supported with the 4.0 Release
or any previous versions of the VPN Client.
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Using the Windows 4.0 VPN Client with certificates, we are unable to disable
certificate expiry message.
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The VPN Client should treat profile names as case insensitive.
If there is a profile PROFILE1.pcf and the following command is executed
from command prompt:
ipsecdialer /c /user <UserName> /pwd <UserPassword> profile1
or
vpngui /c /user <UserName> /pwd <UserPassword> profile1
The above commands should work. "profile1" should NOT be treated as case
sensitive. This is a regression from 3.6 GUI.
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When the silent disconnect option is used with the VPN Client, the “You've
been disconnected” dialog is still shown after a "VPNCLIENT
DISCONNECT" is issued.
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In the 4.0 version of the VPN Client, vpnclient.exe no longer supports the
“-sd” command line option. If I have an old shortcut for vpnclient.exe that
uses this option, I get a Usage output stating that this option is no longer
supported. This breaks all the 3.x shortcuts that use this option.
Release Notes for VPN Client, Release 4.0 through Release 4.0.5.D
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Caveats Resolved in Release 4.0.1
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Cvpnd.exe (Cisco VPN Service) crashes when trying to establish a tunnel. If
you run into this problem, the last entry in the logs should say:
Unable to forward xAuth request data to xAuth application. Error code
<error code>
This generally occurs if a severe error is encountered while trying to XAuth.
Specifically, this happens if we can't spawn a process to do XAuth. Some
reasons for that would be if some of the VPN Client execuatbles files are
deleted or modified.
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On rare occasions, the Release 4.0 VPN Client disconnects the tunnel right
after establishing it. This happens only when using a dialup connection to
Internet (or PPPoE).
The following messages appear in the VPN Client logs:
05 14:04:02.745 06/11/03 Sev=Warning/3 CM/0xA310002C
Adapter address changed from <IP Address>. Current address(es): <Current
IP Addresses>.
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After upgrading to 4.0.1D or E concentrator tries to authenticate users to the
Base Group instead of the defined group.
Errors seen on the logs add extra characters to the GROUP.
Caveats Resolved in Release 4.0.1
Release 4.0.1 fixes the following issues that existed in earlier software releases:
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When the vpnclient.ini has the setting, “StatefulFirewallAllowICMP=1”, and
StatefulFirewall (Always On) is suspended, then resumed, the Stateful
Firewall does not allow ICMP traffic to pass unless the service is stopped and
restarted.
Release Notes for VPN Client, Release 4.0 through Release 4.0.5.D
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Caveats Resolved in Release 4.0.1
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Buttons in Certificates->Import/Export windows are truncated when using
system Large Fonts (120dpi) setting.
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IPSec over TCP and/or Split tunneling does not work on certain machines.
This issue is the same as CSCdz51629, and CSCdy80016. For example, using
a Sierra SMC2632W wireless card, and building a VPN tunnel to a PIX
firewall, if split-tunneling is used, then no SAs are built for the networks in
the split tunnel list, resulting in no traffic flow over the tunnel.
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The VPN Client continually prompts for the password when using the
following command line:
ipsecdialer.exe /c /user USERNAME /pwd PASSWORD PROFILE
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When installing Release 4.0 of the VPN Client on Japanese Windows 2000,
the virtual adapter installer hangs.
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This problem occurs only on the Windows version of the Release 4.0 VPN
Client, not on non-Windows platforms or earlier versions of the VPN Client.
When a tunnel is established, the central site Concentrator could send a DNS
domain to be used by the VPN Client by mode configuration. The VPN Client
makes the changes to the system to use the DNS suffix pushed by the
central-site Concentrator. This works fine, but when the tunnel is
disconnected, the DNS suffix change that was made when the tunnel
connected is not undone.
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When the Cisco VPN Client disconnects, it logs the following message in a
file called faultlog.txt, located in C:\Program Files\Cisco Systems\VPN 3000
Client:
27 22:50:50.401 04/27/03 Sev=Critical/1 CVPND/0xE3400001
Microsoft IPSec Policy Agent service started successfully
The message appears only when we disconnect the Client. The Client
functions without any problems.
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The level for this message should be changed and this file should probably be
documented.
Caveats Resolved in Release 4.0
This section lists the caveats fixed since Release 3.6.3 (Windows) or Release 3.7.2
(Linux, Solaris, and Mac OS X). If you have an account on CCO you can check
the status of any caveat by using Bug Navigator II.
To reach Bug Navigator II on CCO, choose Software & Support: Online Technical
http://www.cisco.com/cgi-bin/Support/Bugtool/launch_bugtool.pl
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When using the VPN Client behind an ESP-aware NAT/Firewall, the port on
the NAT/Firewall device may be closed due to the VPN Client’s keepalive
implementation, called DPD (Dead Peer Detection). When a Client is idle, it
does not send a keepalive until it sends data and gets no response.
Refer to “Connection Profile Configuration Parameters” in the VPN Client
Administrator Guide for a detailed description of creating profiles.
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The VPN client cannot connect using digital certificates issued from an RSA
Keon CA if the “Send CA certificate chain” option is selected. The feature
defaults to disabled.
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The Cisco VPN Client fails to connect while configured for digital certificates
and posts the following error in the Log Viewer:
“Get certificate validity failed”
Some of the reasons this event could have occurred are:
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The received certificate has an incomplete chain.
The received certificate is either expired or not valid yet. Check the time
on the certificate.
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Caveats Resolved in Release 4.0
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A Restricted, Standard, or Limited user (Windows 2000) cannot install the
VPN Client using the Windows Installer (MSI), even if elevated privileges are
set for the user and the PC.
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While using the Solaris VPN Client and its pppd 4.0 driver over PPPoE, the
VPN Client can make a connection, but not pass any traffic.
Due to an initialization issue in the VPN Client code, the Solaris VPN Client
cannot pass traffic if it is first used with a PPPoE connection exclusively. It
must first have attempted an hme connection (even a failed one) to properly
ready itself for the PPPoE connection.
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The following Blue Screen failure might occur on a Windows NT-based PC
that has the Sygate Personal Firewall installed and has had a VPN connection
going for three or more days:
Stop:000000d1 (e572685c, 00000002, 00000000, bff110bc)
***Address bff110bc base at bff0f000, datestamp 3e1cdf98 -- Teefer.sys
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If a you install the Cisco VPN client and you are not a local administrator, but
you are a domain user that has been added to the local administrator group,
the install completes successfully, but you may get the error “VPN subsystem
unavailable” when trying to use the VPN Client, and you will be unable to use
the VPN Client.
If the user installing the VPN Client is a local administrator, then the error
does not occur when running the VPN Client.
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For the Cisco VPN Client version 3.6 and earlier, you had the ability to
replace Company Name, Product Name, bitmaps, icons, and the folder in
which the Client was installed. For the new version 4.0 VPN Client this
capability has changed somewhat.
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If you select “Delete” from within the Certificate tab, you are prompted with
the following message: “Are you sure you want to delete the certificate?” In
that window, there is an 'X' in the upper right corner. Clicking the 'X' to close
out the window instead of pressing one of the buttons, deletes the digital
certificate.
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In the Release 3.7 VPN Client GUI, the Certificate enrollment dialog where
the user enters the DN information should include the DN field abbreviations
after the field names in parenthesis; for example, “Common Name (CN):” or
“Department (OU):” since much of the product documentation makes
reference to “OU” for group selection.
The common DN parameters are:
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Common Name - CN
Email - E
Department - OU
Company - O
State - ST
Country - C
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In the Release 3.7 VPN Client MacOS X GUI, the Certificates tab has a
“Validity” tab. For a digital certificate that is not valid yet, it shows “invalid:
expired on Jun 4, 2003 14:15:49” where it should display something like “not
valid until <date> <time>” or at a minimum just state “expired or not valid
yet” without the date and time to not be misleading.
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The Release 4.0 VPN Client cannot currently import a Microsoft CAPI based
certificate directly into the Cisco certificate store. The certificate must be
manually exported from Microsoft Internet Explorer and then imported into
the Cisco certificate store.
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The Release 4.0 VPN Client prompts you to insert your Smartcard when
loading even though you are not using certificates with the VPN Client.
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In this case, the VPN Client is installed on a PC with Smartcard-based
certificates or Entrust Entelligence-based certificates. The VPN Client
attempts to enumerate the list of installed certificates, including ones that are
Smartcard- or Entelligence-based and may prompt the user.
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On the Release 3.7 VPN Client Mac GUI, on a new installation of the VPN
Client, the “Edit Settings” button launches the “Logging Options” window.
When you do this, all logging levels are set to 3 by default. However, the
vpnclient.ini logging levels are set to one. The default button is “Cancel”. If
a customer presses the Enter key, the levels stay at 1.
The Logging Options window does not read from the vpnclient.ini file.
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Using the Release 3.7 VPN Client, there is a parameter in the pcf files that
controls whether the VPN Client allows the use of split DNS when connected.
This value should default to 1, which means enabled. It currently defaults to
0, which makes the feature appear broken. Setting it to 1 in the pcf allows split
DNS to function.
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This issue applies only to the Release 4.0 VPN Client and only with Virtual
Adapter (Windows 2000 and Windows XP). The VPN Client’s local network
happens to be of the same IP subnet as the remote private network. When a
VPN connection is up data meant for the private network stays local; for
example, 192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0
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In a Windows 2000 or Windows XP environment, if the public network
matches the private network (for example, a public IP address of 192.168.1.5,
with a subnet mask of 255.255.0.0, and an identical private IP address) and
the public network's route metric is 1, then traffic might not be tunneled to the
private network. The same problem can occur if you are using a virtual
adapter and the public metric is smaller than the virtual adapter metric.
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If the parameter “StatefulFirewallAllowTunnelTraffic=0” is placed into the
the [main] section of the vpnclient.ini and Stateful Firewall (Always On) is
enabled, no inbound or outbound tunneled traffic will pass. Either remove this
setting from the vpnclient.ini or set it to “=1”.
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If you attempt to Import a Connection Entry with the same name as one that
already exists, you are asked if you would like to overwrite the existing entry.
If you choose to overwrite the entry, an error appears and the entryis not
overwritten.
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For Release 4.0, Beta release 1, the Cisco VPN Client does not coexist with
the Nortel VPN client. When version 4.0 Cisco VPN Client is installed on a
system running an existing third party VPN client (for example, the Nortel
client - not Microsoft), a conflict occurs with the services started by Cisco.
This prevents other clients from successfully establishing remote access
sessions.
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The Release 4.0 VPN Client Statistics | Routes dialog displays a
0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0 entry even during a split tunnel connection.
This occurs only if the VPN Client has made an all-or-nothing connection
prior to the split tunnel connection without exiting the VPN Client
application between connections.
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If you try to delete a personal Certificate, you are prompted only for the
Certificate password, then the certificate is deleted. You are not given a
second chance message like other certificates (root, subordinate, etc) where
it says “Are you sure you want to delete the certificate?”
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The Release 4.0 VPN Client, when using the virtual adapter (Windows
2000/Windows XP only) and Split DNS feature, might send all DNS requests
over the VPN tunnel.
Due to the addition of the virtual adapter in the Release 4.0 VPN Client, Split
DNS functionality now partially depends on the Windows operating systems
to choose the correct pass for DNS requests. DNS requests meant only for the
VPN are sent only through the VPN. DNS requests that do not match the VPN
domain suffixes will also go through the VPN when they should not.
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Uninstalling the VPN Client using the Microsoft Installer (MSI) does not
detect that the VPN Client is connected and the uninstall completes. We
highly recommend you disconnect and exit the VPN Client before
uninstalling.
This issue occurs only if VPNGUI.EXE is hidden; that is, it is configured
under Options | Preferences to “Hide upon connect” and you have the Client
connected, or have just disconnected and it is still in the systray. Any time the
GUI is open (unhidden) and an MSI uninstall is started, the presence of the
VPN Client prevents you from uninstalling.
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Unable to pass data after disconnecting the Release 4.0 VPN Client on
Windows 2000 or Windows XP. The Release 4.0 VPN Client has a virtual
adapter that could have failed to disable after disconnecting.
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When Start Before Logon is configured on the VPN Client on Windows XP,
and you install the Release 4.0 VPN Client, upon reboot you will see the
following message for 1-2 minutes:
“System initialization in progress. Creating a secure connection to your
network requires that MS networking be allowed to complete its
initialization. If you do not wish to create a VPN connection to a remote
network, you may click the CANCEL button...”
On subsequent reboots you will see this message, but it stays on the screen
for only 5-10 seconds instead of minutes.
This problem also occur on Windows 2000, but a little differently. After
installing and rebooting, and before you see the dialog that prompts you to
press CTRL-ALT-DEL, you see a window that says “Preparing network
connections...”. During this time, there is a 1-2 minute delay which goes away
after subsequent reboots.
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The Release 4.0 VPN Client on Windows 2000 or Windows XP can connect
but cannot pass data. This problem occurs only with the Windows 2000 or
Windows XP when the VPN Client is connecting from an IP subnet that
matches or closely resembles the private network that it is making the VPN
connection to.
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This is most commonly seen in an environment where the VPN Client is
behind a NAT device that is using a common private IP address range like
10.x.x.x.
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The feature that was added in Release 3.6.2 called “Automatic logoff after
VPN” does not currently work in v4.0.
This feature replaced Start before Logon for some users. It allows a user to
establish a VPN connection first, and then the user is automatically logged
out and the VPN connection is maintained. This allows the user to log into
the Domain during the VPN connection, without the need for a custom GINA
to be installed.
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When installing The VPN Client for Mac, version 4.0.int_73 over top of an
earlier version of the VPN Client, it fails to unload the old NKE and load the
new one.
If you are upgrading from an earlier 4.0 version, “kextstat|grep cisco” returns
nothing and returns you to a prompt. If you are upgrading from a 3.7.x VPN
Client, “kextstat | grep cisco” returns both the old NKE and the new one.
If you reboot, the NKE loads correctly.
If you are upgrading from a previous 4.0 VPN Client, re-running the installer
loads the NKE correctly.
Uninstalling the earlier version before installing the new version also works
correctly.
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When using a Digital Certificate for VPN Client connections, there is no
indication that your Certificate is about to expire. In previous versions of the
VPN Client, 30 days before the certificate was set to expire, a message would
pop up upon connection stating that your Certificate would expire soon.
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The InstallShield version of the 4.0 VPN Client, as well as 3.6 versions, do
NOT detect an existing Cisco IT 3.5(A) VPN Client is installed on your PC
and will install the new version right on top of old one. The VPN Client
REQUIRES the old version to be uninstalled first or else the new installation
may not properly update required files.
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If you are a Cisco employee, you MUST first check to see if you have the
Cisco IT 3.5(A) version of the VPN Client installed and manually uninstall it
before installing the 4.0 VPN Client.
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The 4.0 VPN Client feature, Delete-with-Reason, does not work in the Beta
release 1 version.
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The Virtual Adapter in the Release 4.0 VPN Client does not appear in the
Cisco SetMTU utility.
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The Release 4.0 VPN Client is launched and the splash screen appears briefly,
but the VPN Client dialog doesn't appear for approximately one minute,
along with the following error:
The necessary VPN sub-system is not available. You can not connect to
the remote VPN server.
Something has caused the VPN client service not to load.
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If logging is started from the command line application Ipseclog.exe, the
VPN Client GUI does not display any events in its log. Do not start
Ipseclog.exe in a separate window if you intend to use the VPN Client
Graphical User Interface (GUI). Use Ipseclog.exe only when using the VPN
Client command line (vpnclient.exe) option.
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Some of the VPN Client dialogs show a question mark (?) in the upper-right
corner, which is usually an indication of context sensitive help using
Windows Help. The VPN Client does not use Windows Help and therefore
these question marks do not bring up any available help for that dialog.
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The Virtual Adapter keeps its interface data from the VPN connection even
after it is disconnected. The interface is disabled correctly but the IP address,
mask, DG, DNS and WINs are all visible by looking at the adapter properties.
This data should be cleared out after disconnecting.
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On the VPN Client for Mac, the Release 4.0 VPN Client banner is smaller
than the 3.x VPN Client banner and may not display your entire banner and
your users may have to use the scroll bar to see the entire message.
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VPN Client connections using IPSec over TCP do not see the status bar
update when the VPN Client attempts a connection to one of the configured
backup servers.
The user sees only the primary server when connecting. For example:
Initializing TCP to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx...
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If the Ethernet interface loses link during a VPN Client connection, the
following bogus error message appears:
Secure VPN Connection terminated locally by the Client
Reason: An unrecognized error occurred while establishing the VPN
connection.
This message should indicate you have lost a connection with the peer.
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When using Start before Logon and a connection entry with a Microsoft
digital certificate, you see an error indicating the certificate cannot be used.
After the error message occurs, the VPN Client still displays the button
[Cancel Connect] instead of [Connect]. Simply choose another connection
entry and click [Cancel Connect] to attempt another connection. In this state,
the [Cancel Connect] button functions as if it were the [Connect] button.
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The Force Network Login feature (also known as Netlogin or Automatic
logoff) does not currently display any events in the VPN Client Event log.
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The VPN Client Banner has a feature that will require the user to scroll down
to read the entire banner before continuing. This happens only if the Banner
has a lot of text and is many lines long. On slower PCs, this feature does not
work in some cases, and they can to continue connecting without reading all
the banner text.
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Using Start before Logon, if you press ENTER to try to connect, depending
on what TAB you left the VPN Client in last time, it either does nothing or
shows a Cert View for one of your Certificates. You must click Connect to
establish a VPN connection.
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The VPN Client does not add the Loopback address (127.0.0.1) to
ZoneAlarm or ZoneAlarm Pro's Trusted Zone.
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The VPN Client for Mac, Release 4.0 Beta 2, does not work on a system
running OS X 10.1.5.
The Beta 2 VPN Client connects properly only on workstations with OS X
10.2.x.
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On Windows 2000 and/or Windows XP if the VPN Client loses its connection
or fails to connect it might leave the virtual adapter enabled and cause
network connectivity problems.
After losing the client connection or failing to connect the PC cannot
communicate on the network. The output of an ipconfig /all command shows
the virtual adapter as one of the PC's active interfaces.
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After connecting and disconnecting multiple times, the ability to connect
might be lost, and the following error might occur on a Windows NT 4.0 SP6
system:
“The necessary VPN sub-system is not available. You can not connect to the
remote VPN server.”
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High levels of VPN Client log activity might cause periods of sluggish client
performance. This is most likely to happen when log levels are set to 3-HIGH
and many events are being generated. An example would be having all event
classes set to 3-HIGH, and while connecting, the large amount of IKE events
may cause the VPN Client to “hang” for a period of time.
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The VPN Client event log displays the following events on Windows 2000
and/or Windows XP systems:
76 14:14:51.082 03/04/03 Sev=Warning/2CVPND/0xA3400011
Could not find (null) in IpHlpApi.DLL
These events will only appear on operating systems that use the Virtual
Adapter (Windows 2000 and Windows XP).
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When connecting the Release 4.0 Cisco VPN Client to an IOS VPN gateway,
the VPN Client might initiate multiple IKE rekeys and then disconnect.
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Upgrading the Release 4.0 VPN Client using InstallShield on a Windows NT
system might result in the VPN Client failing to connect. If the connection
fails, the VPN Client displays the following event message:
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Failed to initialize the ipsec driver! Returned 1
The problem is that the VPN Client’s IPSec driver is not installed correctly.
This problem occurs only after an upgrade with InstallShield, not after a clean
installation. This problem should not be an issue when using the VPN Client’s
MSI-based install. If you encounter this problem, uninstall the VPN Client,
reboot the PC, then the reinstall the VPN Client.
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When the Release 4.0 VPN Concentrator is configured to send Alerts (Delete
with Reason (DWR) messages) and the Release 4.0 VPN Client is configured
to Auto Initiate, the Client does not suppress DWR messages and the user
must click OK to clear the message to allow Auto Initiation to continue. This
behavior is different from the Release 3.6 VPN Client, which does not display
disconnect messages when Auto Initiation is in use.
This occurs only when using a Release 4.0 VPN Concentrator and a Release
4.0 VPN Client.
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Documentation Updates
Documentation Updates
The following VPN Client documentation has been updated for Release 4.0.
These documents contain information for all platforms on which the VPN Client
runs:
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VPN Client User Guide for Windows, Release 4.0
The most recent information specifically for the VPN Client for Linux, Solaris,
and Mac OS X is in the following document, which was not updated for Release
4.0:
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Cisco VPN Client User Guide for Linux and Solaris
Documentation Corrections
The following corrections have been made since publication of the
documentation.
Outlook/Exchange Polling Behavior
In the VPN Client Administrator Guide, Release 4.0, on page 2-7, in Table 2-1,
“vpnclient.ini file parameters,” make the following change to the information in
the Values column for the OutlookNotify parameter. This parameter controls
Microsoft Outlook to Microsoft Exchange polling behavior:
0 = Enable (Default)—Outlook polls every minute for new mail notifications.
This might cause Outlook Folder Synchronization issues. The default state, if
OutlookNotify is not present in the vpnclient.ini file, is Enable.
1 = Disable—Prevent the VPN Client from forcing Outlook to poll for new mail,
thus avoiding the synchronization process. In this case, new mail is detected only
on a background 30 minute polling cycle, or when the user initiates a manual
send/receive or switches between folders.
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Obtaining Documentation
Removing a VPN Client Version Installed with MSI Installer
In VPN Client User Guide for Windows, Release 4.0, in the section “Removing a
VPN Client Version Installed with MSI Installer,” (page 2-8 in the hard-copy
edition), in Steps 4 and 5, remove Figures 2-8 and 2-9 and the text references to
these figures. These dialog boxes do not appear when uninstalling the VPN Client
using the MSI Installer.
Related Documentation
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VPN 3000 Series Concentrator Reference Volume I: Configuration, Release
4.1
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VPN 3000 Series Concentrator Reference Volume II: Administration and
Management, Release 4.1
VPN 3000 Series Concentrator Getting Started, Release 4.1
Obtaining Documentation
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resources. These sections explain how to obtain technical information from Cisco
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do not hold a valid Cisco service contract, contact your reseller.
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Cisco Technical Support Website
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troubleshooting and resolving technical issues with Cisco products and
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CPI tool from the Cisco Technical Support Website by clicking the Tools &
Resources link under Documentation & Tools. Choose Cisco Product
Identification Tool from the Alphabetical Index drop-down list, or click the
Cisco Product Identification Tool link under Alerts & RMAs. The CPI tool
offers three search options: by product ID or model name; by tree view; or for
certain products, by copying and pasting show command output. Search results
show an illustration of your product with the serial number label location
highlighted. Locate the serial number label on your product and record the
information before placing a service call.
Submitting a Service Request
Using the online TAC Service Request Tool is the fastest way to open S3 and S4
service requests. (S3 and S4 service requests are those in which your network is
minimally impaired or for which you require product information.) After you
describe your situation, the TAC Service Request Tool provides recommended
solutions. If your issue is not resolved using the recommended resources, your
service request is assigned to a Cisco TAC engineer. The TAC Service Request
Tool is located at this URL:
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For S1 or S2 service requests or if you do not have Internet access, contact the
Cisco TAC by telephone. (S1 or S2 service requests are those in which your
production network is down or severely degraded.) Cisco TAC engineers are
assigned immediately to S1 and S2 service requests to help keep your business
operations running smoothly.
To open a service request by telephone, use one of the following numbers:
Asia-Pacific: +61 2 8446 7411 (Australia: 1 800 805 227)
EMEA: +32 2 704 55 55
USA: 1 800 553-2447
For a complete list of Cisco TAC contacts, go to this URL:
Definitions of Service Request Severity
To ensure that all service requests are reported in a standard format, Cisco has
established severity definitions.
Severity 1 (S1)—Your network is “down,” or there is a critical impact to your
business operations. You and Cisco will commit all necessary resources around
the clock to resolve the situation.
Severity 2 (S2)—Operation of an existing network is severely degraded, or
significant aspects of your business operation are negatively affected by
inadequate performance of Cisco products. You and Cisco will commit full-time
resources during normal business hours to resolve the situation.
Severity 3 (S3)—Operational performance of your network is impaired, but most
business operations remain functional. You and Cisco will commit resources
during normal business hours to restore service to satisfactory levels.
Severity 4 (S4)—You require information or assistance with Cisco product
capabilities, installation, or configuration. There is little or no effect on your
business operations.
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identifies the challenges facing these companies and the technologies to help
solve them, using real-world case studies and business strategies to help
readers make sound technology investment decisions. You can access iQ
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