Im stuck away from work here in Liverpool due to heavy snow and can't get administrator access to any machine here, so I can't install the usual Sonicwall Global VPN client to connect to work!
I'm running Windows 7 64 bit, if anyone knows any way I could get connected with or without the official Sonicwall client, and without administrator access, I'd be very much in your debt! (e.g. is there a portable version available??) Thanks, Sam ;)
Yes! Certainly this isn't limited to SonicWall, but here's a link to their browser-based VPN appliance. I could've sworn someone was pitching a separate license/service we could purchase for our existing firewall, but I may have misunderstood - I'm not finding a link. However, that would get around your non-admin access to the computers within reach.
You will not be able to install the VPN client through any clever tricks. The VPN adapter functions to windows similarly to a hardware network adapter - that is to say, you need permissions such that you'd be able to add "hardware" to the system. Blocking non-admins from this kind of access is a central part of the distinction between admin and user access.
I'm trying to connect to a Cisco VPN using Cisco VPN Client 5.0.07.0290. on Windows 10. At first Cisco VPN wouldn't install, and I found out I needed to install Citrix DNE prior to the Cisco VPN Installation. I did that and the Cisco VPN client now installs fine.
I had this same problem with my 64-bit Windows 10. But on my 32-bit Windows 10 VM the Cisco VPN Client worked OK. So I looked into the differences. It seems the 64-bit installer for the VPN client can't modify the network settings to add the required "DNE LightWeight Filter" network client to the network adapter properties.
Continuing with the differences, I removed both the Cisco VPN Client and the DNE Updater, then installed the SonicWall VPN 64-bit Client from Dell, as this was installed in my 32-bit VM (the 32-bit version). This added the DNE LightWeight Filter network client to my 64-bit machine. I reinstalled the Cisco VPN Client successfully, and was able to connect to a remote site successfully.
The Cisco VPN Client is only supported up to windows 7 and not on windows 8 and higher (ofcourse there are hacks that can be done on windows 8 to get it to work, but I have not heard of any for windows 10). I suggest that you start planning for an upgrade to AnyConnect.
Does cisco provide a newer VPN client that can connect to the same server that my VPN Client is connecting to? having to upgrade a VPN client in a corporate world with 100k+ employees is a non starter atm. :\
If you are looking for hacks, then this is probably not the best place to look for them. Cisco does not support these hacks and therefore very few people on in this forum will provide you with such hacks.
As alternative to Cisco IPSEC VPN client and NCP Secure Entry Client (which costs money) I was able to use Shrew VPN (free version) and importing cisco's pcf profile. That seems to have worked just fine and hopefully can be a usable alternative until if/when Cisco IPSEC VPN client is made to work with Windows 10.
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