Cisco VPN Client for WM6 & RSS Feed Reader on Today's Screen?

[shazaani]

Hey Guys,

I was wondering if any one knows if there is a Cisco VPN client for wm6 or some other 3rd party VPN client that is compatible with Cisco 3000 series?

I also is there an RSS feed reader that can display the news from BBC on today's screen.

[ADB100]

Hey Guys,

I was wondering if any one knows if there is a Cisco VPN client for wm6 or some other 3rd party VPN client that is compatible with Cisco 3000 series?

I also is there an RSS feed reader that can display the news from BBC on today's screen.

The built-in L2TP/IPSec VPN client is compatible with the Cisco 3000 VPN Concentrator, but you need to setup the concentrator correctly to support it. It's a double bonus though as the setup for it to support the Windows Mobile L2TP/IPSec VPN Client is also applicable for the native Windows 2000+ L2TP/IPSec client, so you don't have to install the Cisco VPN Client on the PC's. The VPN Client in Windows Mobile is a bit temperamental though, especially on the Wizard, so there is a downside...... The 5.2.1437 ROM seems to be the most stable so far.

For RSS Feeds I am using JeyoInformer. This has an option to be displayed on the Today screen however I haven't used it too much, I just included it in my ROM build. There is a default XML file that it used and this has BBC's RSS news feed included.

HTH

Andy

[shazaani]

Awesome! Thank you for the info. I will test is using the native VPN client. Will post the results.

[shazaani]

So apparently the VPN that I need to connect to only uses L2TP/UDP where as the built in native VPN client uses PPTP or L2TP/IPSec. Any ideas if there is a VPN Client for Windows Mobile that uses L2TP/UDP?

[ADB100]

So apparently the VPN that I need to connect to only uses L2TP/UDP where as the built in native VPN client uses PPTP or L2TP/IPSec. Any ideas if there is a VPN Client for Windows Mobile that uses L2TP/UDP?

No, the setup on the VPN Concentrator is wrong, or at least not setup for L2TP/IPSec VPDN. If it is already setup and your network admin doesn't want to reconfigure it then you will have to get an alternative VPN client.

Some details here, however I used RSA Signatures instead of pre-shared keys but this requires certificates.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/partner/products/hw/vpndevc/ps2284/products_configuration_example09186a0080094aca.sht ml

VPN 3000 configuration guides here: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/partner/products/hw/vpndevc/ps2284/tsd_products_support_eol_series_home.html

HTH

Andy

[_kansei_]

How with the built-in VPN client does one specify the Cisco VPN 'group name'?

On linux I have a vpnc client functional, but to connect I need to be able to give the client the following:

vpn host
user
password
group name -- where do I put this in??
group password --I put this in as the IPSec/L2TP pre-shared key, of course in it's non-encrypted form via http://www.unix-ag.uni-kl.de/~massar/bin/cisco-decode -- is this correct?