Last week we pointed readers to a discussion in MacWindows.com about Apple Leopard 10.5.2 breaking the Cisco VPN client. A MacWindows reader David Graham believes the Cisco VPN client tends to break with most OS X updates, writes MacWindows.com.
According to Graham:
I’ve found the Cisco VPN client to be the least reliable VPN client I’ve ever used. In fact, I think it breaks during most updates, possibly because Cisco (a) doesn’t bother to write a more modern launchd version, and/or (b) they put their StartupItem in the System/Library/StartupItems folder, which (unless I’m mistaken) is intended to be reserved for Apple software.
Usually reinstalling the software will fix the issue.
I’ve also found that if I get the all too frequent “Error 51: UNable to communicate with the VPN subsystem” I can get it going again with the following command:
sudo /System/Library/StartupItems/CiscoVPN/CiscoVPN restart
MacWindows.com also has other fixes on its site.
Do your end users complain of problems with Cisco VPN client and Apple OSes?
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