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From: bastokyg@bastoky.com on 3 Apr 2006 16:49
Greetings,
First of all, I want to say that I'm not a network pro and therefore
need some help that I can easily understand.

I'm contracting with a company that has loaned me an IBM ThinkPad with
the Cisco VPN client 4.0.4 installed. I've thus far been unsuccessful
in connecting to their network.I'm connecting to the Internet via a
static IP address, and then launching the VPN client, which attempts to
connect. I eventually get the error: "warning 201: the necessary VPN
sub-system is not available. You can not connect to the remote VPN
server."

Their IT support, made an attempt to help, without much luck, since
they don't support home offiice networks. I'm connecting to the
Internet vis a DSL modem and an Asante FriendlyNet hub (that I use for
my Macs and printer). I just disconnected the straight-through cable
from my ethernet connection on my Mac and connected it to the ThinkPad,
setup the Windows network (TCP/IP) with my static IP address, and as I
said, launched the VPN client that is unable to connect.

Can I assume that the VPN client is looking for a DHCP connection, and
that my static IP address has nothing to do with this problem? Any
suggestions on what I can do to fix this?
Thanks!

From: Peter on 4 Apr 2006 02:42
Greetings,

> I'm contracting with a company that has loaned me an IBM ThinkPad with
> the Cisco VPN client 4.0.4 installed. I've thus far been unsuccessful
> in connecting to their network.I'm connecting to the Internet via a
> static IP address, and then launching the VPN client, which attempts to
> connect. I eventually get the error: "warning 201: the necessary VPN
> sub-system is not available. You can not connect to the remote VPN
> server."

I may be way off target here, but I think the message -
"warning 201: the necessary VPN sub-system is not available..."
means that the Cisco VPN S/W does not have an ENABLED binding to your
Stack. Did the install complete successfully?
If it did, also check your Network interfaces to see if the Cisco VPN
client iinterface is ENABLED. I have seen them show up as DISABLED at
odd times but re-enabling it usually works.

> Their IT support, made an attempt to help, without much luck, since
> they don't support home offiice networks. I'm connecting to the
> Internet vis a DSL modem and an Asante FriendlyNet hub (that I use for
> my Macs and printer). I just disconnected the straight-through cable
> from my ethernet connection on my Mac and connected it to the ThinkPad,
> setup the Windows network (TCP/IP) with my static IP address, and as I
> said, launched the VPN client that is unable to connect.

I think your current problem is totally on your machine and no other
device is involved (at this point).

> Can I assume that the VPN client is looking for a DHCP connection, and
> that my static IP address has nothing to do with this problem?

Locally, the VPN Client uses whatever address your machine has, it
does not go looking for one of its own.

Good luck.............pk.


--
Peter from Auckland.
From: Cody Rowland on 5 Apr 2006 16:22
It sounds to me like the Cisco VPN Client service may be disabled or
otherwise unable to run. If that's not the case, verify that you have
a Cisco VPN adapter (can't remember the exact name but it's a virtual
used by the client) in the list of network connections. If it's the
service, make sure it's not disabled and can start as needed. If the
adapter isn't listed, re-install the client.

bastokyg(a)bastoky.com wrote:
> Greetings,
> First of all, I want to say that I'm not a network pro and therefore
> need some help that I can easily understand.
>
> I'm contracting with a company that has loaned me an IBM ThinkPad with
> the Cisco VPN client 4.0.4 installed. I've thus far been unsuccessful
> in connecting to their network.I'm connecting to the Internet via a
> static IP address, and then launching the VPN client, which attempts to
> connect. I eventually get the error: "warning 201: the necessary VPN
> sub-system is not available. You can not connect to the remote VPN
> server."
>
> Their IT support, made an attempt to help, without much luck, since
> they don't support home offiice networks. I'm connecting to the
> Internet vis a DSL modem and an Asante FriendlyNet hub (that I use for
> my Macs and printer). I just disconnected the straight-through cable
> from my ethernet connection on my Mac and connected it to the ThinkPad,
> setup the Windows network (TCP/IP) with my static IP address, and as I
> said, launched the VPN client that is unable to connect.
>
> Can I assume that the VPN client is looking for a DHCP connection, and
> that my static IP address has nothing to do with this problem? Any
> suggestions on what I can do to fix this?
> Thanks!

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