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Archive for November, 2009
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November 21st, 2009Windows 7 replacement for Cisco IPSec VPN Client
November 17th, 2009If you’re a Cisco IPSec VPN client user and recently switched to 64bit Windows 7, you probably noticed that the combination doesn’t fly. Cisco’s IPSec client won’t run on a 64bit OS. One option is to use XP mode to run the VPN software, but unfortunately, every remote tool you may use has to be run from the XP VM.
Reading through serverfault, I saw a post about shrew’s vpn client. I have installed it and it seems to be working great, in native 64bit Windows 7. The best part is, the software is free(outside of the twinge of guilt for not donating of course!(edit: I will be)). I’ll report back if I run into any issues.
USB to Serial Adapters
November 12th, 2009One large issue I have run into with installing Windows 7 on my laptop was that my USB to Serial adapter that I need to use a cisco console cable and that no longer worked. Apparently, from a little bit I have read on the web, most of the manufacturers of these devices use a chipset from Prolific. I pulled the driver from this site:
http://www.prolific.com.tw/eng/downloads.asp?ID=31
Once I got that installed, all was well again and I was able to connect to switches and routers via the console cable. Yay
