If 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.
Good find iDogg. We have a Juniper SSL vpn device, and the 64-bit Juniper SSL VPN client for Vista works with Windows 7, but it seems to have a bad interaction with the wireless drivers in a lot of our thinkpads that causes a BSOD. I’ll try this shrew vpn client out.
Tried the Shrew VPN client on 64bit Windows 7….
During install got BSOD, after reboot kept getting BSOD during boot. Had to fall back to last known good in order to boot.
I’m just sayin’…..
Your results may vary.
Richard,
You have to install 2.1.5-rc-4. Scroll down the download page past the stable release section.