Hello:
I need to be able to connect to a Sonicwall VPN through one of their firewalls; however, this is proving to be a daunting task due to the face that the client operating system is Vista 64-Bit. I have tried signing up for the upcoming beta of the Global VPN Client, but this has been delayed for the past four months and who knows when it will finally be released for public testing.
The only information I am supposed to require to connect to this network is that the IPSec Keyring mode is IKE using a preshared secret and that password. I have this information and the host-name for the VPN, but this does little for me due to the fact that I can't even install the Global VPN Client.
So my question: Is there an alternative to GVC that I can use such as any generic VPN client? Mainly, I'd like to use the built in VPN connectivity features of Windows, but I don't see anywhere to define the specific IPSec Keyring mode, only somewhere to put in a preshared key. Does anyone have experience in setting this up, or know of any other workarounds I could employ to connect to this VPN?
If I can't get this working, it seems like my only option will be to install Microsoft VPC and use a a virtual XP machine to work remotely through.
Thanks...
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