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Cisco VPN Client v. 4.0.5.d for VPN to D-Link DFL-200 possible?

I'm an IT consultant. Several customers use Cisco PIX501 and 506 firewalls, and I use the Cisco VPN Client ver. 4.0.5 (D) to establish VPN connections to them with no problems. I leave the sticky details of configuring the PIXes to an associate. My question is, can I also use this same client to establish a VPN connection to my D-Link DFL-200 firewall? I did a quick try and didn't get anywhere, and this question is to make sure I'm not wasting my time. I would be willing to have both the Cisco and D-Link VPN clients on my system, but they don't seem to want to coexist. General comments on the pros and cons of til PIX 501 vs. DFL-200 would also be welcome.

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Hans Kristiansen

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I can install the Cisco after the D-Link. It looks like the D-Link can establish VPN connections fine, but the Cisco client will not - it gives the following error: "Secure VPN connection terminated locally by the client. Reason 403: Unable to contact the security gateway. I've noticed that the "virtual network card" that Cisco installs usually is deactivated until it establishes a connection. The D-Link virtual card, on the other hand, is enabled at all times and actually shows connected. I am not able to manually deactivate the card (by right-clicking and choosing "Deactivate"), but perhaps if I could somehow stop this card, the Cisco would work. I've tried using the PC Magazine "Startup Cop Pro" utility to stop the two startup items I can see have something to do with the D-Link software, but this had no effect on the virtual card, nor that it is active. Any ideas or alternate paths to give a shot?

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