On Tue, 27 Nov 2012 18:25:46 -0800, Jeroen van Aart <jeroen@mompl.net> wrote:
Hello,
Does anyone know a practical and somewhat user friendly way of connecting to juniper vpn using linux?
I have happily used http://www.unix-ag.uni-kl.de/~massar/vpnc/ a allow linux users to connect cisco vpn boxes where a crappy cisco vpn client would be needed otherwise, and it works very nicely. I was hoping there exists a similar tool for juniper vpn.
Thank you, Jeroen
I have had great success with the Shrew Soft vpn client and if you are using Fedora it is only a 'yum install ike' away and works without root and properly utilizes the tap interface while installing the proper routes needed to get traffic going. For aggressive mode dial-up vpn's against older Netscreen/Juniper gear the Shrew Soft client can't be beat for easy of setup under Linux and Windows. I have tried multiple different vpn configs from policy to route-based vpns on Juniper/Netscreens and have never had luck getting the Linux vpnc clients to properly work though others have claimed success. The vpnc client will establish the tunnel but getting traffic to properly pass even in the simplest of networks is to big of pain. Since Shrew Soft has both Windows and Linux support, exporting a config from a Linux client and emailing it to a friend on Windows just works. http://www.shrew.net/home Regards, Cody