A little late to the conversation here... Side note, before I get serious....Amit, that was funny. Mean, but funny. Who would have thought that too many PDF utilities could interfere with VPN functionality? You crack me up! John...bless your heart....the mention of Fdisk should have been your first clue...
Ahem, regaining composure... Now, in all seriousness, John, what specific version Cisco VPN client are you using? Is it the exact same version as what is on your wife's system? Also, have you tried uninstalling all 3rd party VPN software (including the Cisco Client) and reinstalling *ONLY* the Cisco client? You can save the profile %filename%.pcf and put it back on after the reinstall. What I'm wondering here is if something messed with the VPN Client itself (such as the VIPRE install), or the virtual Cisco VPN adapter between the time you last used the Cisco client and whatever point in time it quit working. As an aside -- also, don't forget that the Cisco VPN client has a stateful firewall built in (unless they've removed it in recent versions), and will continue to work even when the VPN client itself is not running. If you use another firewall, such as the one built into XP/Vista/Win7) you can disable this by opening the Cisco VPN Client go to "Options" and uncheck the option labeled "Stateful Firewall (Always On)". Also, if you are trying to troubleshoot something on a private network and can't ping your laptop even though your OS firewall is off...now you know why. ;-) I actually had to remind a CCNA buddy of mine about that a couple of months back. It was quite amusing to hear and watch his %expletive% reaction... :-) Jonathan, A+, MCSA, MCSE ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
