The EOL designation for the Cisco VPN Client v5.0.07.0440-the most recent and stable version-means that newer operating systems, like Windows 10, are not officially supported by the client. Windows 10 Anniversary users without the Cisco VPN Client should read our article How to Install and Fix Cisco VPN Client on Windows 10. Step 1 – Download and Extract the Cisco VPN Client Head to the Firewall.cx Cisco Tools & Applications download section to download and extract the Cisco IPSec VPN Client installation files on your computer. Network Access Manager – It is a client software that provides a secure Layer 2 network. VPN Posture Hostscan – Provides the. I installed Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client into my Windows 10 laptop but when I run it it pops out VPN Service not available.
The objective of this document is to show you basic troubleshooting steps on some common errors on the Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client. When installing the Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client, errors may occur and troubleshooting may be needed for a successful setup.
Note that the errors discussed in this document is not an exhaustive list and varies with the configuration of the device used.
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Solution: Try unplugging your network cable and reinserting it. If this does not work, you may have a link issue. The Network Access Manager may not be able to determine the correct link state of your adapter. Check the Connection Properties of your Network Interface Card (NIC) driver. You may have a 'Wait for Link' option in the Advanced Panel. When the setting is On, the wired NIC driver initialization code waits for auto negotiation to complete and then determines if a link is present.
Solution: Remove the Internet Monitor component in version 2.7 and upgrade to version 3.0 of ESET NOD32 AV.
Solution: Upgrade to the latest 7.6.2 AT&T Global Network Client.
Solution: In the McAfee Firewall central console, choose Advanced Tasks > Advanced options and Logging and uncheck the Block incoming fragments automatically check box in McAfee Firewall.
Solution: The third-party load balancer has no insight into the load on the Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) devices. Because the load balance functionality in the ASA is intelligent enough to evenly distribute the VPN load across the devices, using the internal ASA load balancing instead is recommended.
Solution: Upload the patch update to version 1.2.1.38 to resolve all dll issues.
Solution: Disable the Bonjour Printing Service by typing net stop “bonjour service” at the command prompt. A new version of mDNSResponder (1.0.5.11) has been produced by Apple. To resolve this issue, a new version of Bonjour is bundled with iTunes and made available as a separate download from the Apple web site.
Solution: Uninstall the Viscosity OpenVPN Client.
Solution: Uninstall the LSP module.
Solution: Connect to a Linksys router with factory settings. This setting allows a stable DTLS session and no interruption in pings. Add a rule to allow DTLS return traffic.
Solution: Uncheck the binding for all IM devices within the AnyConnect virtual adapter. The application dsagent.exe resides in C:WindowsSystemdgagent. Although it does not appear in the process list, you can see it by opening sockets with TCPview (sysinternals). When you terminate this process, normal operation of AnyConnect returns.
Solution: Determine if another application conflicted with the service by going to the Windows Administration Tools then make sure that the Cisco AnyConnect VPN Agent is not running. If it is running and the error message still appears, another VPN application on the workstation may need to be disabled or even uninstalled. After taking that action, reboot, and repeat this step.
Solution: Uninstall Kaspersky and refer to their forums for additional updates.
Solution: Disable the RRAS service.
Solutions:
If you encounter other errors, contact the support center for your device.
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Environment:
My customer is using Cisco AnyConnect not just as VPN client, either for NAC (Network Admission Control) aka. 802.1x authentication. That means, without this AnyConnect software and other requirements (ex. certificate), the workstation is not able to access to the corporate network. So it’s a NOGO, if this client during the upgrade (software/OS) process is not working properly.
Situation:
Following issue has been realised during the Windows 10 feature upgrade (1511 –> 1607). But we had the same problem when the AnyConnect client has to be updated (4.4.04030 –> 4.5.02036) regarding the Krack vulnerability.
Issues:
Workaround by Cisco:
We opened an official Cisco ticket to solve this issue. They mentioned, the software upgrade process has to be straight forward. It means, uninstall old version of AnyConnect client –> reboot the client –> install the new client version –> reboot the client.
It’s not working correctly, because the old driver cannot be uninstalled successfully. The new software version can be installed without any issue, but under the hood the driver cannot be renewed.
Anyway, this workaround is not really a good option in our case. Because as I said, without this AnyConnect client the workstation is definitely offline and ex. cannot continue any software deployment process.
Resolution:
2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 | [string]$acdriverpath=${env:ProgramFiles(x86)}+'CiscoCisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Clientdrv' #----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stop-Servicenam-ErrorActionSilentlyContinue #Move wrong NAM driver Move-Item-Path($env:windir+'system32driversacnamfd.sys')-Destination($env:systemdrive+'Temp')-ErrorActionSilentlyContinue #Copy correct NAM sys file Copy-Item($acdriverpath+'acnamfd.sys')-Destination($env:windir+'system32drivers')-ErrorActionSilentlyContinue #Copy correct NAM dll file Copy-Item($acdriverpath+'acnamfdbctl.dll')-Destination($env:windir+'system32')-ErrorActionSilentlyContinue #Start NAM service &$exe/F/LM/V/PATH'$acdriverpathacnamfd.inf' #Disable scheduled task Get-ScheduledTask-TaskName'Enable Net Adapter'|Disable-ScheduledTask-ErrorActionSilentlyContinue #Reboot force |
2 4 6 | [string]$acdriverpath=${env:ProgramFiles(x86)}+'CiscoCisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Clientdrv' [string]$acnamfdsys=Select-String-Path'$env:windirinf*.inf'-patternacnamfd.sys|Select-object-first1|select-ExpandPropertyPath #----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
This workaround has been officially confirmed by Cisco.
Microsoft case:
For this case Cisco has involved Microsoft as well, because Cisco said, ‘it’s an operating system issue‘. As I have already heard many times…
“… if a migration has every occurred on the machine, numerous artifacts are left behind which will interfere with subsequent installs or upgrades of the AnyConnect VPN’s (or any VPN for that matter). The combination of various keys varies and cleaning some of them will sometimes work.
For example, we see at least 3 scenarios:
Each of these will cause a failure of subsequent installs of AnyConnect….”
Conclusion:
Both cases are still open, but our “self designed” upgrade process, we can detect the correct version of each software components and which is more important, the correct NAM filter driver has been successfully registered. It has to be used as workaround, but our Cisco AnyConnect client upgrade for more than 1’400 workstations has been worked properly.
Our customer is happy –> we are happy!