Can anyone tell me how to get the CISCO VPN client running under Fedora Core 2 Test1? I currently have Linux Kernel "2.6.4-1.257" I believe this has compiled and worked against Red Hat 9.0.
I think it broke somewhere after 2.6.1. Since part of the software is distributed as binary only it would be best if you took up the issue with either you Cisco AM/SE and let them know how much you appreciate them supporting Linux and how you'd like them to release a newer version which works with later kernels. :)
Is there a free VPN client that comes with Linux and works with CISCO VPN routers?
I'm not aware of anything which would connect to VPN 3000 series concentrators through NAT and support XAUTH. FreeSWAN/OpenSWAN worked against IOS IPSec but with static keys and IPs and stuff I think.
If you're uncomfortable of running the Cisco VPN Client installer on every laptop (or whatever), you can have a copy of the nosrc.rpm I've been using to build the module with. The benefits are that things get installed and removed in an organized way. It's available at http://www.a51.org/sw/fedora/. You need to place the vpnclient sources in your SOURCES (or similar) directory and recompile for your preferred kernel.
// kaj