How To: Cisco Systems VPN with Ubuntu 11.10 / 10.10 GNU/Linux
What you'll need: gateway DNS name or IP address for the VPN username/password for access to the VPN server group name/password for the VPN settings Special Note - these instructions are for connecting to the VPN using the Cisco Systems VPN client . If you are looking for instructions related to using the open source alternative to the Cisco AnyConnect client (openconnect), have a look at my post entitled: How To Connect Ubuntu Linux to Cisco VPN with openconnect (anyconnect-capable alternative) First, install these packages to extend the functionality of the graphical network manager in Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install vpnc network-manager-vpnc At this point you can try restarting your session (ctrl-alt-backspace if you have it configured via keyboard>Layout Settings>Options>Key Sequence to kill the X server), but it may take a full reboot of the computer for the settings to take effect. Now, open the network manager, hover over VPN Connections, then clic...