Cisco VPN for Linux

A module for Linux will be installed requiring local administrative rights.

Ubuntu:

Open a terminal and enter:

sudo apt-get install network-manager-openconnect-gnome 

confirm with your superuser password. Confirm the following question with "y" (or "j")

For other distributions just enter:

sudo apt-get install openconnect

all the dependencies will be solved automatically.

Click on the network/wifi icon and select "VPN Connections" > "Configure VPN"

Hint: Using Ubuntu 12.10 or newer this can be found in the network settings. (add a new adapter > vpn)

Choose "Cisco AnyConnect compatible VPN-Connection(openconnect)" as connection type and confirm.

Use "vpn.tu-berlin.de" as your gateway in the configuration and click "Save".

Ubuntu 10 users have a different configuration dialogue. Please use the following details:

Gateway: vpn.tu-berlin.de
Type: Password/SecureID
User name: Your tubIT user name
CA Certificate: (none)

Afterwards you have to reboot your system.

Select the VPN connection tubIT from your menu and click on the icon which is highlighted in the screenshot. Enter your tubIT user credentials and click the login button.

Two modules for Linux will be installed requiring local administrative rights.

Open a terminal and enter:

sudo apt-get install openconnect  
sudo apt-get install vpnc 

confirm with your superuser password. Confirm the following question with "y" (or "j")

Enter the following line into your terminal:

sudo openconnect vpn.tu-berlin.de

Proceed by entering tubIT user name and password. This will set up a manual connection without using the network manager. If you want to terminate the connection press Ctrl+C.

Hint: With the option -u you can include your user name directly into the call