Step 4: Create and Configure a TCP Connection

Follow this step if you will use the Cisco VPN Client from an off-campus location. If you only use VPN with a wireless connection on-campus, skip to Step 5: UDP Connection.

1. From the Cisco VPN Client, select Connection Entries > New.
2. The Create New VPN Connection dialog box displays.
   
3. Complete the fields as follows
   Connection Entry: Type a name for this VPN connection (e.g., Library_tcp or General_tcp). Do not include any spaces!
   Description: Type a description for this connection.
   Host: Type server.vpn.cmu.edu.
4. On the Authentication tab, select the Certificate Authentication option.
5. In the Name field, select the name of the certificate you imported earlier from the drop-down list.
6. Select the Transport tab.
7. Under Enable Transparent Tunneling, select IPSec over TCP.
   
8. Click Save.
9. Repeat this step for each subnet that you are registered under on the NetReg page (e.g., VPN - General Users, VPN - Library). When you are finished, you will have a "tcp" connection entry for each registered VPN subnet (e.g., General_tcp, Library_tcp).

Step 5: UDP Connection

Last Updated:  8/28/09