Connect to work servers remotely from TP... what VPN can I use?

bullet2300 · #1 (**permalink**) 11-04-2008, 05:59 PM

Our company uses a CISCO VPN. While I know the iPhone has a CISCO VPN client, is there something I can use with the TP so that I can connect remotely and do some work occasionlly?

Sometimes I will be at lunch and a service will need to be restarted or something... would save me a lot of trouble if I had my TP for emergencies like that!

grinchstyle · #2 (**permalink**) 11-04-2008, 06:26 PM

This worked for me when connecting to a Cisco firewall (PIX). Give it a try...

http://www.bluefiresecurity.com/downloads/

bullet2300 · #3 (**permalink**) 11-04-2008, 06:48 PM

Thanks grinchstyle, will try that out when I get home this evening!

**codyppc** · #4 (**permalink**) 11-04-2008, 07:06 PM

wow, bluefire is $79.

i know the windows mobile has a vpn client. you can set it up via start/settings/connections/connections

under "my work network" select "add a new vpn connection"

i have mine set up, but it doesn't work very well. i can connect only 1 out of 5 tries. the only way i can do this is if i disable the current sprint connect and quick try to conect via the vpn connection. i dont know why, but that helps a little.

i hope to see this thread get some good replies. i have searched everywhere and really found nothing other than bluefire.

cody

Bad HAL 9000 · #5 (**permalink**) 11-04-2008, 09:57 PM

There is also an OpenVPN client for winmo. Google that.

rezrx7 · #6 (**permalink**) 11-06-2008, 03:01 PM

Subscribing to this thread, we use Cisco VPN too and I'd love to hear if there's a solution for this on my TP.

diomark · #7 (**permalink**) 11-06-2008, 03:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by codyppc

wow, bluefire is $79.

i have mine set up, but it doesn't work very well. i can connect only 1 out of 5 tries. the only way i can do this is if i disable the current sprint connect and quick try to conect via the vpn connection. i dont know why, but that helps a little.

cody

I've never been able to get the built-in pptp client working

(my router supports pptp connections, and it works perfectly from my laptop - but never once from my ppc

)

-mark

**cflynt** · #8 (**permalink**) 11-06-2008, 05:16 PM

I use AnthaVPN to connect to our Cisco Concentrators. Works very well, I was deciding on it or Bluefire, but Antha was cheaper, like $59 if I recall correctly. Seems like they even had a cheaper ver if you wanted to dedicate it to a particular concentrator but went ahead with the Pro myself. Works great. I use mToken for my SSH client, best one I have found so far, PocketPutty seemed real laggy, mToken is pretty snappy. If anyone has better recommendations for the SSH client do tell!