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Cisco VPN in Snow Leopard


Just got Snow Leopard installed on my iMac and so far, it's been quite nice.  The little visual touches (black background with white text for hovers) and heightened performance have been impressive so far.

One interesting roadblock I hit right away though was with my install of Cisco VPN.  I have version 4.9 installed, which is set to run with anything greater than OSX 10.4.  When trying to connect, it gave up and delivered the cryptic "Error 501" message.  I tried a few configurations but eventually found the solution, which was both quick and easy, and I figured I would post this, as several of my Mac-user buddies have been asking about this over the last day or so.

Just uninstall and reinstall Cisco VPN on Snow Leopard to get rid of the 501 error.  As long as it's version 4.9, you shouldn't have a problem.  You'll obviously have to reset your keys etc so just make sure that's all written down before you delete anything. :)