Table of Contents

Verifying System Requirements
Gathering Information You Need
Installing the VPN Client

What Next?

Installing the VPN Client

This chapter explains how to install the VPN Client on your PC and includes the following sections:

• Verifying System Requirements
  
  
• Gathering Information You Need
  
  
• Installing the VPN Client
  
  

To upgrade the VPN Client software, or to uninstall it, see "Managing the VPN Client."

Caution   Installing the VPN Client software on Windows NT or Windows 2000 requires Administrator privileges. If you do not have Administrator privileges, you must have someone with Administrator privileges install the product for you.

Verifying System Requirements

Verify that your computer meets these requirements:

• Computer with a Pentium^®-class processor or greater
  
  
• One of the following operating systems:
  
  
• Microsoft^®Windows^® 95 (OSR2), Windows 98, or Windows 98 (second edition)
  
  
• Windows ME
  
  
• Windows NT^® 4.0 (with Service Pack 3, or higher)
  
  
• Windows 2000
  
  
• Windows XP
  
  
• Microsoft TCP/IP installed. (Confirm via Start > Settings > Control Panel > Network > Protocols or Configuration.)
  
  
• 10 MB hard disk space.
  
  
• RAM:
  
  
• 16 MB for Windows 95/98
  
  
• 32 MB for Windows NT and Windows ME
  
  
• 64 MB for Windows 2000
  
  
• 128 MB for Windows XP
  
  
• To install the VPN Client:
  
  
• CD-ROM drive
  
  
• 3.5 inch high-density diskette drive
  
  
• Administrator privileges if installing on Windows NT or Windows 2000
  
  
• To use the VPN Client:
  
  
• Direct network connection (cable or DSL modem and network adapter/interface card)
  
  
• Internal or external modem
  
  
• For Windows 95, Microsoft Dial-Up Networking (DUN) version 1.2 or greater. (DUN 1.3 for Windows 95 is a recommended performance and security upgrade, and it is available as a free download from the Microsoft Web site, www.microsoft.com. Windows 98 includes the DUN 1.3 functionality.)
  
  
• To connect using a digital certificate for authentication:
  
  
• A digital certificate signed by one of the following Certificate Authorities (CAs) installed on your PC:
  
  

Baltimore Technologies (www.baltimoretechnologies.com)

Entrust Technologies (www.entrust.com)

Microsoft Certificate Services—Windows 2000

Netscape (Security)

Verisign, Inc. (www.verisign.com)

A smart card

Gathering Information You Need

To configure and use the VPN Client, you may need the information listed in this section.

Ask for this information from the system administrator of the private network you want to access. Your system administrator may have preconfigured much of this data; if so, he or she will tell you which items you need.

• Hostname or IP address of the secure gateway to which you are connecting
  
  
• Your IPSec Group Name (for preshared keys)
  
  
• Your IPSec Group Password (for preshared keys)
  
  
• If authenticating with a digital certificate, the name of the certificate
  
  
• If authenticating through the secure gateway's internal server, your username and password
  
  
• If authenticating through a RADIUS server, your username and password
  
  
• If authenticating through an NT Domain server, your username, password, and domain name
  
  
• If authenticating through a token vendor, your username and PIN
  
  
• If authenticating through a smart card, your smart card, reader, PIN or passcode, and the name of the certificate stored on the smart card.
  
  
• If you should configure backup server connections, the hostnames or IP addresses of the backup servers
  
  

Installing the VPN Client

To install the VPN Client on your system, follow these steps. We suggest you accept the defaults unless your system administrator has instructed otherwise.

Step 1   Exit all Windows programs, and disable any antivirus software.

Step 2   Start the appropriate VPN Client installation setup program:

• If VPN Client software is on CD-ROM:

• If VPN Client software is on diskettes:

The program displays the Cisco Systems logo and InstallShield Setup window shown in Figure 2-1.

Step 3   If the InstallShield Wizard identifies an existing version of the VPN Client, the Cisco 5000 Client, or Nortel Networks Extranet Access Client, it displays a dialog box that asks if you want to uninstall the existing client program. To continue, choose Yes.

The VPN Client launches the appropriate uninstall wizard: the Cisco VPN Client uninstall wizard to uninstall a previous version of the VPN Client, the Extranet Access Client wizard program, or the Cisco 5000 wizard. Follow the instructions on the uninstall wizard dialog boxes to automatically uninstall the program and reboot.

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Note   Having more than one VPN client on your system is not advisable.

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After your system reboots, our own Cisco Systems VPN Client Setup wizard resumes.

Step 4   Follow the instructions on the screens and enter the following information:

A destination folder for the VPN Client files (or click Next> to enter the default location C:\Program Files\Cisco Systems\VPN Client).

Step 5   After you have installed the VPN Client, the InstallShield Wizard displays the following screen. You must restart your computer before you can configure and use the VPN Client. (See Figure 2-2.)

What Next?

The VPN Client software is now installed on your PC. To configure it, see "Configuring the VPN Client."

Posted: Wed Sep 25 04:02:30 PDT 2002
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