Installing VPN Client on Fedora Core 4

This web page presents an alternative to the standard Cisco VPN software for connecting to NUS VPN Gateway. This solution makes use of the user-space tool known as vpnc.

1. Download and install the VPN client - vpnc-0.3.3-2.1.i386.rpm
   

   [root@localhost ~]# rpm -ivh vpnc-0.3.3-2.1.i386.rpm



2. Create the config file:
   

   [root@localhost ~]# vi /etc/vpnc/default.conf
   
   # Config for connecting to NUS VPN.
   Interface name tun0
   IPSec gateway vpn.nus.edu.sg
   IPSec ID inside-nus
   IPSec secret inside-nus
   # use outside-nus if connecting from outside NUS
   Xauth username <NUSNET ID>



3. To connect:
   

   [root@localhost ~]# vpnc



4. To disconnect:
   

   [root@localhost ~]# vpnc-disconnect

That's all! Note that this information has only been tested with a standard installation of Fedora Core 4. Your mileage may vary with other distributions of Linux.