Admin Firewall using Cisco VPN
Mac OS X

Cisco VPN for Admin Firewall Install Directions for Mac OS X

The following directions are for Wellesley College faculty and staff to install the Cisco VPN software to access the Admin Firewall on a Mac OS X computer which is connected to the Wellesley College campus network.

Installing the software

The install will take about 15 minutes to complete. Your network access will be interrupted during the install, and you will need to restart your computer once. Please save any documents you are working on and close all programs except for this website.

Please print this website and refer to the printed directions after Step 1 below.

  1. Download the Cisco VPN Installer to your desktop.
    1. If you are using Mac OS X 10.2 and 10.3, download this file: cisco-vpn-4.7.dmg.
    2. If you are using Mac OS X 10.4 (Intel and PowerPC Macs), download this file: cisco-vpn-4.9.dmg.

  2. When the download finishes you may close this window and refer to the printed documentation. On your computer's desktop, double-click on the cisco-vpn.dmg file, then open the Admin Firewall Installer folder.

  3. In the Admin Firewall Installer folder, double-click on the Cisco VPN Client.mpkg file.

  4. When the Authentication window appears (in OSX 10.2 it will appear first. In OSX 10.3 it will appear right before the files are installed), login with an Admin account and click OK.

  5. In the Cisco VPN Client Installer window, click Continue.
    Setup Window

  6. In the Software Licenese Agreement window, click Continue, then Agree to the popup window.

  7. In the Select a Destination window, click on the drive you wish to install onto (usually Macintosh HD) and click Continue.

  8. In the Easy Install window, click Install or Upgrade.

  9. The Cisco VPN software will now be installed on your computer. When the window says that the software was successfully installed, click Close.

  10. The install is now complete. Please continue to the next section to configure the Admin Firewall settings.

Configuring the software



  1. In the Finder menu, go to Go > Applications to find the newly installed VPNClient application and double-click on it.

  2. When it appears in the dock, click on the icon and hold until you see a menu. When the menu pops up, select Keep In Dock to keep it in your dock for easy access.

  3. In the Cisco VPN window, click Import.

  4. In the window that appears, scroll all the way to the left to the Admin Firewall Installer folder. NOTE:The profiles folder that is in the window when you first click Import is not the one that has the Admin Firewall file.
    Import Window

  5. Click on the Admin Firewall Install in the list of items.
    Import Window

  6. Click on the Profiles folder in the second column, then click on the AdminFirewall.pcf file in the third column and click Open.
    Import Window

  7. In the VPN Client window that appears, click OK.

  8. When the Import window goes away, the VPN Client window should now have AdminFirewall listed. In the VPN Client window, go to Options > Simple Mode.
    Simple Mode

  9. You may now drag the Admin Firewall Install folder to the trash, then drag the cisco-vpn.dmg file to the trash as well.

  10. The Cisco VPN Client is now configured properly. Please continue to the next section to login to the Admin Firewall to access Administrative systems.

Logging into the Admin Firewall

Unlike the old Admin Firewall applications, with the Cisco VPN Client you must keep the application open and stay logged in while you are using the Administrative programs. If you quit the Cisco VPN Client you will be disconnected from any Administrative system that requires the Admin Firewall.

  1. If the VPNClient application is not open, launch it by clicking on the icon in the Dock, or by going to Go > Applications and double-clicking on VPNClient.

  2. In the VPN Client window, Click Connect.
    Connect to VPN

  3. In the VPN Client popup window, login with your Domain Account and click OK.
    Login

  4. When you have successfully logged into the Cisco VPN Client, the Connect button will change to Disconnect, and it will say Connected to "AdminFirewall" in the Status Bar of the Cisco VPNClient window.

  5. When the login is successful, you can hide the VPN Client window by going to the menu VPNCLient > Hide VPNClient. To get back to the Cisco VPN Client window, single-click on the icon in the dock again.
    Dock Icon

  6. If you do not login to Banner within 2 minutes, you will see the following error message. Click OK. To login to the Admin Firewall again, click on the VPNClient icon in the dock and click Connect and login with your Domain Account.
    Login Timeout

  7. When you are finished with any Administrative systems that you were using, you may disconnect from the Cisco VPNClient by switching to the VPNClient application and selecting VPNClient > Quit VPNClient. When prompted to quit, click Disconnect and Exit.