Cisco VPN client fails on Vista with Reason 442

It takes me like 5-10 attempts to get the Cisco VPN client to connect. When
it fails to connect, it returns the following.

Reason 442: Failed to enable Virtual adapter

I dont get these on XP.

As I also mentioned, it does connect eventually after trying a few times.

Thanks

 

"Hassan" <hassan@test.com> wrote...<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
> It takes me like 5-10 attempts to get the Cisco VPN client to connect.
> When it fails to connect, it returns the following.
> Reason 442: Failed to enable Virtual adapter
> I dont get these on XP.<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

Hi Hassan,

You might have an out-of-date VPN Client? Version 5.x is compatible with
Vista. If you have a support contract with Cisco, you can download an
updated client for free. Otherwise, contact your network administrator, to
get an updated Vista-compatible client.

If you already have version 5 of VPN Clinet, see this entry about 442
errors, in the Cisco VPN Client 5.0 README doc:



Hope it helps,

--
Andrew McLaren
amclar (at) optusnet dot com dot au

 

On Dec 19 2007, 2:48 pm, "Andrew McLaren" <and...@fakeaddress.com>
wrote:<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
> "Hassan" <has...@test.com> wrote...<!--coloro:green--><span style="color:green <!--/coloro-->
> > It takes me like 5-10 attempts to get the Cisco VPN client to connect.
> > When it fails to connect, it returns the following.
> > Reason 442: Failed to enable Virtual adapter
> > I dont get these on XP.<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
>
> Hi Hassan,
>
> You might have an out-of-date VPN Client? Version 5.x is compatible with
> Vista. If you have a support contract with Cisco, you can download an
> updated client for free. Otherwise, contact your network administrator, to
> get an updated Vista-compatible client.
>
> If you already have version 5 of VPN Clinet, see this entry about 442
> errors, in the Cisco VPN Client 5.0 README doc:
>
> ...
>
> Hope it helps,
>
> --
> Andrew McLaren
> amclar (at) optusnet dot com dot au<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

Same problem with my VPN client. I'm running latest version of Cisco
VPN Client. Also I spend all day with Cisco Support and they couldn't
find solution. They'll get back to me in 72 hours

 

I wanted to share something that worked for me that I don't see posted
anywhere else, since I suffered with the problem for a long time.

Completely disable IPv6, following this article below, make the
registry change as well:


Next, go into your local security policy on the vista computer, and
change the setting for "Network Security: LAN manager Authentication
Level" to "Send NTLM and LM - use NTLMv2 session security if
negotiated."

REBOOT!

Those two changes fixed the problem for me, I know a lot of people post
things about this error and say "it worked for me", but nothing else
worked on my PC. Since making those changes, I connect my Cisco VPN
client _EVERYTIME_.

I hope that helps someone else... LEt me know if it does or doesn't,
Im curious.

-Craig


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