Cisco – Alternative Cisco VPN clients for Windows XP

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I'm considering investing in a Cisco ASA5505. As Cisco's own VPN client requires a service subscription, which I am trying to do without, are there any free or low-cost ipsec VPN clients that will work with the ASA and run on Windows XP? Is XP's built-in ipsec client compatible? Any links to guides and walkthroughs would be much appreciated.

Best Answer

Install a virtual server inside the remote network and use RRAS for VPN on it. Then expose the relevant ports through the ASA.

That way all XP/Vista clients can connect reliably.

Mike