Comments on: Cisco VPN 3k Config for iPhone

By: harry

harry — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 04:19:13 +0000

Well I don’t know why some of you claim it doesn’t work.
I just tried it on a new iPhone 3G with firmware 2.0.2, and it connects just fine over a GPRS connection. Before these changes, The Cisco IPSEC worked but not over GPRS/3G connections, and L2TP didn’t work at all. Now, I can connect with L2TP over GPRS just fine.

Many thanks to the original poster, and keep up the good work!

By: User

User — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:17:19 +0000

True, I am not trying to argue, But just from some real testing with that series. But I think it more or less goes to cisco if you have support contracts with them they usually bend over backwords. Regular user calls in, you get the shaft.

One thing i will say, Corporations need to start getting together more and working with each other. Its the consumer that makes them money. Make it easy for us. I mean come on.

By: Nick

Nick — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:10:58 +0000

Your feedback is interesting, and to be honest I don’t really want to get into an argument on whether you think this article is true or not, as I have stated I don’t have a phone or concentrator to validate either claim I have recieved.

I tried to speak with Cisco once very early (before I wrote this doc) and got bounced, recently people have told me they simply get told this information so the fact someone helped you config the 3k is brilliant, it just goes to show how some support personnel are more helpful than others… that all being said I believe there is likely to be a lot of truth in your final statement “It is not a problem with the concentrators nor Cisco. But in fact an apple choice.”

Kind Regards,
Nick

By: User

User — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:59:55 +0000

I cant edit, But if you call cisco they will transfer you to a support rep who will setup the 3k line.

By: User

User — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:59:12 +0000

Cisco supports the vpn 3000 line of concentrators. It runs their ios. Also, That said that line of concentrators does in every way allow it to connect. It just will not pass traffic in any way it will null it as soon as it sees traffic. It reads the iphone as a “network blackhole”. That being said I have tried the ipsec pptp and the straight radius style configurations. I have tried this on the 2.0 software that is now the updated 1.0 software on the iphone and the ipod. The vpn 3000 line is not supported by the iphone. It is not a problem with the concentrators nor Cisco. But in fact an apple choice.

By: Nick

Nick — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:54:08 +0000

Hi “User”

I’ve taken my time on approving your comment as I wanted to contact the people whom I set this up for in the 1st place.

I believe your comment to be 50% correct, there is no support for the concentrator but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t work.

The people whom I set this up for have said that it’s still working fine, it is true that this article is quite old and the instructions relate to iPhone firmware version 1, and apple introduced a proper cisco client with a later firmware.

My message to all who stumble across this article is, concentrators are not supported by cisco, ASA’s are the way to go so if you can’t get this to work yourself then perhaps this is a good excuse to update

I would also like to remind readers that I do not have a concentrator or an iPhone and cannot answer any support questions.

Thanks,
Nick

By: User

User — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:49:59 +0000

Doesnt work. I tried this and several different ways. It is a no go. Folks there is no support for the 3k series concentrators. if you have an ASA appliance then it will work. You can get it to connect all day. But it doesnt know what to do with the traffic.

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