Dart Anyconnect

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Aug 21, 2020 Click Next in the Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client Setup dialog box, then follow the steps to complete the installation. NOTE: We recommend you un-check everything (Web Security, Umbrella, etc) except for the VPN and the Diagnostic and Reporting Tool (DART). This will give you a minimal install.

Installing the VPN Client

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  1. Download the AnyConnect VPN client for macOS 11.0 (Big Sur), macOS 10.15 (Catalina), or macOS 10.14 (Mojave).
  2. In your Downloads folder, double-click the file you just downloaded to open it. An icon will appear on the desktop called AnyConnect, and a separate window will open.
  3. Double-click on AnyConnect.mpkg to run the installer, then follow the steps to complete the installation. NOTE: We recommend you un-check everything (Web Security, Umbrella, etc) except for the VPN and the Diagnostic and Reporting Tool (DART). This will give you a minimal install. The other features are not supported so there's no need to install them.
    • NOTE TO macOS users: During the installation, you will be prompted to enable the AnyConnect software extension in the System Preferences -> Security & Privacy pane. The requirement to manually enable the software extension is an operating system requirement.

Dart Anyconnect Client

Starting the VPN Client

  1. In your Applications folder, go to the Cisco folder and double-click the Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client.
  2. Enter vpn.uci.edu in the Ready toConnect to field, then press the Connect button.
  3. Select your desired connection profile from the Group drop-down menu:
    • UCIFULL – Route all traffic through the UCI VPN.
      • IMPORTANT: Use UCIFULL when accessing Library resources.
    • UCI – Route only campus traffic through the UCI VPN. All other traffic goes through your normal Internet provider.
  4. Enter your UCInetID and password, then click OK.
  5. A banner window will appear. Click Accept to close that window. You are now connected!

Disconnecting the VPN Client

When you are finished using the VPN, remember to disconnect.

  1. Click the AnyConnect client icon located in the menu bar near the top right corner of your screen.
  2. Select Quit.

Cisco AnyConnect VPN software allows remote users and employees to securely connect to a Cisco VPN gateway running in an enterprise environment..

Employees use Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client to establish connectivity to a Cisco SSL VPN server, and if authentication is approved, the connected users or employees are grant access to internal resources..

This is a widely used and popular VPN server within enterprises and if you’re a Linux user who need help installing and using AnyConnect, this brief tutorial is going to show you how…

It shows you how to download and install AnyConnect using Ubuntu 18.04 or 16.04 desktop computers…

When you’re ready to install AnyConnect, follow the steps below:

This first thing you need to be aware of is not everyone can download Cisco AnyConnect VPN client… The software is available to customers with active AnyConnect Apex, Plus or VPN Only term/contracts..

You system / network administrator(s) may have to get login to Cisco’s portal and download the software for you… or provide you login to get in to the portal..

AnyConnect download location is at the link below:

Step 1: Install Prerequisites

Some packages will need to be install prior to install AnyConnect… Do that, run the commands below:

Dart Anyconnect App

Step 2: Install AnyConnect VPN Client

After installing the packages above, go and download AnyConnect file from it’s Download location…

Once you have downloaded the AnyConnect VPN tarball, you can double-click to extract the folder downloaded folder or use the commands below to extract… The current file should be named: anyconnect-linux64-4.7.03052-predeploy-k9.tar.gz.

By default the file will be downloaded in your home folder ( /home/user/Downloads ), but typically the last used directory of the browser is where automatic downloads are placed…

Run the commands below to extract the downloaded file if you’re unable to double-click to extract….

Dart Anyconnect Download

Dart anyconnect download

tar xvf anyconnect-linux64-4.7.03052-predeploy-k9.tar.gz

Dart

After extracting, open the newly-extracted folder to find the VPN folder… Change into the VPN folder…

cd vpn

Right-click the vpn_install.sh file.

and select Run.

Dart Anyconnect

Use the GUI App to install the Cisco AnyConnect VPN client at the root level.

If you can’t install it via the GUI app, then run the commands below to install…

sudo ./vpn_install.sh

That will install Cisco AnyConnect VPN client for you…

Installing DART

Anyconnect Dart Logs

To install Dart, follow the steps below:

First, open the dart. folder inside the newly-extract anyconnect folder…

Right-click the dart_install.sh file.

Then select Run.

Dart Anyconnect App

Use the GUI App to install the Cisco AnyConnect Diagnostic and Reporting Tool.

Cisco Anyconnect Dart

If the GUI installation doesn’t work, run the commands below to install it..

sudo .⁄dart_install.sh

That should install AnyConnect for you including DART… After that, Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client should be ready to use..

Now all you have to do is launch it and connect to the VPN gateway…

That’s!

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