Citrix MF XP, VMWare 5.5 & Cisco Client VPN 4.6

[Semperfi2004]

Since I have more licenses of Citrix MF XP than I really need and VMware Workstation 5.5 I am trying to find or build a solution with those tools to run and publish Cisco Client VPN 4.6 and eventfully other Client Based VPN's (sonic wall, watchguard, etc) within our Citrix Farm.

Right now I am trying to get Cisco VPN Client 4.6 up and running and published out on our local Internet.
However, I am running into many problems.

My question is do you know if this a do-able solution. Or, is there another way to be able to run multiple flavors of Client-Based VPN's that can be administers from one central location, instead of running them all on a users system ?

Thank you for your help.

 

[ascotta]

Call me daft. But what would you be trying to achieve with all this. Why so many VPN clients ? It is possibly my lack of vision, but I can't see what is going on.

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[Semperfi2004]

Here is my issue: We have clients we support. Each client we support has their own type of VPN solution on how we can connect. Some use Cisco, some use Sonicwall, other may use watchguard Client-based vpns, etc.. Installing all these Client-based VPN's on one system, causes problems with computer systems not performing correctly.
In an Ideal world, I wish I could create site to site VPNs (IPSec tunnels) with our clients. but, we can't dictate to our clients this is our preferred method. So, we end up with many different flavors of VPN clients to run on each users system.
If it would be awesome, if I could somehow Host a VPN client somehow. example: Host the Client-based Cisco 4.6 VPN so everyone could share the connection via Citrix. I don't think it is a doable solution.
I am looking for a solution to eliminate me from having to install 6 to 7 different types of Client-based VPNs on one system. Instead, install in a manner that it could be hosted as if it were a published application in a Citrix environment.
I was able to able to get Cisco 4.6 work as a published app in a citrix farm. However, It only let one user at a time use the application.
thanks

 

[ascotta]

Now I understand. I think the issue will be that the apps will run on the citrix server and therefore use the IP of the server and it will probably complain about it, as you have seen. I understand the various VPN client cause problems when hosted on the same box.

Applications :- if it runs that way on a client it almost certainly will run that way on TS/Citrix.

I have not been around Citrix for a year now, but I am certain that the newest version had some type of IP configuration available within it, it might be worth looking at that.

But I doubt if this is doable.

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Cheers
Scott