[vpn-help] VPN login before domain login

[Greg Julius]

Steven, you accidently sent straight to me instead of the list.  Reply all is the best option, then remove the sender...

The Install program installs the necessary code and configuration changes that get used when you logon to your system.  This is what I referred to as the credentials provider.   During logon, Microsoft uses the installed elements to interact with the ShrewSoft VPN service which sets up the VPN connection and then continues the normal login process.  What you see from all of this is a "Tile" at login with VPN (I don't have it with me currently so I can't give you the exact phraseology) that you click to logon.

It's been a while since I last did this, but the process is something like the following:

*         Select to install the provider when you install the Shrew VPN software.

*         Set up a connection and make sure it works.

*         Set the desired connection as the default and logoff (or reboot if you haven't done that yet).

*         At logon time there is a "tile" that has something to the effect of logon with VPN - click it.

*         From there it will set up the connection using the credentials provided and then immediately logon the session.

*         Note - This means that the credentials used must be able to set up a VPN connection in the first place so test using them while doing the connection setup.

The simplest thing to do is just go ahead and install it on a Windows 7, 64 bit machine and take a gander.  I'd certainly do this before I committed to a particular piece of hardware to see if it is what you are looking for.

If anybody out there has more to add (or even corrections) jump on in as it has been some time since I did this for a client.

Hope that Helps,
Merry Christmas,
-g

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Greg Julius
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From: Steven Godfrey [mailto:sgodfrey at scg-atl.com]
Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2012 1:11 PM
To: Greg Julius
Subject: RE: [vpn-help] VPN login before domain login

Thanks for your reply. I am not familiar with the credentials provider. Is that similar to a startup service at boot? Thank You, Steven

From: vpn-help-bounces at lists.shrew.net<mailto:vpn-help-bounces at lists.shrew.net> [mailto:vpn-help-bounces at lists.shrew.net] On Behalf Of Greg Julius
Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2012 1:54 PM
To: 'vpn-help at lists.shrew.net'
Subject: Re: [vpn-help] VPN login before domain login

Steven,
Yes, the 2.2 versions have an installable credentials provider that will work with Windows Vista & 7 (not XP and below however) on 64 bit systems.

This version is now in Release Candidate stage and I have used the beta2 version for some time now and have found it very stable.

I don't know specifically how it will work with the Cisco RV220W however.

-g

Your office accessible from anywhere - No More Hardware & Related headaches

Greg Julius
E-mail:  Greg.Julius at WorkSpaceIM.com<mailto:Greg.Julius at WorkSpaceIM.com>
Phone: 830-672-9068

From: vpn-help-bounces at lists.shrew.net<mailto:vpn-help-bounces at lists.shrew.net> [mailto:vpn-help-bounces at lists.shrew.net] On Behalf Of Steven Godfrey
Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2012 12:33 PM
To: vpn-help at lists.shrew.net<mailto:vpn-help at lists.shrew.net>
Subject: [vpn-help] VPN login before domain login

Hello,

I plan on buying a cicso RV220W. The only problem is that it's VPN client does not support login before domain login on the windows 7 64 bit clients. So I would like to go with Shrew Soft VPN client. Before I purchase this router rather than going with the ASA AnyConnect router which cost more I would like to know if ShrewSoft VPN client can startup before login such as a windows service and connect to the vpn before I login to the domain? I am currently using openVPN which does this but the problem is that openVPN which is SSL does not work with my router choices.

Thanks for your help,
Steven
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