Cisco AnyConnect - Empower your employees to work from anywhere, on company laptops or personal mobile devices, at any time. AnyConnect simplifies secure endpoint access and provides the security necessary to help keep your organization safe and protected. A vulnerability in the interprocess communication (IPC) channel of Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client could allow an authenticated, local attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker would need to have valid credentials on the device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility is a great solution for creating a flexible working environment. Work anywhere on any device while always protecting your interests and assets from Internet-based threats. Its availability does depend on Cisco hardware, but it is a minor-added expense to the safest cyber security network available today.

This page contains a step-by-step instruction of the installation of Cisco's AnyConnect Mobility Client for Windows Version 7, 8, 8.1 and 10.

The Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client is a web-based VPN client that does not require user configuration. VPN, also called IP tunneling, is a secure method of accessing USC computing resources. Empower your employees to work from anywhere, on company laptops or personal mobile devices, at any time.

• Installation
• Start Cisco's AnyConnect Mobility Client
• Registration
• Disconnect
• Solution for the follworing Error Message

Cisco Anyconnect Service Won't Start

Installation

Visit the following website and download the appropriate Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility client:

• universal for Windows: anyconnect-win-4.9.06037-core-vpn-webdeploy-k9.msi
• for Windows with ARM processors: anyconnect-win-arm64-4.9.06037-core-vpn-webdeploy-k9.msi

Use your RWTH Single Sign On (SSO) login for entry.

Run the downloaded file

To complete the installation, click on 'next' and finally on 'finish' to finish the installation.

Start the installation with 'Install' and finish the installation with 'Finish'.

Start Cisco's AnyConnect Mobility Client

Cisco Anyconnect Vpn Client Download

After the successfull installation you can start Cisco's AnyConnect Mobility Client by entering the VPN-address <vpn.rwth-aachen.de>. Then click on 'connect' to connect with the RWTH net.

Registration

First choose the group. Either 'RWTH-VPN'(Full Tunnel) or 'RWTH-VPN'(Split Tunnel). Username is the username (format: ab123456) you already used to download the client and your password

Disconnect

To end the VPN connection, click on 'disconnect'

Solution for the following Error Message

Check the Internet connection sharing.

Proceed as follows:

Go to:Control Center-->Network- and Sharing-Centerand open the LAN-Connection properties. ChooseSharing and check ifallow other network users to connect through this computer's Internet connectionis active. If necessary, repeat the same for the wireless network adapter.