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CiscoVPN Client: Error 51

Error Message

Error 51: Unable to communicate with the VPN subsystem. Please make sure that you have a least one network interface that is currently active and has an IP address and start that application again.

Explanation

Conflict with networking over FireWire if Paralles Desktop is installed.

Solution

Change /System/Library/StartupItems/CiscoVPN/CiscoVPN so that the start sequence looks like this:

StartService ()
{
    #disable fw0
    /sbin/ifconfig fw0 down

    if [ -d $CISCO_VPN_DIR ]; then
        ConsoleMessage "Starting Cisco Systems VPN Driver"
        kextload $CISCO_VPN_DIR
    fi
}

restart computer or

sudo /System/Library/StartupItems/CiscoVPN/CiscoVPN restart

Source

Fixing Cisco VPN Client 4.9 With Parallels Desktop 3.0 on Mac OS X

 

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