Jan 12, 2013 AnyConnect was not able to establish a connection to the specified secure gateway. Please try connecting again. The VPN client driver encountered an error. Running with beto download. Please restart your computer or device, then try again. Dec 22, 2015 I am using windows 10. While connecting Through Cisco AnyConnect VPN Client, while the connection was in process a message appears in the box as ' AnyConnect was not able to establish a connection to the specified secure gateway. Please try connecting again '. Kindly solve the problem.
Topics Map > Networking > Virtual Private Networking (VPN)1password x for safari. In most cases, you won't need to uninstall an old VPN client; you can just stop using it. However, some users report error messages with the new AnyConnect VPN that can be corrected by uninstalling older ones.
The error message
You may need to uninstall the old VPN clients if you see the message 'AnyConnect was not able to establish a connection to the specified secure gateway. Please try connecting again.'
On Windows
Windows 7
- Click the Start Menu.
- Type View network connections in the search bar, then click that item in the results list.
- In the window that appears, right-click the old VPN item you want to remove and choose Delete. You may need to delete two items:
- CITES VPN with the subheading WAN Miniport (PPTP)
- Aventail VPN with the subheading Aventail VPN Adapter
- (If you had an Aventail VPN client installed:)
Go to the Start Menu- > Control Panel -> Uninstall Program. - In the list of programs that appears, select Aventail Connect, then click the Uninstall button above the list.
- Click Yes when prompted to uninstall.
- If the Aventail icon remains on your desktop after uninstallation, you can drag it into your Recycle Bin.
Windows 8
- Right-click the Start Menu.
- Select Network Connections from the list of options.
- In the window that appears, right-click the old VPN item you want to remove and choose Delete. You may need to delete two items:
- CITES VPN with the subheading WAN Miniport (PPTP)
- Aventail VPN with the subheading Aventail VPN Adapter
- (If you had an Aventail VPN client installed:)
Go to the Start Menu- > Control Panel -> Uninstall Program. - In the list of programs that appears, select Aventail Connect, then click the Uninstall button above the list.
- Click Yes when prompted to uninstall.
- If the Aventail icon remains on your desktop after uninstallation, you can drag it into your Recycle Bin.
Windows 10 is unlikely to have the Nortel or Aventail VPN installed from use with the prior versions of the Tech Services VPN. If you need to uninstall them because they were installed for a different VPN, please refer to that group's documentation. Iron hydroxide oxide yellow.
Anyconnect Was Not Able To Establish A Secure Connection
On Mac
Removing the old CITES VPN (aka Nortel)
- Under System Preferences, choose Network
- In the left hand list of connections, choose the old VPN that you want to remove. (If it says vpn3.near.uiuc.edu in the Server Address line, it's an old connection and should be removed.)
- Uncheck the box that says 'Show VPN status in the menu bar.'
- Click the minus button below the left hand column.
- Click Apply.
Removing the Aventail VPN client
- With your Finder open to Applications, find Aventail Connect in your applications list.
- Right click on it and choose Move to Trash.
- If prompted, enter the computer's administrator user name and password.
More help
If you need further assistance with this error, please contact the Help Desk.
Anyconnect Was Not Able To Establish A Connection To The Specified Secure Gateway
Keywords: | VPN, uninstall, AnyConnect gateway error, Cisco, Nortel, Aventail, Windows 7, Windows 8, MacSuggest keywords | Doc ID: | 47634 |
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Owner: | Debbie F. | Group: | University of Illinois Technology Services |
Created: | 2015-02-26 10:42 CDT | Updated: | 2021-02-24 10:32 CDT |
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Anyconnect Was Not Able To Establish A Connection The Specified Secure Gateway
Date: Oct 10, 2013
By: Mike Khzouz (Mike@bostonIT.com)
Scenario:
When using the Linux Cisco AnyConnect client x64 (like MAC, Ubuntu, Redhat RHEL and Debian) you might get the error above or if you connect through command like you might get the following errors:
Resolution:
1- Before you start troubleshooting the issue on the client side, make sure SSL certificates are installed and configured properly on the ASA. Go to http://www.digicert.com/help/ and test your server SSL certificate, if you see any issues, talk to your system admin to fix. In addition to your company SSL certificate, intermediate certificate from the ssl provider needs to be installed on the asa too, and that web tool can show you any issues in that regard (this is a common issue - missing intermediate cert) .
2- Important: Upgrade to the latest Cisco AnyConnect client. You can download that from the cisco TAC site but you need a username and a password. The latest version of Anyconnect as of this article is 3.1.04066.
3- In one of the cases the Cisco ASA had a Go Daddy SSL Certificate. Copying Go Daddy certificate from that Linux SSL Certificate folder to Cisco SSL certificate folder on the linux machine forced Anyconnect to trust that certificate.
sudo cp /etc/ssl/certs/Go* /opt/.cisco/certificates/ca/
If you are using a different 3rd party SSL certificate on the ASA, then you need to copy that certificate the same way
You can also copy all the certificates from /etc/ssl/certs/ to /opt/.cisco/certificates/ca/ if you are not sure what certificate you are using.
If you get this error in Windows make sure you stop Internet Sharing service in Windows services
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