MAC Cisco VPN Installation Guide
If you have a version of the Cisco VPN client already installed on your computer, you must uninstall it and reboot before installing the new VPN version.
- Navigate to the ACNS website: http://www.acns.colostate.edu
- Scroll down to the Connecting to the CSU VPN section of the ACNS Home Page.
- Select the link for VPN (Virtual Private Networking)
- Select the VPN appropriate for your location. (Residence Halls – Dorms, On/Off Campus – General Population)
- Once a VPN client has been selected for download, the Cisco Systems VPN Client Installation Wizard will appear. Run the installation package.
- From the Welcome to Cisco VPN Client Installer, click the Continue button.
- Read the terms and agreement in which Cisco Systems has set forth for using their product. Continue by clicking Agree button.
- From the Software License Agreement dialog box, read the license agreement and select the Continue button to accept the terms of the agreement.
- From the Destination dialog box, navigate to a folder where the application will be installed.
Click on the Continue button.
- Select the Upgrade button from the Easy Install dialog box.
- Complete the installation by selecting the Close button. Note, the installation process length can vary from machine to machine so be patient and wait for the process to complete.
- Once the VPN has installed on your computer, you must reboot your machine to finalize the installation process.
- After rebooting, open then VPN client by navigating to Go | Applications and open the Cisco Systems VPN Client.
- From the VPN Client window, select the appropriate connection profile icon to launch the VPN client and complete your connection to the CSU Network.
- Complete your connection to the CSU VPN Campus Network by logging in with your eID and Password.
- You will have successfully connected to the CSU Network once you receive the "Welcome to CSU VPN" message.
Click on the Continue button.
