How to assign a static IP address on vpn client machine

[ccardon]

Hi,

I am using Cisco VPN client 3.6.2(b).

I don't want the VPN concentrator to assign the IP address but I would like to configure it on the vpn client machine.

Can this be done on the vpn client config file or anywhere else?

Thank you in advance.

Christophe

[ethiel]

I have been researching this exact issue, and the only solution I have found to assign static IPs to PCs is to create a unique VPN group for each, or to use the Windows PPTP client. Options that I have pursued with no luck:

- Static assignment on the local PC: The only way to do this is by using the native Windows PPTP client. The Cisco VPN client does not support static IP assignments.

- Static DHCP assignment based on PC: The concentrator does not support static assignments with its local DHCP server, and when it passes DHCP requests to an external server, it uses a random MAC and no hostname for the initial request as best as I can tell.

- Assignment based on user name: This works with an external radius server that can return an IP address as one of the user's radius attributes.

I hope this helps clarify the situation. I am hoping that Cisco adds support for static IP assignment per host in the future, as it would be easy to implement and very useful.