invalid key in VPN pre share key

[reazrana1]

have problem with Cisco CVR100w Wireless VPN router ....

It doesn't support special character (eg. ! @ # $ ^ & *) for VPN Pre Shared Key!!!

any idea about this problem ?

[Karsten Iwen]

It's quite common that VPN-devices have unsupported characters for the PSK. To make it worse, different devices reject different characters. The only advice I have for this problem is not to use these characters, but instead, use longer PSKs to make them more secure.

[reazrana1]

thnx Karsten for ur reply ...

do u know any Cisco VPN Wireless VPN Router that accepts special characters ?

[Karsten Iwen]

I'm not aware of the Small-Business-line. But at least the IOS-based devices and also the Cisco Meraki MX are more flexible here. 

[reazrana1]

yea .... IOS is fine with it ...  anyway .. thnx :_-)