[Macpartners] Bluetooth data connectivity on Macintosh with VPN

[Helen Rose]

I have some users who would like to be able to go online using  
Bluetooth and a GSM mobile phone (T-Mobile with a data plan).  
However, when the Cisco VPN client is installed on those machines, no  
connection via Bluetooth/GSM is possible.

I have tested this with PPC and Intel Macs, and on various versions  
of 10.4. The only constant in the equation is the Cisco VPN software  
(version 4.9).

The dilemma I have is that I require users to have a net 18 address  
to access some resources, so uninstalling the VPN software is not an  
option. Nor can these users install and uninstall the VPN as they  
need it (even assuming they have admin rights on the machine, which  
they do not). However, they would like to be able to connect using  
Bluetooth/GSM when they are not near a Wifi access point (or wired  
access).

Does anyone know of a workaround? Has anyone tested the MacOS built- 
in VPN client with MIT's VPN server?

Thanks,

--Helen