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OS X 10.6.4 System VPN failing to connect - IKE Packet: transmit failed

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Problem

I'm trying to connect to several Cisco VPN networks using the OS X built-in VPN utility and I'm receiving an error. I have several isolated networks I connect to and they have all been working flawlessly since Snow Leopard was released. I also have 3+ co-workers who use the same settings and are no…

Error Output

Oct  1 17:36:27 Computer-Name racoon[686]: Connecting.
Oct  1 17:36:27 Computer-Name racoon[686]: IKE Packet: transmit failed. (Initiator, Aggressive…

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Fix for: OS X 10.6.4 System VPN failing to connect - IKE Packet: transmit failed

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This occasionally occurs for me as well, e.g. when I switch between two different Cisco VPNs. It seems to be a minor crash in racoon somewhere*. Manually restarting the process seems to do the trick for me: (Don't know what the '-x' param does, it's…

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