Hey, I am trying to connect to a Cisco AnyConnect VPN on Fedora KDE. I entered everything as they should have (I have done this before); however, the connection type is listed as “Cisoc AnyConnect“ which I do not how it was possible. It gives an error about not being able to connect to vpn server; b…

Where is it listed as “Cisoc”? You don’t say whether you’re using Workstation or KDE, but if it’s KDE you can likely change the name listed by opening “Networks”, right-clicking the connection and changing the name at the top of the dialogue box. Gnome - no idea, but it will be something similar, …

It is not a text box entry, its the “VPN Protocol“ field. The weird thing is I have switched to English lang to take a screenshot for it; but, its listed correctly there, in the Turkish Language, the protocol name is listed wrong; but, it connects now (probably due to the update I installed last nig…

This is why I was asking if it’s in the application or in the Network connection display. If the former, it’s due to Anyconnect. If the latter, it’s your Desktop environment - KDE or Gnome.

did you install and using the Anyconnect client software also known as cisco secure client? Also if you are running a firewall on the computer, make sure you have ports UDP 500. UDP 4500, and TCP 8305 outbound enabled.

I am currently in the same situation. A few key points for me so far you dont want to install some random software by cisco, and try to make it work with plasma-nm-openconnect it is important to separate between the 2 Cisco VPNs out there, you want the “AnyConnect” Openconnect based one, which pro…

I got it to work with the new (worse) method [image] HowTo: Add a Cisco OpenConnect VPN Connection using KDE Plasma's NetworkManager interface Ask Fedora State: April 2026 You might be in the unfortunate position of needing to use a VPN other than OpenVPN or …

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