01-05-2021

Cisco Anyconnect Was Not Able To Establish A Connection



This post describes how to fix the following error messages when using Windows 8 Pro:

Jan 12, 2013 AnyConnect was not able to establish a connection to the specified secure gateway. Cisco AnyConnect VPN Virtual Miniport Adapter for Windows x64. But could not find the Cisco AnyConnect secure mobility client connection. Here’s the message ffrom the the cisco anyconnect client ver 4.3.03xxx on Windows10 11:47:31 PM Contacting xxx country 11:47:32 PM Posture Assessment: Required for access 11:47:32 PM Posture Assessment: Checking for updates 11:47:33 PM Posture Assessment. CSCvs40531 - AnyConnect 4.8 is not working on the FPR1000 series " The bug is fixed in FTD 6.5.0.3." - It's worth mentioning that this patch was pulled from CCO. Please modify this to show that the patch was pulled, so no one goes looking for a patch that doesn't exist anymore or let us know when patch 4 will be released. A user to establish a VPN connection while multiple users are logged on simultaneously on the same machine. Enhancement request CSCsx15061 was filed to address this feature. Note: Make sure that port 443 is not blocked so the AnyConnect client can connect to the ASA.

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  • AnyConnect was not able to establish a connection to the specified secure gateway. Please try connecting again.
  • The VPN client driver encountered an error. Please restart your computer or device, then try again.

The steps to fix this problem are as follows:

1. Edit a registry entry by running a program called regedit. Right-click on it and Run as administrator. Note that I use Start8, by Stardock, to have a Start button and menu. After you left-click on Run as administrator, your computer might ask you to enter the admin password.

2. Go to the appropriate VPN registry directory called ComputerHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesvpnva

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3. Double left-click the DisplayName key.

Cisco Anyconnect Was Not Able To Establish A Connection

An Edit String pop-up window will appear.

Anyconnect Was Unable To Establish

The text under the Value data: field on my computer looked like this.

@oem20.inf,%vpnva_Desc%;Cisco AnyConnect VPN Virtual Miniport Adapter for Windows x64

4. Change the field to

Cisco anyconnect was not able to establish a connection to the specified secure gateway hatası

Cisco AnyConnect VPN Virtual Miniport Adapter for Windows x64

by removing all the text and characters that are on the left of the word Cisco.

The end result should look like this:

5. Left-click the ‘OK’ button.

Anyconnect was unable to establish

6. Exit the Registry Editor

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7. Run Cisco AnyConnect VPN Client and reconnect.

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That’s all there is to it. Good luck!