VPN client

We use VPN 3.7.x (I know, it's old), and that works just fine.

As Yellow stated... basically, once you are connected to the internet, setup your VPN and then click on connect... VPN needs a pre-existsing internet connection to tunnel over. It cannot work on its own as it doesn't create the internet connection. It needs the connection too even be able to connect to the server.

I understand that it needs an internet connection to be able to work. What I am looking for is a VPN client that will do the following:

When I establish a connection to the internet and obtain an IP address, it will connect to my campuses VPN server, AUTOMATICALLY.

Does Apple have any sort of VPN connectivity built into it? If it doesn't and a program doesn't exist that I am asking for, does anybody know how to get an application, or an apple script to run upon extablishing a connection to the internet?

There is a built-in client to OS X Panther (10.3) (and in 10.4 but thats not officially out yet) but it may or may not work depending on the VPN connection type that you are connection to. Simply go to Internet Connect and you will see there for VPN... If you choose Create New VPN from the File menu you'll see your options.
As for automating it, you will need to script this, obvioulsy. Not sure that you can script the Cisco one... As for the built-in one to Internet Connect, open the library for Internet connect in apple script to see what options are available... You'll probably have to make a script that runs at all times in the background and periodically checks for your connectivity status.

The Cisco VPN Client 4.6 does not determine if it can or will connect to the internet. That's up to the administrator who is configuring the Cisco VPN 30XX concentrator. There is a possiblity to allow both campus and and tunnel access at once, both it has to be configured. Default it tunnels everything through the tunnel, including http trafic.

Regards Jan