What's the story on F5 SSL VPN support for Mac OS X 10.7 Lion? Myself and others cannot get a connection to work in any browser and have had to downgrade to Snow Leopard. Is this a known issue? Are there any plans for a fix? It would be nice to have this information so we can plan our workstation upgrades. Thanks.

I am also facing the same issue. Please help to fix this asap. Thanks.

Install the latest version of Java for Lion.

Have run the Mac OS Software update, and all files are updated. But still not able to get the SSL VPN going. My current version of Java are 1.6.0_26-b03-383 (32-bit and 64-bit)

Having the same issue with the same versions. Does a work-around exist?

No, there isn't a workaround. There is an F5 hotfix coming out soon to resolve this.

F5 SSL VPN an Mac OS X 10.7 Lion

21 Replies

Aaron_688
Nimbostratus
Jul 27, 2011
That was set (enabled) by default on my system and it does not work. Sorry, no success.
Mike_61719
Cirrus
Jul 27, 2011
Strange, mine worked after I performed this update. Are you using Safari or FF?
Aaron_688
Nimbostratus
Jul 27, 2011
I was using Safari, same non-connection. I tried with Firefox and that didn't work at all either.
Mike_61719
Cirrus
Jul 29, 2011
The hot-fix was released yesterday.
Tagbert_89908
Nimbostratus
Aug 04, 2011
As a user, is there anything that I need to do to make this work with the hotfix?

I am currently able to access web sites within the domain but cannot use Remote Desktop to connect to anything.
Mike_61719
Cirrus
Aug 04, 2011
Posted By Tagbert on 08/04/2011 01:00 PM

As a user, is there anything that I need to do to make this work with the hotfix?

I am currently able to access web sites within the domain but cannot use Remote Desktop to connect to anything.

Can you be more specific?

The server side needs 7.0.3 + hotfix or 6.1.5 + hotfix.
Tagbert_89908
Nimbostratus
Aug 04, 2011
I use the VPN to connect to service within my companies domain. I recently got a Macbook Air with Lion preinstalled.

Our company has a website that you connect to via a browser to the VPN via F5. The browser loads the java-based F5 plugin.

As of today, I can do the first level of VPN connection. Once I login, I can access websites within the company domain.

I am unable to use Microsoft's Remote Desktop to connect to any computers with the domain. These are computers that I can connect to if I use Windows to do the RD connection. When I try from Lion, RD says that it cannot connect to the specified machine.

The company website with the F5 plugin has an initial login that should give me access to the websites and it seems to do so. There is also a "full VPN" option. When I click that, it pops up a small window that invokes the F5 java plugin. That window either asks me to install the plugin (again) or it just appears shows "0%" and goes away. At that point, I have no additional "full vpn" access such the Remote Desktop connections.

Does this sound like a symptom that might be fixed by the hotfix you mentioned?
Mike_61719
Cirrus
Aug 05, 2011
So in order for the network access tunnel to function properly on Lion, the server side will need the 7.0.3 patch + the Lion hotfix. If they are on 6.1, they will need 6.1.5 + the Lion Hotfix.

You could try doing this but it failed for most people. "Go into Java Preferences and check the box "Enable applet plug-in and Web Start applications", quit safari after it's saved and try again".
Tagbert_89908
Nimbostratus
Aug 05, 2011
thanks.
ccb
Employee
Aug 31, 2011
If you are installing the MAC HF as well as the FF5 HF on FP 6.1 please note that order is important. You need to install FF5 first and then the Mac OS X. If done the other way round, the MAC HF will not work as the previous version of f5_sslvpn.bundle is installed on the client and you will not be able to connect (users are always asked to please install the client). Just in case anyone runs into this problem ....