I tried doing a search on this, but after reading the 20th forum post and not finding what I was looking for, I decided to just post my question and hope for the best.
I work from home on an iMac and connect to a PC in my office that is running Windows XP Professional.
Up until Saturday, I was using an iMac that was running OS X 10.6.8 and I connected via Cisco VPN and Remote Desktop with no issues. Everything connected well, and I rarely lost my connection, unless there as an issue with my actual internet connection.
On Saturday, I got a new iMac (converted my husband by giving him my other one) and this one is running OS X 10.7.2. I used Time Machine to set this new computer up to mirror the one I was using.
I noticed right away that I could no longer use the Cisco VPN, and instead had to set up a VPN through Network Preferences. This appears to be an issue with Cisco not updating to work with Lion, but was not a huge deal. I also have a MacBookPro that runs the VPN this way and have no real issues with it.
Over the past two days, my remote desktop has been disconnecting on very frequent basis. I even uninstalled Remote Desktop and downloaded it again from Microsoft, to see if that would help, but no luck. If I Command + 2 and minimize the screen to do something on my Mac desktop, which I do a lot, there is a fairly good chance that when I go back to the remote desktop, it will be disconnected. And if I am away from my computer longer enough for the screen saver to kick in, both the VPN and the remote desktop will disconnect.
I did not have these issues when I was on 10.6.8 and am wondering if there is some kind of workaround that will stop them from happening on 10.7.2
thanks
I work from home on an iMac and connect to a PC in my office that is running Windows XP Professional.
Up until Saturday, I was using an iMac that was running OS X 10.6.8 and I connected via Cisco VPN and Remote Desktop with no issues. Everything connected well, and I rarely lost my connection, unless there as an issue with my actual internet connection.
On Saturday, I got a new iMac (converted my husband by giving him my other one) and this one is running OS X 10.7.2. I used Time Machine to set this new computer up to mirror the one I was using.
I noticed right away that I could no longer use the Cisco VPN, and instead had to set up a VPN through Network Preferences. This appears to be an issue with Cisco not updating to work with Lion, but was not a huge deal. I also have a MacBookPro that runs the VPN this way and have no real issues with it.
Over the past two days, my remote desktop has been disconnecting on very frequent basis. I even uninstalled Remote Desktop and downloaded it again from Microsoft, to see if that would help, but no luck. If I Command + 2 and minimize the screen to do something on my Mac desktop, which I do a lot, there is a fairly good chance that when I go back to the remote desktop, it will be disconnected. And if I am away from my computer longer enough for the screen saver to kick in, both the VPN and the remote desktop will disconnect.
I did not have these issues when I was on 10.6.8 and am wondering if there is some kind of workaround that will stop them from happening on 10.7.2
thanks
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