To remotely connect to the lab using the VPN credentials that have been provided to you by your lab proctors using the Cisco AnyConnect Client, follow these instructions.
If you already have the Cisco AnyConnect client installed, go to the next step. If you do not have the Cisco AnyConnect client installed, navigate to the AnyConnect download page on Cisco.com and download the client for your computer. On Windows, select AnyConnect Pre-Deployment Package (Windows) - includes individual MSI files and on Mac, select AnyConnect Pre-Deployment Package (Mac OS). Unzip the download (if necessary) and install the client. During the installation process, you only need to install the "Core & VPN" module. None of the other modules are required.
If you are not authorized to download the AnyConnect client using your Cisco.com account, follow these steps for an alternate download.
Once you have the Cisco AnyConnect client installed, follow these steps to connect to the lab.
You will be working on the lab inside of a PC in the lab with all the necessary software pre-installed. You will connect to this PC using a Microsoft Remote Desktop (RDC) connection. Windows comes pre-installed with the client. If you do not have the client for Mac, download it for free from the Mac App Store.
Once you have the RDP client installed, download this file for your Pod 6 lab PC: pod6-studentvm.rdp
Make sure that your VPN connection to the lab is up before double-clicking on the downloaded rdp file. You will be prompted for a password. Use c1sco123 for the password.
The lab manual is available in the web browser on your RDP session, however if you would like to view the lab manual on your local PC, you navigate to the lab manual for your pod 6 by clicking below. Please be sure to connect to the correctly assigned pod number: https://collabapilab.ciscolive.com/lab/pod6/intro/landing.