checkpoint vpn tunneling greyed out

April 21, 2011

checkpoint vpn tunneling greyed out

Instructions on howto fix checkpoint vpn tunneling greyed out with checkpoint endpoint connect vpn client

1) Shutdown the R75 CPES Client
2) Stop the “Check Point Endpoint Security” service
3) Edit c:\program files (x86)\checkpoint\endpoint connect\trac.defaults

Change the top line from:

OBSCURE_FILE INT 1 GLOBAL 0

to:

OBSCURE_FILE INT 0 GLOBAL 0

4) Start the “Check Point Endpoint Security” service
5) Start the CPES client
6) Verify that the c:\program files (x86)\checkpoint\endpoint connect\trac.config file is de-obscured.
7) Shutdown the R75 CPES Client
9) Stop the “Check Point Endpoint Security” service
9) Edit c:\program files (x86)\checkpoint\endpoint connect\trac.config
Add the lines:


10) Delete c:\program files (x86)\checkpoint\endpoint connect\trac.config.bak
11) Start the “Check Point Endpoint Security” service
12) Start the CPES client
13) Verify that the settings have changed.