Well, you could try installing the Cisco client FIRST,
followed by the Nortel.  

If Nortel attempts to uninstall Cisco THEN talk to a 
Nortel engineer and see if Nortel isn't as restrictive...

(This is assuming you have two NIC cards as suggested.)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Brandt [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Friday, April 11, 2003 10:07 AM
> To: Johnson, Tracy; [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: OT: Question about multiple VPN clients
> 
> 
> I hadn't thought of the cross-connect possibility. The two 
> customers are 
> not competitors.
> 
> A little more detail on my situation:
> 
> I'm running Windows 2000 Pro. I installed the Nortel VPN 
> client from one 
> customer with no problem. When I tried to install the second 
> VPN client 
> from Cisco from the other customer, the Cisco installation 
> process insisted 
> on uninstalling the Nortel client before it would start the 
> Cisco install. 
> When I contacted the customer's networking expert, he told me 
> that two VPN 
> clients can't co-exist on the same PC at the same time.
> 
> 
> At 09:53 AM 4/11/2003 -0400, Johnson, Tracy wrote:
> >Sure you can!
> >
> >Theoretically, it would also mean that anything or anyone
> >that has access to your PC via one company's VPN network
> >would also have access to the OTHER company's VPN network...
> >
> >Same principle I have on my HP3000 with two NICs, I can
> >telnet in through one NIC, then telnet out or print to
> >the other NIC to another network.
> >
> >You may want to ask either company if they're willing
> >to accept those risks.  Especially if both companies
> >are competitors.
> 
> --
> Tom Brandt
> Northtech Systems, Inc.
> 130 S. 1st Street, Suite 220
> Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1343
> http://www.northtech.com/
> 
> 

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