Latrobe University vpn

Hi All wishing you a happy New Year, has anyone in the group ever managed to connect to La Trobe Univeristy's vpn services from a linux box? If so how? The only options that IT gives me is Cisco Anyconnect for Windows or Apple. I have tried it under Windows 7 64 running in Virtual Box and can get a connection but once connected I can't get to any url either inside or outside the University. I would prefer a pure Linux solution, it is overkill running Virtual Box and Windows 7 just to get to a web browser. Stripes.