Cisco Anyconnect Vpn Connection Timed Out

This morning, i wanted to vpn into work from an ethernet connected mac via our works cisco anyconnect client. The anyconnect client makes a vpn connection ok, but when i make any network request (web/shell/etc) it drops into disconnect/reconnecting state and never gives me my vpn connection again or allows me to make a vpn connection into work. It doesn't matter if we use the AnyConnect mobile app or if we use the phone as a hotspot and connect a laptop to that. We get the following error: Connection attempt has timed out. Please verify Internet connectivity. If the phone or hotspot is connected to wireless - the VPN works just fine. The Network Connections window should open. Right click on the Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client Connection. Click on Properties 4. Select the Networking tab. Select Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) from 'This connection uses the following items.' Click on Properties. Click on Advanced. Some clients received a “connection attempt has timed out” error when attempting to connect to Cisco VPN. Incident Description and Resolution IS&T teams have investigated the issue and found that most issues seem to self resolve.

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Cisco VPN Attempt Has Timed Out - Stay Secure & Unidentified

After connecting to the VPN client, Internet connectivity stops working (including network shared drives). The network connection may show up as 'Local Connection Only.'

These steps are adapted from: http://msdynamicstips.com/2011/06/27/vpn-connection-disconnects-internet-connection/.
On Windows 7:
1. Click on the Start button.
2. In the search box, type ncpa.cpl. Press Enter.
3. The Network Connections window should open. Right click on the Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client Connection. Click on Properties
4. Select the Networking tab.
5. Select Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) from 'This connection uses the following items.'
6. Click on Properties. Click on Advanced. Make sure there is nothing listed under Default gateway using the Remove button to remove any that are there.
7. Close the Network Connections window. Attempt to connect to the VPN and then the Internet.
Windows 8, 8.1, 10:
Instead of using the Start button, begin with the Search tool. The rest of the Windows 7 steps will work for Windows 8.

A customer did submit this tidbit:

My computer had a software named Connectify which is used for creating ad-hoc. And in the adapter settings there was an option regarding connectify. I disabled it and everything worked fine.