connecting to a VPN behiind CheckPoint FW-1

From Fedora Core1/2, the only way I could connect to a VPN behind FW-1
is by:

1) installing qemu
2) installing RedHat Linux 7.2/7.3 as the guest OS on qemu
3) installing CheckPoint's SecureClient on RedHat 7.2/7.3 that is on
qemu ...
4) Putting a bridge between the host OS and the guest OS via brctl

However, to actually connect to the hosts on the VPN, I would do:
1) ssh / telnet to the guest OS ( RedHat 7.2 /7.3 ), then
2) ssh / telnet to the hosts on the VPN

So far, this suits me well, if I only use telnet, ssh, ftp, etc...
but I cannot go directly from a shell in Fedora to the VPN.

Anyone got a better idea ?