[Vpn-help] Netgear DG834G

[Matthew Grooms]

shrew.nelipot at spamgourmet.com wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have an EeePC 901 running Eeebuntu (Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid) on which I
> have installed Shrew Soft VPN Client Ver. 2.1.0.
> 
> At each of my office and home I have a Netgear DG834G running firmware
> V5.01.09.  The Netgear DG834Gs can establish a VPN connection with each
> other with either one acting as the Initiator.  I need to be able to
> establish a VPN connection with both my home and office (at different
> times) from my EeePC using Public WiFi hotspots.
> 
> I have attempted to create a VPN tunnel using my EeePC but have as yet
> been unsuccessful.  I've used the HowTo
> [http://www.shrew.net/support/wiki/HowtoNetgear] as the basis for
> configuring the VPN policy in both the VPN server and Client, which is
> broadly consistent though obviously not precisely as the Netgear
> equipment is quite different.  The connection appears to fail at the
> authentication stage.
> 

Hi Steve,

You are running into a bug that was fixed a long time ago. The client 
was indeed sending 255.255.255.255 as the identity when it should have 
been sending the local address used as the tunnel endpoint ...

> Wed, 2009-04-29 10:10:53 - [MiniEee] no suitable connection for peer
> '255.255.255.255'
> Wed, 2009-04-29 10:10:53 - [MiniEee] sending encrypted notification
> INVALID_ID_INFORMATION to <invalid>:0
> Wed, 2009-04-29 10:10:53 - [MiniEee] STATE_MAIN_R2: retransmission; will
> wait 20s for response
> Wed, 2009-04-29 10:11:03 - [MiniEee] no suitable connection for peer
> '255.255.255.255'
> Wed, 2009-04-29 10:11:03 - [MiniEee] sending encrypted notification
> INVALID_ID_INFORMATION to <invalid>:0
> Wed, 2009-04-29 10:11:13 - [MiniEee] sending notification
> PAYLOAD_MALFORMED to <invalid>:0

I'm afraid the only way to correct this issue will be to use a newer 
version of the client software.

Hope this helps,

-Matthew