[Vpn-help] 2.1.0 alpha failed to connect to the server

Tai-hwa Liang avatar at mmlab.cse.yzu.edu.tw
Fri Dec 7 01:17:36 CST 2007


On Thu, 6 Dec 2007, Matthew Grooms wrote:

> Tai-hwa Liang wrote:
>>
>>   There's no log on ipsec-tools host.  In fact, doing a tcpdump on VPN
>> gateway didn't see any incoming packet on port 500.  In addition to that,
>>  'bringing up tunnel..." and 'network unavailable' message appeared 
>> immediately after I clicked on the connect/ok button.
>> 
>
> Hmmm, that is a bit odd. Is the adapter that provides internet connectivity a 
> normal Ethernet adapter or is it a PPPOE connection to a cable or DSL modem?

   It's a normal Ethernet adapter connected to an ADSL modem(the modem itself
does PPPoE).

> I assume the 2.0.2 client was working alright from the same computer. Perhaps 
> there is a problem with the driver initializing properly for some reason. You 
> can try uninstalling the 2.1.0 client, rebooting the PC and installing the

   Tried with this uninstall-reboot-install but still no luck.

> client again. If this corrects the issue, maybe I can find a way to reproduce 
> the problem locally and produce a fix.

   I can reproduce this with 2.1.0-alpha1 on two different desktop/network.

-- 
Cheers,

Tai-hwa Liang



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