[vpn-help] Bidirectional VPN shrewsoft client <> netscreen

[VPN Client Product Support]

...basically we have a single machine running a wbserver at the end of a 3G
connection, and want to be able to access it from the wired network. the
suggested pfSense seems a very robust peice of software that is an
opwerating system in itself. We were ideally trying to use shrewsoft since
it was lightweigfht and could sit on top of windows...

On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 8:56 AM, Ben Barker <ben at bbarker.co.uk> wrote:

> Thanks - I'll give it a go today. So what I was  attempting was not
> possible with Shrewsoft client alone?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Ben
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 2:22 AM, VPN Client Product Support <
> vpn-help at lists.shrew.net> wrote:
>
>> Ben,
>>
>> Since this is not related to Shrew I'm emailing you directly. Have a look
>> at pfSense for setting up a gate-to-gate VPN tunnel. You can use IPSec or
>> OpenSSL.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Frank Pikelner
>>
>> On 2009-12-16, at 6:29 PM, "VPN Client Product Support" <
>> vpn-help at lists.shrew.net> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have used the shrewsoft client for a while, and have succesfully
>> configured it to connect to a netscreen VPN endpoin (ns5gt running screenOS
>> 5.40r8.0)
>>
>> I am now trying to set up a bidirectional VPN such that not only can I see
>> the LAN to which the netscreen is connected, but machines on that LAN can
>> see my machine. After much trying myself, looking at routing policies and
>> the like, I have not got very far. I also looked at the shrewsoft config
>> guide here:
>>
>> <http://www.shrew.net/support/wiki/HowtoJuniperSsg>
>> http://www.shrew.net/support/wiki/HowtoJuniperSsg
>>
>> Which seemed to mirror pretty closely what I had already, but only dealt
>> with inbound traffic from the remote client.
>>
>> Is there a way to acheive what I am attempting, and if so is there any
>> information I could provide that would better help diagnose the problem I am
>> having?
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Ben
>>
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