[vpn-help] VPN client ikec version 2.2.0-beta-2 taking 100% of CPU on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

[Kevin VPN]

On 12/01/2011 11:51 AM, KrishnaMohan Bandi wrote:
> Hi,
>
>     I am using Shrew soft VPN client ikec (version 2.2.0-beta-2) and it is
> taking 100% of CPU on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS.
> I was not even transferring any data over the VPN IPSec tunnel. Has anyone
> else seen this problem?
> Is there a patch/fix for this?
>
> To Reproduce:
>
> VPN Client Version =  2.2.0-beta-2
> Linux OS Version = Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
>
> Any help would be appreciated
>

Hi KrishnaMohan,

I've seen this before on Windows and OS X when a laptop has gone into 
sleep/suspend mode and then you wake it up.

The most effective way I've seen to resolve it is to restart the 
ikea/ikec/iked services.  Reboots work too.