[vpn-help] Mac OSX VPN Client Testing ...

[Kevin VPN]

On 12/01/2011 12:26 PM, Jaren Angerbauer wrote:
>> This worked perfectly for my colleague.
>> When I try it, the install looks good, but I immediately get the error "failed to attach to key daemon" (see attached pdf).
>>
>> It looks like some of the services may not be running, but I have no idea how to get to the next step.
>> Any help / recommendation on where to go from here is greatly appreciated!
>
> I also installed this on Mac OS X (10.7.2) and it is works great.
> That said I'm not an expert on this application.  However a quick
> google query turned up this:
>
> http://lists.shrew.net/pipermail/vpn-help/2010-February/001995.html
>
> I would check to see if your ike daemon is running.  Easy way from the
> command line:
>
> [bash: ~]$ ps -ef |grep ike
>      0    58     1   0  7:11PM ??         0:00.02 /usr/sbin/iked -F
>
> or look for the process in the Activity Monitor.
>

On OS X, the iked service should start automatically, but it may not if 
there is something already bound to port 500.  If the ps command above 
doesn't show iked running, a 'netstat -an' command could tell you if 
there's already something listening on port 500 (like another VPN service).