[vpn-help] negotiation timeout - but only at Peet's coffee!

Matthew Grooms mgrooms at shrew.net
Mon May 16 12:14:36 CDT 2011


On 4/14/2011 11:10 AM, spam at lucky1.com wrote:
> I use version 2.1.7 on a laptop running Windows 7 Professional 64 bit.
>
> It works fine on my home wired network, on my home wireless network, on
> my wireless broadband connection, and when I'm at Starbucks using their
> wireless network. However, when I use the wireless network at my local
> Peet's coffee shop, I get the "negotiation timeout occurred" message.
>
> Any idea why? I suspect that Peet's wireless access device/router is
> blocking the traffic, or perhaps something in the wireless profile I
> have for that that network is doing so. Any suggestions on
> troubleshooting this?
>
> Thanks for any suggestions…
>

Petes coffee is blocking the protocols/ports? Not surprising. You could 
try fiddling with NAT options ( enable/disable/force NAT-T ) to see if 
that has an effect. My guess is that it wont.

-Matthew



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