[vpn-help] 'gateway is not responding' problem with Shrew soft VPN client

[KrishnaMohan Bandi]

I have not changed any configuration I was trying. It is just the latest
Beta version of the VPN client.

Regards,
Krishnamohan

On 3 September 2011 03:13, Kevin VPN <kvpn at live.com> wrote:

> On 09/02/2011 04:06 AM, KrishnaMohan Bandi wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>>     I have success in establishing a VPN connection using Shrew Soft VPN
>> client 2.2.0-beta-2 to a Digi Transport DR64 router. The client was
>> running
>> on a Ubuntu system with kernel 2.6.32-31-generic.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Krishnamohan
>>
>> On 1 September 2011 10:01, KrishnaMohan Bandi
>> <krishnamohan.bandi at gmail.com>**wrote:
>>
>>  Hi Kevin,
>>>
>>>    I am attaching both the Windows (works) and Linux (does not work)
>>> logs.
>>> I have tried exactly the same configuration
>>> on Linux. None of the OSes are running in a VM. They are on separate
>>> machines.
>>>
>>> Has anyone tried Shrew Soft VPN client on Ubuntu 10.04? Please could they
>>> share the configuration details of a working
>>> system including Kernel version.
>>>
>>> Regards.
>>> KM
>>>
>>> On 1 September 2011 03:12, Kevin VPN<kvpn at live.com>  wrote:
>>>
>>>  On 08/31/2011 10:28 AM, KrishnaMohan Bandi wrote:
>>>>
>>>>  Another thing I wanted to say was the same client configuration
>>>>> perfectly
>>>>> works when I try from
>>>>> a Windows XP machine. The tunnel is always established and I do not see
>>>>> any
>>>>> issues at all. On
>>>>> both the Windows and Linux, the client version is same (2.1.7). I do
>>>>> not
>>>>> understand what is that
>>>>> Windows XP does to get the tunnel established and Linux is not doing.
>>>>> Please
>>>>> note that firewall
>>>>> has been disabled on both the machines.
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> KM
>>>>>
>>>>> On 31 August 2011 15:13, KrishnaMohan Bandi<krishnamohan.bandi@**
>>>>> gmail.com<krishnamohan.bandi@**gmail.com<krishnamohan.bandi at gmail.com>
>>>>> >>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>  Hello all,
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  Problem:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The VPN client fails to connect to my gateway.
>>>>>> After clicking connect, the client reports the tunnel is
>>>>>> enabled and it stays on for ~15-20 seconds and shows
>>>>>> *'gateway is not responding'* message before disabling the tunnel.
>>>>>> When it says the tunnel is enabled, I do not see any Security
>>>>>> Association (SAs) Established/Expired/Failed under the Network tab.
>>>>>> Another most annoying thing is, the same client configuration works
>>>>>> on windows. I do not understand what is that Windows OS does to get
>>>>>> the tunnel established and missing from Linux OS. On both Windows
>>>>>> and Linux, the firewall is disabled.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> To Reproduce:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Connect to any Digi Transport DR64 VPN Gateway.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> VPN Client Version = 2.1.7 release
>>>>>> Unix OS Version = Ubuntu 10.04 LTS; kernel: 2.6.32-31-generic
>>>>>> Gateway Make/Model = Digi Transport DR64
>>>>>> Gateway OS Version = Not known
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ikedebug-31082011.tgz [attachment]
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Any help on this is highly appreciated. Thanks for your time in
>>>>>> advance.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>> KM
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>  Hi KM,
>>>>
>>>> Something that would be helpful is for you to produce a log output from
>>>> both the Windows machine and the Linux machine for us to compare, using
>>>> the
>>>> instructions on these pages:
>>>> http://www.shrew.net/support/****wiki/BugReportVpnWindows<http://www.shrew.net/support/**wiki/BugReportVpnWindows>
>>>> <http**://www.shrew.net/support/wiki/**BugReportVpnWindows<http://www.shrew.net/support/wiki/BugReportVpnWindows>
>>>> >
>>>> http://www.shrew.net/support/****wiki/BugReportVpnUnix<http://www.shrew.net/support/**wiki/BugReportVpnUnix>
>>>> <http://**www.shrew.net/support/wiki/**BugReportVpnUnix<http://www.shrew.net/support/wiki/BugReportVpnUnix>
>>>> >
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Another thing to try would be the latest Shrew 2.2.0 beta, which can be
>>>> downloaded from http://www.shrew.net/download, although you may need to
>>>> build it yourself.
>>>>
>>>> Out of curiousity, are either of the OSes in a virtual machine?
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>>>
>>>
>>
> Hi Krishnamohan,
>
> I'm pleased that you've got it working!  Can you tell us what you did to
> make it work?  Is there some setting or package that you had to modify?
>
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