[vpn-help] Negotiaton Timeout

[Kevin VPN]

On 08/15/2012 11:25 AM, Steven Liu wrote:
> Hi David,
>
> I tried connecting at a local Starbucks and surprsingly it worked! Looks
> like it may be a router issue for me so going to try and figure that out.
> Hope that helps!
>
> Steven
>
> On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 11:14 PM, Bestellungen
> <bestellungen at thielheim.com>wrote:
>
>>   Hi Steven,
>>
>> it' the same i experiance with the VPN Client (2.1.7 and 2.2.0beta) on
>> Windows 7, 64 Bit. With Windows XP all is working fine!
>>
>> Looking at the Windows 7 device manager there should be a "Shrew soft
>> Virtual Adapter" which is disabled by default and enabled while you try to
>> establish a vpn connection. On Windows 7 it seems that this adapter never
>> get's enabled - causing the negotiation timeout.
>>
>> Can't believe, that we are the only one facing this problem?!?
>>
>>
>> Am 14.08.12 21:47, schrieb Steven Liu:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am trying to connect to a company VPN, however I continued to receive
>> negotiatoin timeout. I have disabled the Microsoft WiFi, I'm using hardwire
>> and disabled all firewalls. Below is the Trace log. Please assist, thank
>> you!
>>
>>

Hi Steven,

Do you have a D-Link router in front of the Shrew client?  I've found 
that some D-Link routers (for instance DIR-645) have IPsec disabled by 
default.  You can enable it by going to Advanced -> Firewall Settings 
and then enabling (checked) "IPsec (VPN)" on the router management UI.