[vpn-help] Help with Linux ShrewSoft VPN Client [2.1.7]

[Kevin VPN]

On 06/11/2012 10:17 AM, Brian O'Mahony wrote:
> I have recently set up a redhat machine to do some testing remotely, and
> have put the Shrew Soft VPN client on my machine. I am using the exact
> same policy that my machine was using when it was set up windows, and am
> using the exact same laptop.
> I enter my username and password, the system connects, and on the network
> tab shows "Established - 1". The guy that does the internal networks has
> told me that he can see the DNS requests from my remote machine, and they
> are being responded to, and they are coming as far bask as the firewall,
> and should be going to the requesting machine.
>
> However no ping/nslookup works.
>
> IPTABLES is turned off, and SELINUX is set to permissive.
>
> Not having a huge amount of experience troubleshooting VPNs, I am
> wondering where to start. As the machine pretty much shows the connection
> as establisheshed, I am guessing it is something on the linux side.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions? Any logs can be provided ofc.
>

Hi Brian,

You may want to look at this thread to see if it affects you, although 
if you installed Shrew from a repository, the install process should 
take care of it for you:
http://lists.shrew.net/pipermail/vpn-help/2008-November/000950.html

You can also generate a log file that we can look at using the 
instructions here (remember to change your IPs/usernames):
http://www.shrew.net/support/wiki/BugReportVpnUnix