We've experienced sporatic issues with most of the DSL router/firewall combo units on the market with VPN connectivity to the office. More often than not, forcing the client MTU to <=1400 and ensuring the latest BIOS on the router has fixed it.
------------------------------------------------------ Roger D. Seielstad - MCSE Sr. Systems Administrator Inovis - Formerly Harbinger and Extricity Atlanta, GA > -----Original Message----- > From: Murray Alexander [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 5:51 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: Re: BellSouth DSL and MS VPN client > > > We use something called Contivity by Nortel; their client > does work through > a NAT device, using a UDP-based application protocol to find > the server. > Works great through my Linux-based firewall, and my > colleague's LinkSys > router. Did _not_ work through my boss's new (bargain-priced) > D-Link router; > he had to get a LinkSys. > > I have few details on the above-mentioned UDP-based protocol. > Could the MS > VPN client be doing something similar? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Daniel Chenault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 1:33 PM > Subject: Re: BellSouth DSL and MS VPN client > > > > If it's doing NAT I don't think it'll work. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Andrey Fyodorov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 12:23 PM > > Subject: OT: BellSouth DSL and MS VPN client > > > > > > Hi all. > > > > Does anyone here use BellSouth DSL service? > > > > I just got it installed and it is working great. However > when I am on DSL, > I > > can't connect to my corporate network with the MS VPN client. > > > > My setup at home is: > > Win ME or Win 2K Pro with MS VPN client > > BellSouth gave me Westell WireSpeed DSL modem > > I bought D-Link 614+ Wireless router. However my PC is > wired. D-Link is > not > > blocking any outgoing traffic. > > > > I have even tried to bypass D-Link and connected straight > to the Westell > > modem. Still no luck. The Westell modem is actually a router with a > firewall > > but as far as I can see it is not blocking any outgoing traffic. > > > > I can ping the external IP address of the VPN server. MS > VPN client can > see > > it too but it times out on "Verifying username and > password" and gives > error > > 650. > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
