Still not feeling the love, unfortunately. I never tried to connect from Central to East, I was always trying to go from East to Central.
When I try to go from Central to East, I get a slightly different error message when attempting to start the connection. swanctl.conf (East) connections { EastCentral { version=2 local_addrs=WW.XX.YY.ZZ proposals=aes256-sha1-modp1024, default local-0 { auth = psk } remote-0 { auth = psk } remote_addrs=AA.BB.CC.DD children { EastCentral { esp_proposals=aes256-sha1, default dpd_action=restart local_ts=10.0.0.0/16 remote_ts=10.64.0.0/16,10.128.0.0/16 } } } } swanctl.conf (Central) connections { CentralEast { version=2 local_addrs=AA.BB.CC.DD proposals=aes256-sha1-modp1024, default local-0 { auth = psk } remote-0 { auth = psk } remote_addrs=WW.XX.YY.ZZ children { CentralEast { esp_proposals=aes256-sha1, default dpd_action=restart local_ts=10.64.0.0/16,10.128.0.0/16 remote_ts=10.0.0.0/16 } } } } --- If attempting to connect to Central from East: [root@EastRouter swanctl]# swanctl --load-conns loaded connection 'EastCentral' successfully loaded 1 connections, 0 unloaded [root@EastRouter swanctl]# strongswan up EastRouter establishing CHILD_SA EastCentral{32} generating CREATE_CHILD_SA request 2 [ SA No TSi TSr ] sending packet: from WW.XX.YY.ZZ[4500] to AA.BB.CC.DD[4500] (620 bytes) received packet: from AA.BB.CC.DD[4500] to WW.XX.YY.ZZ[4500] (76 bytes) parsed CREATE_CHILD_SA response 2 [ N(TS_UNACCEPT) ] received TS_UNACCEPTABLE notify, no CHILD_SA built failed to establish CHILD_SA, keeping IKE_SA establishing connection 'EastCentral' failed [root@EastRouter swanctl]# ------ If attempting to connect to East from Central: [root@CentralRouter conf.d]# swanctl --load-conns loaded connection 'CentralEast' successfully loaded 1 connections, 0 unloaded [root@CentralRouter conf.d]# strongswan up CentralEast establishing CHILD_SA CentralEast{88} generating CREATE_CHILD_SA request 0 [ SA No TSi TSr ] sending packet: from AA.BB.CC.DD[4500] to WW.XX.YY.ZZ[4500] (620 bytes) received packet: from WW.XX.YY.ZZ[4500] to AA.BB.CC.DD[4500] (476 bytes) parsed CREATE_CHILD_SA response 0 [ SA No TSi TSr ] selected proposal: ESP:AES_CBC_256/HMAC_SHA1_96/NO_EXT_SEQ error installing route with policy 10.128.0.0/16 === 10.0.0.0/16 out unable to install IPsec policies (SPD) in kernel failed to establish CHILD_SA, keeping IKE_SA sending DELETE for ESP CHILD_SA with SPI 255b9e78 generating INFORMATIONAL request 1 [ D ] sending packet: from AA.BB.CC.DD[4500] to WW.XX.YY.ZZ[4500] (76 bytes) received packet: from WW.XX.YY.ZZ[4500] to AA.BB.CC.DD[4500] (76 bytes) parsed INFORMATIONAL response 1 [ D ] establishing connection 'CentralEast' failed [root@CentralRouter conf.d]#