For the Nortel client that I use (under 5.1.2 - not sure of 5.5 yet) I used the following (the first line turns on the IPSEC masq properties in SME, the second expands the appropriate templates and restarts the required services).
/sbin/e-smith/config setprop masq ipsec yes
/sbin/e-smith/signal-event remoteaccess-update
Trevor B
AJ wrote:
>
> This is probably an extremely stupid question, but I'm new to
> all things Linux and am confused and I need a little clarity.
>
> I have an SME v5.5 server configured in "gateway and server"
> mode which provides internet access to my home network.
> Occasionally I need to VPN to work. To do this I have a
> laptop with Windows XP and a Cisco VPN client installed on
> it. When I plug my laptop directly into my cable box I can
> VPN just fine, but when I am "behind" the SME server I cannot.
>
> I've read the contributions on here regarding IPSEC and
> FreeS/WAN but it's my understanding this is for server to
> server connection, which is not what I need to do. What I
> need is to allow the VPN traffic to pass through the SME
> server transparently, but I can't seem to find any
> information on this.
>
> Is it just a case of opening ports on the SME server? If so,
> which ports and how do I do this? Or is it something else
> more deviously complicated which I wouldn't have a clue where
> to start looking for.
>
> Please help.
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