Topic: Two SME Server boxes will not talk to each other.

[gippsweb]

Glad to see I'm not the only one with a problem like this.
I've got SME 6 running here at work for the last 8 months and works great until about 2 weeks ago.
We setup a SME 6 box for a client and it's working great for them reverse dns setup, email server, file server, they love it.
I setup remote access so I can monitor it for them and had been able to access it for about 3 weeks without a problem.
Suddenly I come in one Monday morning and its gone, initially I thought they'd done something silly like shut it down over the weekend. By about 10 that morning when I hadn't heard anything I thought that was it, but I still couldn't access it, no ping, no webmail, no nothing.
I can access it from home without a problem and after some stuffing around found that if I bypass the SME box and connect straight to the net I can access it from hare as well, nothing on the box had changed that weekend except for maybe a clamav update.
I still haven't got to the bottom of it (mainly because of lack of time)......

[croppa]

I never did find out what caused the problem however I have had the same problem to another box. the only way I have beem able to resolve it is to reinstall.I do only have a small knoledge of Linux but am learning .Thanks All
Stuart

[gippsweb]

Thats one path I refuse to go down. There has to be a reason for it and when I get the time or they start hitting on me for remote stuff I'll have to have a look at it.........

[croppa]

Agreed however I never found it. You have probably looked through the rest of the posts on this.I tended to think it was in the authentication but never found out and with my little knowledge I was lost. I would like to know the cause though. I was trying to use the VPN built into SME and I understand many people seem to have problems with this Just a thought.
Stuart

[gippsweb]

No, I'm running open vpn between here and home and it doesn't/hasn't missed a beat. I never used the bilt in vpn client because of all the posts here complaining about the lack of stability. Openvpn has been rock solid for over six months now. The only time it disconnects is when we have a Telstra problem or I need to reboot a modem at one end or the other. Somewhere along the way I will figure it out.

[croppa]

Please keep me informed
Thanks
Stuart