Topic: VPN through SME 7.1.3 Server/Gateway not working (Resolved)

[imcintyre]

I have an sme server as above at home. We use a netopia device at work. I used to be able to vpn into work all the time but recently it has stopped working. I did alot of troubleshooting on the netopia device but couldn't find anything and other people were ok so I started looking at my situation.

I connected directly phone line using modem on my laptop, used a dial up account and with my XP pro desktop shortcut I could log on to netopia. I changed setup so that it was computer --- sme server-- hispeed modem and get rejected for password error 619. I can surf the net and can telnet into the netopia but no luck with vpn.

So I know the profile is good and the hardware on the other end works. I took my wireless router out of the loop so I know that that is not the problem.

I looked at bug 2912 and I tried rebooting but did not appear to apply.

Not sure this is a bug. I saw some other posts re this where the following info was provided but could not see any relevance or how to proceed

[root@myserver1 ~]# uname -r
2.6.9-42.0.10.ELsmp
[root@myserver1 ~]# rpm -qa |grep ppp
kmod-ppp-smp-1.0.2-1.2.6.9_42.0.10.EL
rp-pppoe-3.5-22
kmod-ppp-1.0.2-1.2.6.9_42.0.10.EL
ppp-2.4.4-1.3.el4.sme


EDIT: Not sure if this helps, but from work, behind Netopia device, I can vpn into home SME server.

Any suggestions as to how to troubleshoot would be greatly appreciated

[imcintyre]

Changed this to bug 2934, can get rid of problem but recurs on reboot.

[TrevorB]

Have you looked at this? I know it says smeserver to smeserver, but Section B. describes how to allow IPSec traffic through the smeserver firewall.

http://wiki.contribs.org/Ipsec

Good Luck

[imcintyre]

Trevor;

Thx for posting. I had a quick look at your link but won't pursue until I hear back re bug.

It's very peculiar in that I was using openvpn contrib found here without any of these troubles. The only reason I opened incoming pptp was because of a Mac user in my family who couldn't get openvpn to work.

I could always convince her to get on the program (xp that is). Oh but now it's vista

As in the bug report it works both ways until I reboot and then shuts down the outgoing vpn access. Weird.

[imcintyre]

This has been resolved. Quote from Bug 2934

This is a known limitation with pptpd.

"Client"->"SME (with vpn disabled)"->"internet"->"ANY vpn server" should
function properly.

"Client"->"SME (with vpn enabled)"->"internet"->"ANY vpn server" may not
function and is a known issue.

I also know that with remote access set to 0 but vpn access allowed for particular users, Openvpn contrib works. So I access work with XP Pro shortcut but when outside home SME server, use Openvpn to access home network.

See http://forums.contribs.org/index.php?topic=33043.0 for details re openvpn