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Legacy Forums => Experienced User Forum => Topic started by: JG on May 05, 2002, 06:19:01 PM
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I want to connect from a client PC with a borderware VPN client to my company's network.
I can't connect through my SME server, what actions to take to make this working
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I believe this is an issue w/Borderware 3.5 and previous that is fixed in Bordermanager 3.6; check out the link below for a PDF file that discusses Bordermanager, VPN and NAT.
http://developer.novell.com/research/appnotes/2001/september/01/a010901.pdf
Another Novell link:
http://support.novell.com/servlet/tidfinder/2959025
If I understand the problem correctly, to use a client machine on a NATed network to connect to a remote Novell site, you MUST have Bordermanager 3.6 at BOTH ends.
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Sorry had to be more specific,
The configuration:
A windows client with borderware client
SME e-smith 5.2.1
ADSL
Internet
Borderware Firewall server
Company network with microsoft and novell servers
When i connect the windows pc direct to my a ADSL connection it works, when i connect my windows client to my e-smith server it doesn't.
How to configure IPSEC and the firewall in E-smith to make this work
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As I stated in my previous post, unless you're running Borderware VPN 3.6 or better on both server & client I believe you're out of luck. As you've discovered, it works when you're directly connected to the Internet but not when you're behind a NAT & firewall setup such as is created by SME.
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The problem here is that BM's VPN uses protocol 57 which is not supported on the current kernal. Only kernal 2.4 supports this. I too am awating the kernal 2.4 sme server for this reason.
Andrew.
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I can't speak to "protocol 57" but I've experienced this EXACT problem on a network connected via cable modem and Microsoft Proxy Server. That's why I researched it and found out about NAT and Bordermanager 3.6.