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IPSec VPN through MS Firewall
I'm trying to setup my boss's laptop to access our office network from home.
We have a Linksys router and Linksys Client VPN. The client works fine when the Firewall is turned off, but, I do not want to leave the computer in that state. I have enabled exceptions for Linksys VPN client and Port 500 to no avail. Does anyone know how to do this with out disabling and enabling the firewall when they want to connect to the office? |
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IPSec VPN through MS Firewall
In , Ron-in-WA typed: I'm trying to setup my boss's laptop to access our office network from home. We have a Linksys router and Linksys Client VPN. The client works fine when the Firewall is turned off, but, I do not want to leave the computer in that state. I have enabled exceptions for Linksys VPN client and Port 500 to no avail. Does anyone know how to do this with out disabling and enabling the firewall when they want to connect to the office? Since the Windows firewall doesn't block any outbound traffic, and the VPN connection is an outbound one, this seems odd. I don't know what client Linksys is actually using (SafeNet?) but I've run many VPN clients without having any issues with the Windows firewall. What are the exact symptoms when the firewall is enabled? Have you checked the Linksys support pages for help with this? |
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IPSec VPN through MS Firewall
Thanks for your reply.
The client is an IPSec client and goes through three steps; Connecting, Activating Policy, and Verifying Network. With the Firewall enabled it gets to the Verifying Network and times out. It does not make sense if it has already established a connection but that is what happens. "Ron-in-WA" wrote: I'm trying to setup my boss's laptop to access our office network from home. We have a Linksys router and Linksys Client VPN. The client works fine when the Firewall is turned off, but, I do not want to leave the computer in that state. I have enabled exceptions for Linksys VPN client and Port 500 to no avail. Does anyone know how to do this with out disabling and enabling the firewall when they want to connect to the office? |
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IPSec VPN through MS Firewall
Since the Windows Firewall is stateful I would think that it would be able
to manage the connection but maybe not in this case. What may help is to enable the logging of the Windows Firewall to see exactly what traffic is being dropped when you are trying to make the connection. I found the link below about a discussion about using the Linksys VPN client that shows the same problem with unfortunately no apparent resolution from Linksys pport. --- Steve http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.c...1154939&page=1 "Ron-in-WA" wrote in message ... Thanks for your reply. The client is an IPSec client and goes through three steps; Connecting, Activating Policy, and Verifying Network. With the Firewall enabled it gets to the Verifying Network and times out. It does not make sense if it has already established a connection but that is what happens. "Ron-in-WA" wrote: I'm trying to setup my boss's laptop to access our office network from home. We have a Linksys router and Linksys Client VPN. The client works fine when the Firewall is turned off, but, I do not want to leave the computer in that state. I have enabled exceptions for Linksys VPN client and Port 500 to no avail. Does anyone know how to do this with out disabling and enabling the firewall when they want to connect to the office? |
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IPSec VPN through MS Firewall
Steven, Thanks very much for your post. I too have spent a good deal of time talking with Linksys Tech support. I have tried everything suggested in the URL. I guess Linksys has not brought their tech support up to Cisco's level. I will use the batch file to disable the firewall. "Steven L Umbach" wrote: Since the Windows Firewall is stateful I would think that it would be able to manage the connection but maybe not in this case. What may help is to enable the logging of the Windows Firewall to see exactly what traffic is being dropped when you are trying to make the connection. I found the link below about a discussion about using the Linksys VPN client that shows the same problem with unfortunately no apparent resolution from Linksys pport. --- Steve http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.c...1154939&page=1 "Ron-in-WA" wrote in message ... Thanks for your reply. The client is an IPSec client and goes through three steps; Connecting, Activating Policy, and Verifying Network. With the Firewall enabled it gets to the Verifying Network and times out. It does not make sense if it has already established a connection but that is what happens. "Ron-in-WA" wrote: I'm trying to setup my boss's laptop to access our office network from home. We have a Linksys router and Linksys Client VPN. The client works fine when the Firewall is turned off, but, I do not want to leave the computer in that state. I have enabled exceptions for Linksys VPN client and Port 500 to no avail. Does anyone know how to do this with out disabling and enabling the firewall when they want to connect to the office? |
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