VPN & SuSE: any comment on the attached statement ??? [Fwd: Re: VPN question]

Maura Edelweiss Monville

19 Nov 2003 19 Nov '03

14:40

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: VPN question Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 07:19:19 -0500 From: Jim Simmons To: Sharron King CC: Maura Edelweiss Monville References: I only know 1 person who has tried to get the client working with SuSE and he never could make it work. I know it won't work with any Linux version if you have an SMP machine (i.e. more than one processor or one processor with hyper-threading turned on) and you're running the SMP kernel. I believe you can boot to the uni-processor kernel and get it to work but I haven't heard of any one getting it to work with SuSE. I've never run SuSE myself (that may change given Red Hat's recent actions), though. If I hear anything else I'll let you know. Jim On Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 02:38:09PM -0500, Sharron King wrote:

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Jim,

Chad Pfleger said you would know the answer to this question. Maura Monville had a SuSe linux system at home and one in her office here. She can connect to her home computer from the office using ssh. Then she wants to start a VPN-client from her home computer to connect back to the office computer. So far, this has failed. It makes the home computer unreachable for a while until something times out. Should it work?

Thanks, Sharron King

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Vince Scimeca

19 Nov 19 Nov

14:49

New subject: [SLE] VPN & SuSE: any comment on the attached statement ??? [Fwd: Re: VPN question]

On Wed, 2003-11-19 at 09:40, Maura Edelweiss Monville wrote:

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-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: VPN question Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 07:19:19 -0500 From: Jim Simmons To: Sharron King CC: Maura Edelweiss Monville References:

I only know 1 person who has tried to get the client working with SuSE and he never could make it work.

I know it won't work with any Linux version if you have an SMP machine (i.e. more than one processor or one processor with hyper-threading turned on) and you're running the SMP kernel. I believe you can boot to the uni-processor kernel and get it to work but I haven't heard of any one getting it to work with SuSE.

I've never run SuSE myself (that may change given Red Hat's recent actions), though. If I hear anything else I'll let you know.

Jim

On Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 02:38:09PM -0500, Sharron King wrote:

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Jim,

Chad Pfleger said you would know the answer to this question. Maura Monville had a SuSe linux system at home and one in her office here. She can connect to her home computer from the office using ssh. Then she wants to start a VPN-client from her home computer to connect back to the office computer. So far, this has failed. It makes the home computer unreachable for a while until something times out. Should it work?

Thanks, Sharron King

I am a recent Suse convert running Suse 9 Pro. Previously I had run Red Hat for several years. We have a Cisco VPN 3000 at work which I connect to on my IBM Thinkpad X22 laptop via Suse with no issues, I had the same success with Red Hat. I guess the question is what kind of VPN do you have? Cisco has a supported VPN client for linux. -- ______ Vince Scimeca - Senior Technology Manager Jupitermedia Corp. vscimeca@jupitermedia.com ______

Kenneth Schneider

14:56

New subject: [SLE] VPN & SuSE: any comment on the attached statement ??? [Fwd: Re: VPN question]

On Wed, 2003-11-19 at 09:49, Vince Scimeca wrote:

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On Wed, 2003-11-19 at 09:40, Maura Edelweiss Monville wrote:

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-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: VPN question Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 07:19:19 -0500 From: Jim Simmons To: Sharron King CC: Maura Edelweiss Monville References:

I only know 1 person who has tried to get the client working with SuSE and he never could make it work.

I know it won't work with any Linux version if you have an SMP machine (i.e. more than one processor or one processor with hyper-threading turned on) and you're running the SMP kernel. I believe you can boot to the uni-processor kernel and get it to work but I haven't heard of any one getting it to work with SuSE.

I've never run SuSE myself (that may change given Red Hat's recent actions), though. If I hear anything else I'll let you know.

Jim

On Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 02:38:09PM -0500, Sharron King wrote:

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Jim,

Chad Pfleger said you would know the answer to this question. Maura Monville had a SuSe linux system at home and one in her office here. She can connect to her home computer from the office using ssh. Then she wants to start a VPN-client from her home computer to connect back to the office computer. So far, this has failed. It makes the home computer unreachable for a while until something times out. Should it work?

Thanks, Sharron King

We also use a Cisco VPN server at work. I compiled the supplied client setup the config file and connected the first time. Clients also available for windows. -- Ken Schneider unix user since 1989 linux user since 1994 SuSE user since 1998 (5.2)

Maura Edelweiss Monville

15:14

New subject: [SLE] VPN & SuSE: any comment on the attached statement ???[Fwd: Re: VPN question]

Kenneth Schneider wrote:

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On Wed, 2003-11-19 at 09:49, Vince Scimeca wrote:

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On Wed, 2003-11-19 at 09:40, Maura Edelweiss Monville wrote:

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-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: VPN question Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 07:19:19 -0500 From: Jim Simmons To: Sharron King CC: Maura Edelweiss Monville References:

I only know 1 person who has tried to get the client working with SuSE and he never could make it work.

I know it won't work with any Linux version if you have an SMP machine (i.e. more than one processor or one processor with hyper-threading turned on) and you're running the SMP kernel. I believe you can boot to the uni-processor kernel and get it to work but I haven't heard of any one getting it to work with SuSE.

I've never run SuSE myself (that may change given Red Hat's recent actions), though. If I hear anything else I'll let you know.

Jim

On Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 02:38:09PM -0500, Sharron King wrote:

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Jim,

Chad Pfleger said you would know the answer to this question. Maura Monville had a SuSe linux system at home and one in her office here. She can connect to her home computer from the office using ssh. Then she wants to start a VPN-client from her home computer to connect back to the office computer. So far, this has failed. It makes the home computer unreachable for a while until something times out. Should it work?

Thanks, Sharron King

We also use a Cisco VPN server at work. I compiled the supplied client setup the config file and connected the first time. Clients also available for windows.

I have Cisco VPN Client for Linux and Solaris Release 3.7 It works. But the behaviour is very strange. The Client machine gets its IP address changed dynamically and does not respond if accessed by its original static IP so long as VPN is running. Instead the Server machine retains its original IP address working. Moreover, if I start VPN CLient remotely on my home computer from the lab computer (Server) then I cannot reach my home computer any more from the lab. We are wondering whether this is the standard VPN behaviour or maybe firewalls cause that ??? Maura

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-- Ken Schneider unix user since 1989 linux user since 1994 SuSE user since 1998 (5.2)

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Kenneth Schneider

15:23

New subject: [SLE] VPN & SuSE: any comment on the attached statement ???[Fwd: Re: VPN question]

On Wed, 2003-11-19 at 10:14, Maura Edelweiss Monville wrote:

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Kenneth Schneider wrote:

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On Wed, 2003-11-19 at 09:49, Vince Scimeca wrote:

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On Wed, 2003-11-19 at 09:40, Maura Edelweiss Monville wrote:

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-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: VPN question Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 07:19:19 -0500 From: Jim Simmons To: Sharron King CC: Maura Edelweiss Monville References:

I only know 1 person who has tried to get the client working with SuSE and he never could make it work.

I know it won't work with any Linux version if you have an SMP machine (i.e. more than one processor or one processor with hyper-threading turned on) and you're running the SMP kernel. I believe you can boot to the uni-processor kernel and get it to work but I haven't heard of any one getting it to work with SuSE.

I've never run SuSE myself (that may change given Red Hat's recent actions), though. If I hear anything else I'll let you know.

Jim

On Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 02:38:09PM -0500, Sharron King wrote:

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Jim,

Chad Pfleger said you would know the answer to this question. Maura Monville had a SuSe linux system at home and one in her office here. She can connect to her home computer from the office using ssh. Then she wants to start a VPN-client from her home computer to connect back to the office computer. So far, this has failed. It makes the home computer unreachable for a while until something times out. Should it work?

Thanks, Sharron King

We also use a Cisco VPN server at work. I compiled the supplied client setup the config file and connected the first time. Clients also available for windows.

I have Cisco VPN Client for Linux and Solaris Release 3.7 It works. But the behaviour is very strange. The Client machine gets its IP address changed dynamically and does not respond if accessed by its original static IP so long as VPN is running. Instead the Server machine retains its original IP address working. Moreover, if I start VPN CLient remotely on my home computer from the lab computer (Server) then I cannot reach my home computer any more from the lab. We are wondering whether this is the standard VPN behaviour or maybe firewalls cause that ???

Maura

Actually this is the correct operation of the Cisco VPN, you will be assigned an IP address that is compatible with the network you are connected to and it will disable your local network. -- Ken Schneider unix user since 1989 linux user since 1994 SuSE user since 1998 (5.2)

David Bottrill

17:11

New subject: [SLE] VPN & SuSE: any comment on the attached statement ???[Fwd: Re: VPN question]

On Wednesday 19 November 2003 15:23, Kenneth Schneider wrote:

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On Wed, 2003-11-19 at 10:14, Maura Edelweiss Monville wrote:

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Kenneth Schneider wrote:

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On Wed, 2003-11-19 at 09:49, Vince Scimeca wrote:

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On Wed, 2003-11-19 at 09:40, Maura Edelweiss Monville wrote:

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-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: VPN question Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 07:19:19 -0500 From: Jim Simmons To: Sharron King CC: Maura Edelweiss Monville References:

I only know 1 person who has tried to get the client working with SuSE and he never could make it work.

I know it won't work with any Linux version if you have an SMP machine (i.e. more than one processor or one processor with hyper-threading turned on) and you're running the SMP kernel. I believe you can boot to the uni-processor kernel and get it to work but I haven't heard of any one getting it to work with SuSE.

I've never run SuSE myself (that may change given Red Hat's recent actions), though. If I hear anything else I'll let you know.

Jim

On Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 02:38:09PM -0500, Sharron King wrote:

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Jim,

Chad Pfleger said you would know the answer to this question. Maura Monville had a SuSe linux system at home and one in her office here. She can connect to her home computer from the office using ssh. Then she wants to start a VPN-client from her home computer to connect back to the office computer. So far, this has failed. It makes the home computer unreachable for a while until something times out. Should it work?

Thanks, Sharron King

We also use a Cisco VPN server at work. I compiled the supplied client setup the config file and connected the first time. Clients also available for windows.

I have Cisco VPN Client for Linux and Solaris Release 3.7 It works. But the behaviour is very strange. The Client machine gets its IP address changed dynamically and does not respond if accessed by its original static IP so long as VPN is running. Instead the Server machine retains its original IP address working. Moreover, if I start VPN CLient remotely on my home computer from the lab computer (Server) then I cannot reach my home computer any more from the lab. We are wondering whether this is the standard VPN behaviour or maybe firewalls cause that ???

Maura

Actually this is the correct operation of the Cisco VPN, you will be assigned an IP address that is compatible with the network you are connected to and it will disable your local network.

There is a parameter that can be set in the Cisco VPN client config file ".pcf" to allow access to local RFC 1918 networks, however when I tried this it did not work however it does work with the Window$ Cisco client. Maybe the latest V4 client (I think this is now available forlinux) will correct this apparent bug. - David Bottrill Registered Linux user number 330730 www.bottrill.org

Philipp Thomas

21 Nov 21 Nov

11:45

New subject: [SLE] VPN & SuSE: any comment on the attached statement ???[

David Bottrill [Wed, 19 Nov 2003 17:11:19 +0000]:

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On Wednesday 19 November 2003 15:23, Kenneth Schneider wrote:

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On Wed, 2003-11-19 at 10:14, Maura Edelweiss Monville wrote:

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Kenneth Schneider wrote:

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On Wed, 2003-11-19 at 09:49, Vince Scimeca wrote:

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On Wed, 2003-11-19 at 09:40, Maura Edelweiss Monville wrote:

Wow, what a display of ignorance! Five levels of full quote. Folks, could you cut down on such crap and edit your quotes? Normal rule is that you shouldn't quote more lines then your reply is long. You all want to read http://www.guckes.net/mail/edit.html and heed its advice. Philipp PS This list has become mostly unreadable, due to people that simply ignore even the basic rules of netiquette.

James Oakley

19 Nov 19 Nov

14:52

New subject: [SLE] VPN & SuSE: any comment on the attached statement ??? [Fwd: Re: VPN question]

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I only know 1 person who has tried to get the client working with SuSE and he never could make it work.

Nowhere in this message does it mention *what* vpn you're asking about. PPTP? FreeSWAN? F-Secure? Cisco? Nortel? - -- James Oakley Engineering - SolutionInc Ltd. joakley@solutioninc.com http://www.solutioninc.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/u4Ow+FOexA3koIgRAq+3AKCFRLz+V9i5wBYbiBslI/SHzE2+BACguoL0 x9kD48qpY0NE6hDFENyDesU= =Ls21 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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