On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 17:32:47 +0200, Kim B. Nielsen <kbn@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Just to report it, the 2.6.8-1.521 kernel breaks the Cisco VPN client in > a very odd way. > > The current network configuration og the laptop I'm using, is a wireless > network card, and an normal network card (wirefull). > > The funny thing is, that when i start the client on the wireless > interface, everything is fine, and everything works as it's supposed to. > If i then shifts to the wire, UDP packages suddently isn't comming > throug, but tcp connections work fine. That is, no name server > resolution, but I'm able to ping and access sites with the ip. > > I know that the vpn client is Cisco's responsibility, but I thought I > would mention it to you, in case that it points to something gone bad in > the kernel. I have tried to do the same exercises with the -358 kernel > that ships with Fedora, and everything works in this kernel. Known problem with the Cisco VPN Client and 2.6.x kernels. It is already in Bugzilla (sorry, I cannot remember the number) and Cisco are aware of the problem. The problem is in the Cisco binary module, so only they can fix it (and I believe they are working on it). The workaround, as you already discovered, is to use a wireless connection... Keith.
