On May 5, 2004 05:29 am, Carles Xavier Munyoz Baldó wrote: > Hi, > I have two lilnux boxes with FreeS/WAN and NAT-Traversal compiled in. > One of them is behind a NAT router that connects to the Internet using a > satellite link, and the other has its own public IP behind a DSL router. > > I have tried the connection of the NATed linux box using a DSL router and > all goes fine, but when I use the satellite link router, I get the errors: > [...] > May 4 13:54:21 FW1 pluto[16116]: packet from 81.47.250.201:1623: received > Vendor ID payload [draft-ietf-ipsec-nat-t-ike-03] > > May 4 13:54:21 FW1 pluto[16116]: packet from 81.47.250.201:1623: ignoring > Vendor ID payload [draft-ietf-ipsec-nat-t-ike-02] > > May 4 13:54:21 FW1 pluto[16116]: packet from 81.47.250.201:1623: ignori > ng Vendor ID payload [draft-ietf-ipsec-nat-t-ike-00] > > May 4 13:54:21 FW1 [16116]: "vpn1"[9] 81.47.250.201:1623 #40: responding > to Main Mode from unknown peer 81.47.250.201:1623 > > May 4 13:54:22 FW1 pluto[16116]: "vpn1"[9] 81.47.250.201:1623 #40: > NAT-Traversal: Result using draft-ietf-ipsec-nat-t-ike-02/03: peer is NATed > > May 4 13:55:32 FW1 pluto[16116]: "vpn1"[9] 81.47.250.201:1623 #40: max > number of retransmissions (2) reached STATE_MAIN_R2 > > May 4 13:55:32 FW1 pluto[16116]: "vpn1"[9] 81.47.250.201:1623: deleting > connection "vpn1" instance with peer 81.47.250.201 {isakmp=3D#0/ipsec=3D#0} > [...] > > I believe that there is no difference between the DSL NAT router and the > satellite link NAT router, isn't it ? > Which may be the problem ? I sincerely doubt the two work identically on a mechanical level, however if they are both connected to the iptables hosts with ethernet cable, the product should be the same. Keep in mind that routers/switches between you and the internet can indeed mangle/NAT/alter/twist/bend/fold/mutilate packets based on their objectives. As I've been given to understand, this can indeed cause havoc with VPN tunnels. At a guess, the connecting VPN client is behind a NAT itself, and -THAT- appears to be the problem -- There are FAR more experienced VPN people on this list than I, but I believe that there are patches that make this possible. Alistair. > > Greetings. > --- > Carles Xavier Munyoz Baldó > carles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.unlimitedmail.net/ > ---