[Openswan Users] Trouble with IPSEC/xl2tpd and multiple connections

[The Adept]

The Adept wrote:
> Paul Wouters wrote:
>   
>> On Mon, 19 Feb 2007, The Adept wrote:
>>
>>   
>>     
>>>   I've recently set up an openswan/l2tpd VPN using certificates.
>>> Everything appears to work quite well except when multiple clients
>>> attempt to connect simultaneously.  A single client can stay on forever
>>> if another doesn't connect.  Once a second client attempts to connect,
>>> both clients start renegotiating continually.   If logs would help I can
>>> provide them in another email, I'm hoping I have something simple wrong
>>> that I've overlooked.
>>>     
>>>       
>> http://lists.openswan.org/pipermail/users/2006-May/009487.html
>>
>> Paul
>>   
>>     
> Thanks for the link, I've read this one many times (and wonder about the 
> GPL compliance) but it doesn't necessarily match my problem.  I have 
> clients connecting from known different NAT configurations (ie, not the 
> same lan with assuredly not the same internal routes/gateways) and it 
> still fails.  The link references only multiple connections from the 
> same NAT domain or from different NAT domains with the same gateway 
> address on RFC1918 nets.
>
> Dan
>
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And to be extra clear, I've tested with 2 clients not behind NAT and the 
same behavior happens.

Cheers,

  Dan