[Openswan Users] Disconnect issue for http requests

[Richard Cox]

I just wanted to state for the record that you were correct Jacco.  It was, in 
fact, the connection manager in the WM6 device that was causing the 
disconnect when I was trying to connect to my internal apache server.  I 
simply added the IP of my server to the exception list, and voila, I connect 
to my web page 8^)   It's really beautiful...wow do I have some possibilities 
now.  Thanks to Paul as well for providing the conclusive means to prove that 
I don't have an MTU problem.  It has to be my cell connection (and that's 
what I suspected but could not prove).  Thanks to you both.  I'm really 
enjoying Openswan/xl2tpd right now!

Regards,

Richard

On Thursday 01 November 2007 05:53:22 Jacco de Leeuw wrote:
> Richard Cox wrote:
> > ... access my home system with my windows mobile 6 phone, using
> > IPSEC/l2tp. 1)  I lose the connection frequently (this may be my mobile
> > phone data connection)
>
> Does this also occur if you connect with a Wifi connection (if your device
> happens to have Wifi)? Or if you use the device as a modem for a Windows
> desktop client (again, if your phone supports it)? And are for example SSH
> connections disconnected when you use them without the VPN?
>
> > 2)  every time I try to access the httpd server on my host system, the
> > connection immedidately terminates.
>
> This sounds a lot like an issue caused by Connection Manager. Microsoft
> tried to reinvent Internet routing in Windows Mobile. Are you accessing the
> webserver by hostname (FQDN) or IP address? You may need to add it to the
> 'Exceptions' list. See also this article:
> http://www.pocketpcmag.com/_archives/sep04/VPNConnection.aspx
>
> Jacco