[Openswan Users] Basic XP Connectivity Problem

[Jacco de Leeuw]

Bartley, M. James wrote:

>  openSUSE 2.6.18.8-0.5-default (from software.opensuse.org)
>  L2TPNS 2.1.21 (from l2tpns.sourceforge.net)
>  (and there's only one network interface

You mean this server is behind a NAT device?

> Now, I want those XP laptops out on the road behind NATing devices
> The best way to describe things at this point is that the first
> connection works until the second connection is attempted
> internittent un-IPSEC'd packets leaving Linux.
> 
> version 2.0     # conforms to second version of ipsec.conf specification
> 
> conn l2tp-X.509

Do you have a virtual_private parameter in your ipsec.conf?
Your internal LAN should be excluded there.

>         left=%defaultroute

If the server is behind a NAT device, I recommend adding a
leftnexthop.

Jacco
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