#$@!%! SonicWall VPN behind Linksys!

[Jeff Cochran]

Okay, I don't know why it seems that *every* time I have to deal with
using the SonicWall VPN client behind a Linksys broadband router I
have to futz with the settings and have it never work more than
marginally. When it comes to women and romance I'm often accused of
being inept, but not as often when dealing with networking issues, so
I'm pretty sure it's not entirely me and that Linksys has something to
do with it.

So, is anyone using an alternate brand of equipment for broadband
routing and wireless that works well with a SonicWall VPN client? Or
does anyone have a foolproof method of making the client work behind
Linksys equipment?

SonicWall Pro and client Version 8.0 (3.16.02), if it matters.

Thanks,

Jeff

 

[Bradley Dinerman [MVP]]

Jeff,

Just my own humble opinion, but there's a reason that Linksys is often
nicknames "Linkless." Linksys is a consumer-level item, even though
many businesses use their products. None the less, if you will be using
Linsys, then we'll need to find a way to accomodate it. Have you
enabled IPSec pass-through on the device?

Yours,
Brad Dinerman


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Bradley J. Dinerman, MVP - Windows Server Systems
Chair, New England Information Security Group
http://www.neisg.org

 

[Jeff Cochran]

Just my own humble opinion, but there's a reason that Linksys is often
nicknames "Linkless." Linksys is a consumer-level item, even though
many businesses use their products. None the less, if you will be using
Linsys, then we'll need to find a way to accomodate it. Have you
enabled IPSec pass-through on the device?

Yes, and on some Linksys units it works, others it doesn't. Same with
port forwarding, and on one wireless unit everything works without
using any WEP but as soon as WAP is enabled it won't route a VPN. I
have a 54G unit that straight out of the box ran a VPN in the lab just
fine, enable WEP and it stops.

I have the luxury of choosing a broadband router most of the time, so
if something other than Linksys works I'm open to trying it. Within
reason, I'm not looking for the $1,000 guaranteed solution, but a
reasonable price difference isn't objectionable.

Jeff