Hi all, Problem solved - It was an arp issue !! such a simple thing :) The customer had a rogue mac address on their layer 3 switch that was causing the intermittent connectivity.
Thanks all for your help !! ""Elijah Savage III"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > I have 2 concentrators setup in load balancing function and we had the > same issue but ours was not resolved by split tunneling. We had to flash > both concentrators and this problem went away , there was a bug on bug > track which cisco informed me off at the time I was working on this. > Before enabling split tunneling I would I would flash my concentrators > first if there is no need for split tunneling. > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Brandis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 3:50 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Cisco 3005 VPN concentrator issues. [7:57495] > > > I had the similar type of problem, remote users (broadband) would lose > connectivity and get the remote peer not respondin, your ipsec session > has been termintated error. The problem that I had, was with the > broadband ISP, in this case Telstra. Telstra use a bpa hart beat packet, > just so Telstra knows that the dsl customer is still there. Should > telstra not get this packet, they drop the dsl connection, thus > terminating your vpn session. Also, you may want to check your session > time-out variable. > > I resolved my error by splitting the networks, as previously I had > tunnel everything. > > john > > -----Original Message----- > From: Umar Ahmed [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, 15 November 2002 8:00 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Cisco 3005 VPN concentrator issues. [7:57495] > > > Hi all, > > Ive got a customer who has a 3005 concentrator connected to our network. > He has setup a vpn connection which he accesses from home over the > public internet. The problem he and the other 200 users are having is > that they are loosing connectivity to the box intermittently throughtout > the day. When he has loss of service, I can ping the vpn box directly > connected to my network, whats even more strange, is that I can ping > other customer hosts on the same subnet . Any ideas ?? > > Regards, > > Umar. > ********************************************************************** > > visit http://www.solution6.com > > UK Customers - http://www.solution6.co.uk > > ********************************************************************** > > The Solution 6 Head Office and Branch in Sydney is moving premises. > > From Monday 25th November our Head Office and NSW Branch will be located > at: > > Level 14, 383 Kent Street, Sydney NSW 2000. > > General Phone: 61 2 9278 0666 > > General Fax: 61 2 9278 0555 > > ********************************************************************** > > This email message (and attachments) may contain information that is > confidential to Solution 6. If you are not the intended recipient you > cannot use, distribute or copy the message or attachments. In such a > case, please notify the sender by return email immediately and erase all > copies of the message and attachments. Opinions, conclusions and other > information in this message and attachments that do not relate to the > official business of Solution 6 are neither given nor endorsed by it. > > ********************************************************************* Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=57689&t=57495 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]