Charles, Thank-you for your help in this matter. I downloaded the kernel you suggested and replaced my existing one with it. I still am unable to connect to my work lan using an ipsec vpn client. Do I need to add the address I am connecting to as a "trusted" site somewhere?
--- Charles Steinkuehler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mike Koceja wrote: > > You are correct I am trying to establish a vpn > > connection using a pc located behind the firewall > to a > > remote network. > > > > I have loaded the VPN masquerade "helper" > > ip_masq_ipsec. This hasn't helped though. I did > start > > with a floppy version of the firewall which I > altered > > to boot from hard disk. I thought I used the > kernel > > which supports VPN/ipsec. Is there anyway I can > check > > on this? > > The easiest way is probably to check the file-size > of your kernel > against the various Dachstein kernels. Also, I > think if you're using > the wrong kernel (one setup for running ipsec on the > firewall), when you > run "ip addr", there will be four ipsec interfaces, > in addition to the > local loopback interface and any ethernet (or other > normal network) > interfaces you have...I just don't remember if the > ipsec interfaces show > up prior to running any of the ipsec startup > scripts, but I think they do. > > Anyway, since you're running off a hard-disk, you > probably want one of > the "normal" kernels: > > http://lrp.steinkuehler.net/files/kernels/Dachstein-normal/ > > NOTE: You *DO NOT* want one of the -IPSec kernels! > These include > support for running IPSec on the firewall. You > probably want the kernel > with IDE support: > > linux-2.2.19-3-LEAF-normal-IDE-IPSec.bzImage.upx > > -- > Charles Steinkuehler > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: VM Ware > With VMware you can run multiple operating systems > on a single machine. > WITHOUT REBOOTING! Mix Linux / Windows / Novell > virtual machines at the > same time. Free trial click here: > http://www.vmware.com/wl/offer/345/0 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > leaf-user mailing list: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user > SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa00100003ave/direct;at.aspnet_072303_01/01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html