Watch pftop from the shell. You should see the ping kick in frequently. It will bring up the tunnel even if there is no other qualifying traffic from lan to the remote subnet.
Holger > -----Original Message----- > From: Kelvin Chiang [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 2:27 PM > To: support@pfsense.com > Subject: RE: [pfSense Support] IPsec - Automatically Ping Host > > Hi Holger, yes it was an IP address that can triggers the > IPSec tunnel. > If PING Host is enabled, does it automatically initiate the > tunnel? Or that it has to be manually initiated then > maintained by ping host? > > Where can I check whether the ping host packet was indeed fired? > > Regards, > Kelvin > > -----Original Message----- > From: Holger Bauer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 2:04 PM > To: support@pfsense.com > Subject: RE: [pfSense Support] IPsec - Automatically Ping Host > > > I'm using it in a 13 dynamic IP locations to one static IP location as > concentrator without issues. You probably use a wrong monitor IP? You > have to use an IP of the remote end's local subnet behind the tunnel > (has to be an IP that's inside the tunneldefinition of the > remote end). > > Holger > > > ________________________________ > > From: Kelvin Chiang [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 3:29 AM > To: support@pfsense.com > Subject: [pfSense Support] IPsec - Automatically Ping Host > > > Hi, there is a check box to automatically ping host. I assume > that this function is intended for site with dynamic WAN IP address. I > activated it but it did not seem to do the job. Has anyone tried it? > > Regards, Kelvin > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
