On 28/7/2013 8:01 μμ, Jim Harle wrote:
I don't have a solution for your scenario, but a suggestion and a question. First the question -
when your physical Ethernet connection is dropped, how much time passes before you attempt the
disconnect/reconnect? It would indeed be odd if the Shrew client never ("never" meaning
more than, say, a minute) timed out with a message like "the gateway is not responding."
First, thanks for your reply. Second, I tested and it does terminate
after a minute or so. So, things are not so odd after all.
Now the suggestion - when your laptop gets into the state of
"vpn-connects-but-doesn't-pass-traffic," here is a faster thing to try instead
of rebooting:
1) Disconnect the VPN client
2) Open Control Panel --> System and Security --> Administrative Tools -->
Services (right-click the bottom-left Start Screen icon to get to Control Panel in the
first place)
3) Stop both the "ShrewSoft IKE Daemon" and "ShrewSoft IPSEC Daemon" services
4) Verify both services have stopped (F5 to refresh view)
5) Start both of the above services
6) Retry the VPN connection
My experience has been that the "ShrewSoft IKE Daemon" will take a long time to
stop, and Windows will complain that it couldn't stop the service, yet it does still
stop. Once in a blue moon, my PC will get into the state where the Shrew VPN will
connect and pass traffic, but the VPN disconnects a short time after (~ 30 seconds).
Restarting the Shrew services clears this up.
That did the trick! Thanks! Now I can fix things without rebooting.
I hope, however, Shrewsoft sometime fixes VPN Client so that the VPN
does not "hang" like this. Are they aware of this behavior? I hope they
keep an eye at this maillist.
And lastly, if you're using Windows 8 without a Start Menu replacement like
Start8, best of luck to you...but that's for a different discussion thread. :-)
I've read that M$ are planning an SP (or something like that) for Win 8
probably later this year (see e.g.:
http://www.zdnet.com/windows-8-1-the-return-of-the-start-button-7000016535/),
which will add the Start Menu. So, I am waiting for the moment; it's not
(very) terrible.
Best regards,
Nick
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