Kernel 2.6.8-1.521 breaks Cisco VPN client...
Kim B. Nielsen
kbn at daimi.au.dk
Tue Aug 31 18:12:01 UTC 2004
I'm using the 4.0.4.B-k9 version of the client. Downloading the latest
from Cisco didn't work either...
/kbn
Denis Leroy wrote:
>Maybe i'm using a different version of vpnclient ? :
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>>rpm -qf /usr/sbin/vpnclient
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>vpnclient-4.0.4.A_k9-0.fdr.1
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>--- "Kim B. Nielsen" <kbn at daimi.au.dk> wrote:
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>>That's oddd...
>>
>>I've experienced my behaviour on two different laptops now. For some
>>reasen, the wireless has worked perfectly in both cases, but not the
>>wire...
>>The laptops are from two different manufacturers (Dell and IBM) So
>>somehow I don't think it's a unique problem related to one specific
>>laptop or network card.
>>
>>/kbn
>>
>>Denis Leroy wrote:
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>>>I'm also using the Cisco VPN client here at Sun, to connect my
>>>
>>>
>>laptop
>>>from home, but I'm not having the problem, for me things are
>>working
>>
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>>>correctly with the 521 kernel, at least on the wire (never quited
>>>worked with the wireless card though). Though i mainly use ssh, dns
>>>resolutions certainly work...
>>>
>>>-denis
>>>
>>>--- "Kim B. Nielsen" <kbn at daimi.au.dk> wrote:
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>>>>Just to report it, the 2.6.8-1.521 kernel breaks the Cisco VPN
>>>>
>>>>
>>client
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>>>>in
>>>>a very odd way.
>>>>
>>>>The current network configuration og the laptop I'm using, is a
>>>>wireless
>>>>network card, and an normal network card (wirefull).
>>>>
>>>>The funny thing is, that when i start the client on the wireless
>>>>interface, everything is fine, and everything works as it's
>>>>
>>>>
>>supposed
>>
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>>>>to.
>>>>If i then shifts to the wire, UDP packages suddently isn't comming
>>>>throug, but tcp connections work fine. That is, no name server
>>>>resolution, but I'm able to ping and access sites with the ip.
>>>>
>>>>I know that the vpn client is Cisco's responsibility, but I thought
>>>>
>>>>
>>I
>>
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>>>>would mention it to you, in case that it points to something gone
>>>>
>>>>
>>bad
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>>>>in
>>>>the kernel. I have tried to do the same exercises with the -358
>>>>kernel
>>>>that ships with Fedora, and everything works in this kernel.
>>>>
>>>>I hope this is of some use (And that a fix can be made :)
>>>>
>>>>Regards
>>>>/kbn
>>>>
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>>>>-Homer Simpson
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