Re: VPN Firewall for new webserver

From: jasee (jasee_at_btinternet.com)
Date: 11/11/04 

Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 12:32:31 -0000

Leythos wrote:
> In article <2vfo9mF2kb69cU1@uni-berlin.de>, jasee@btinternet.com
> says...
>> There are some differences between the Linksys models in the UK (for
>> the same model numbers!) I've used the BEFSX41 as a VPN endpoint for
>> a Watch guard Server: it proved highly unreliable where the MVPN
>> client running on a W2K machine through a simpler router worked
>> fine. In the UK, from what I've read the Linksys routers either work
>> well or not at all!
>
> Interesting, with the Linksys units, I didn't know there was a
> difference in firmware based on country.

Yes, there is if you look at the firmare for the US and UK, there are two
different versions

>Was your connection via a T1
> or some other type?

No, ordinary ADSL

>
> I own a WatchGuard Firebox II personally and have a bunch of II and
> III and even a couple SOHO6tc units installed around the country, the
> Linksys units have been painless (the BEFSX41 and the BEFVP41) when
> making the connections and then the rules for their subnets.
>
> Could your problems have been MTU related?

I didn't get that far (it was set at the default)

>
> Did you experience a connection problem with the WAN or just the IPSec
> problem?

The Linksys spontaneously rebooted several times after I'd configured it for
the Wan only.
Others (in the UK) seem to have similar problems with this and other lInksys
routers. I get the feeling that if you're prepared to accept the defaults
then it simply works. However if (for instance) you don't want to use DHCP
then there can be problems.

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