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dynamic vpn keep alive sali 06-14-09
Posted by alexd on July 22, 2009, 9:34 am
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sali wrote:

> there is a branch office with few employees, cisco-876 adsl [but in this
> case, there is static ip, if it counts], and one of computers is not able
> to send mail. cisco passes just the first few hundreds of bytes over port
> 25
> [smtp] and then stops, so, from that very computer, it is possible to send
> only very short mails. after reseting the cisco 876-router, it sends mail
> correctly for next few days.

Check the SMTP inspection settings, although I can't think why it would work
for a few days then stop.

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Posted by Martin on June 16, 2009, 1:22 am
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> situation:
> i have cisco 1841 [headq] on static address and cisco 876 [branch office]
> on dynamic adsl address
> it is configured an ipsec vpn tunnel between them so both locations are
> part of corporate network [wan]
> when the tunnel is up, i may reach headq from branch, and branch from
> headq as well, this is ok
>
> problem:
> but, when 876 adsl address changes [regularly], obviously tunnel is going
> down, and i need incoming call [f.e. ping] from branch office to static
> headq [well known ip] to re-establish the tunnel. it is then ok for next
> period
>
> current solution:
> at branch office, i have one dedicated workstation allways powered-on that
> serves as ping generator, to keep tunnel to headq on. i was not trying any
> solution based on dyndns or similar.
>
> question:
> is it possible to configure cisco 876 router to periodicaly issue ping [or
> something similar] on frequent basis [few minutes] to force tunnel
> re-establish after adsl address change
>
>
> any suggestions?
>
> thnx!
the post from bod43 looks on the money but I was just wondering how do you
setup a vpn tunnel when one end is dynamic - I have always had to have
static IP's at both ends )-:

Can someone post a config that shows the commands for the static end eg.
what address do you use on the crypto commands at the static end?

cheers and thanks martin



Posted by bod43 on June 17, 2009, 12:54 am
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>
>
> > situation:
> > i have cisco 1841 [headq] on static address and cisco 876 [branch office]
> > on dynamic adsl address
> > it is configured an ipsec vpn tunnel between them so both locations are
> > part of corporate network [wan]
> > when the tunnel is up, i may reach headq from branch, and branch from
> > headq as well, this is ok
>
> > problem:
> > but, when 876 adsl address changes [regularly], obviously tunnel is going
> > down, and i need incoming call [f.e. ping] from branch office to static
> > headq [well known ip] to re-establish the tunnel. it is then ok for next
> > period
>
> > current solution:
> > at branch office, i have one dedicated workstation allways powered-on that
> > serves as ping generator, to keep tunnel to headq on. i was not trying any
> > solution based on dyndns or similar.
>
> > question:
> > is it possible to configure cisco 876 router to periodicaly issue ping [or
> > something similar] on frequent basis [few minutes] to force tunnel
> > re-establish after adsl address change
>
> > any suggestions?
>
> > thnx!
>
> the post from bod43 looks on the money but I was just wondering how do you
> setup a vpn tunnel when one end is dynamic - I have always had to have
> static IP's at both ends )-:
>
> Can someone post a config that shows the commands for the static end eg.
> what address do you use on the crypto commands at the static end?

I have the idea that you can do this with DMVPN.
Dynamic Multipoint...

One possible disadvantage is that if someone gets hold of
a remote router, they can then access your network
from any IP address. I suppose there will be some mitigations
available (e.g. restrict IP range to that of one ISP) and I
suppose that you will be able to turn off a single router's
access once you find out that it is missing.

Much guesswork above.

Posted by Uli Link on June 17, 2009, 6:34 am
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bod43 schrieb:

> One possible disadvantage is that if someone gets hold of
> a remote router, they can then access your network
> from any IP address. I suppose there will be some mitigations
> available (e.g. restrict IP range to that of one ISP) and I
> suppose that you will be able to turn off a single router's
> access once you find out that it is missing.

Revoke the certificate of the spoke router and it can't join the DMVPN
network any more...
If you only have two or three spokes you may change the preshared key on
the remaining ones, if you don't wan't a PKI.


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