Setup Remote VPN on PIX 501

The text version of your configuration (with passwords scrubbed) would help.

I am not going to try to guess what the PDM might or might not have done on your behalf -- too many different screens and you would have to describe each configuration step and each drop-box selection and so on for me to be able to replicate what you ended up with. The text configuration is *much* easier to answer questions about.

My -guess- is that the PDM didn't happen to turn on sysopt connection permit-ipsec but I don't have enough information to be sure.

For your purposes you should assume that the VPN clients will never be able to ping the PIX inside interface IP. [If you *really* needed them to be able to do that, it would be possible to configure, but it's a relatively advanced configuration and seldom worth the bother.]

Building configuration... : Saved : PIX Version 6.3(4) interface ethernet0 auto interface ethernet1 100full nameif ethernet0 outside security0 nameif ethernet1 inside security100 enable password EDITED encrypted passwd EDITED encrypted hostname pix domain-name ciscopix.com fixup protocol dns maximum-length 512 fixup protocol ftp 21 fixup protocol h323 h225 1720 fixup protocol h323 ras 1718-1719 fixup protocol http 80 fixup protocol rsh 514 fixup protocol rtsp 554 fixup protocol sip 5060 fixup protocol sip udp 5060 fixup protocol skinny 2000 fixup protocol smtp 25 fixup protocol sqlnet 1521 fixup protocol tftp 69 names name 10.10.10.0 VPN object-group service RemoteDesktop tcp port-object range 3389 3389 access-list inside_access_in remark Allow all outbound UDP port 53 for DNS access-list inside_access_in permit udp any any eq domain access-list inside_access_in remark Allow ping to any external IP access-list inside_access_in permit icmp any any access-list inside_access_in remark Allow all outbound TCP connections access-list inside_access_in permit tcp any any access-list outside_access_in remark Allow external DNS via UDP access-list outside_access_in permit udp any eq domain any access-list outside_access_in remark Allow ping from outside to inside access-list outside_access_in permit icmp any any access-list outside_access_in remark Remote Desktop to any internal IP access-list outside_access_in permit tcp any any object-group RemoteDesktop access-list inside_outbound_nat0_acl permit ip any 192.168.1.48

255.255.255.240 access-list outside_cryptomap_dyn_20 permit ip any 192.168.1.48 255.255.255.240 pager lines 24 mtu outside 1500 mtu inside 1500 ip address outside dhcp setroute ip address inside 192.168.1.1 255.255.255.0 ip audit info action alarm ip audit attack action alarm ip local pool donkpool 192.168.1.50-192.168.1.60 pdm location 12.151.16.35 255.255.255.255 outside pdm location 192.168.1.2 255.255.255.255 inside pdm location 255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 inside pdm location 66.69.153.207 255.255.255.255 outside pdm location VPN 255.255.255.224 inside pdm location 192.168.1.64 255.255.255.224 outside pdm location VPN 255.255.255.240 outside pdm location 12.151.16.35 255.255.255.255 inside pdm logging informational 100 pdm history enable arp timeout 14400 global (outside) 1 interface nat (inside) 0 access-list inside_outbound_nat0_acl nat (inside) 1 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 0 0 static (inside,outside) tcp interface 3389 192.168.1.2 3389 netmask 255.255.255.255 0 0 access-group outside_access_in in interface outside access-group inside_access_in in interface inside timeout xlate 0:05:00 timeout conn 1:00:00 half-closed 0:10:00 udp 0:02:00 rpc 0:10:00 h225 1:00:00 timeout h323 0:05:00 mgcp 0:05:00 sip 0:30:00 sip_media 0:02:00 timeout uauth 0:05:00 absolute aaa-server TACACS+ protocol tacacs+ aaa-server TACACS+ max-failed-attempts 3 aaa-server TACACS+ deadtime 10 aaa-server RADIUS protocol radius aaa-server RADIUS max-failed-attempts 3 aaa-server RADIUS deadtime 10 aaa-server LOCAL protocol local http server enable http 12.151.16.35 255.255.255.255 outside http 66.69.153.207 255.255.255.255 outside http 192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0 inside no snmp-server location no snmp-server contact snmp-server community public no snmp-server enable traps floodguard enable sysopt connection permit-ipsec crypto ipsec transform-set ESP-3DES-MD5 esp-3des esp-md5-hmac crypto dynamic-map outside_dyn_map 20 match address outside_cryptomap_dyn_20 crypto dynamic-map outside_dyn_map 20 set transform-set ESP-3DES-MD5 crypto map outside_map 65535 ipsec-isakmp dynamic outside_dyn_map crypto map outside_map interface outside isakmp enable outside isakmp policy 20 authentication pre-share isakmp policy 20 encryption 3des isakmp policy 20 hash md5 isakmp policy 20 group 2 isakmp policy 20 lifetime 86400 vpngroup donk address-pool donkpool vpngroup donk idle-time 1800 vpngroup donk password ******** telnet 12.151.16.35 255.255.255.255 outside telnet 192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0 inside telnet timeout 5 ssh 66.69.153.207 255.255.255.255 outside ssh 12.151.16.35 255.255.255.255 outside ssh 192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0 inside ssh timeout 5 console timeout 0 dhcpd address 192.168.1.20-192.168.1.49 inside dhcpd lease 3600 dhcpd ping_timeout 750 dhcpd auto_config outside dhcpd enable inside username rogers password EDITED encrypted privilege 15 terminal width 80 Cryptochecksum:EDITED : end [OK]

I've also tried to ping internal machines, no go. Client side I get this error:

7 12:59:44.999 03/23/06 Sev=Warning/2 CVPND/0xE3400013 AddRoute failed to add a route: code 87 Destination 143.62.255.255 Netmask 255.255.255.255 Gateway 192.168.1.50 Interface 192.168.1.50

8 12:59:44.999 03/23/06 Sev=Warning/2 CM/0xA3100024 Unable to add route. Network: 8f3effff, Netmask: ffffffff, Interface: c0a80132, Gateway: c0a80132.

(trying to vpn from a 143.62 ip)

In order for the return traffic to reach the VPN clients from your inside hosts, your vpngroup IP pool needs to be in a different subnet than your inside address. For example you could use

ip local pool donkpool 192.168.2.50-192.168.2.60 mask 255.255.255.0

as long as you made the appropriate adjustments to other parts of the configuration.

Just for clarity: what I said about ip local pool does NOT apply to the dhcpd addresses. Hosts that are "inside" the PIX need to have addresses that are "inside" the PIX, but hosts that are "outside" the PIX (e.g., the VPN clients) need to have addresses that are "outside" the PIX.

I've tried with another IP Pool for the vpn clients (10.10.10.1-10.10.10.11) with the same problem. The exact same error on the client (tried from multiple machines, even toggling modes)

Please quote context. There's only one regular poster in these groups who uses googlegroups as a regular email reader; the rest of us do not have the context "right there" to look at.

I'd like to see the editted configuration.

This is my current config, which is still receiving the route error:

"PIX# sh ru : Saved : PIX Version 6.3(4) interface ethernet0 auto interface ethernet1 100full nameif ethernet0 outside security0 nameif ethernet1 inside security100 enable password EDITED encrypted passwd EDITED encrypted hostname PIX domain-name ciscopix.com fixup protocol dns maximum-length 512 fixup protocol ftp 21 fixup protocol h323 h225 1720 fixup protocol h323 ras 1718-1719 fixup protocol http 80 fixup protocol rsh 514 fixup protocol rtsp 554 fixup protocol sip 5060 fixup protocol sip udp 5060 fixup protocol skinny 2000 fixup protocol smtp 25 fixup protocol sqlnet 1521 fixup protocol tftp 69 names object-group service RemoteDesktop tcp port-object range 3389 3389 access-list outside_access_in remark Remote Desktop to internal server access-list outside_access_in permit tcp any interface outside object-group RemoteDesktop access-list outside_access_in remark Allow inbound ping replies access-list outside_access_in permit icmp any any echo-reply access-list inside_outbound_nat0_acl permit ip 10.5.10.0 255.255.255.0

10.197.202.48 255.255.255.240 pager lines 24 mtu outside 1500 mtu inside 1500 ip address outside dhcp setroute ip address inside 10.5.10.1 255.255.255.0 ip audit info action alarm ip audit attack action alarm ip local pool donkpool 10.197.202.50-10.197.202.60 pdm location 12.151.16.35 255.255.255.255 outside pdm location 10.5.10.20 255.255.255.255 inside pdm location 10.5.10.20 255.255.255.255 outside pdm logging informational 100 pdm history enable arp timeout 14400 global (outside) 1 interface nat (inside) 0 access-list inside_outbound_nat0_acl nat (inside) 1 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 0 0 static (outside,inside) tcp interface 3389 10.5.10.20 3389 netmask 255.255.255.255 0 0 access-group outside_access_in in interface outside timeout xlate 0:05:00 timeout conn 1:00:00 half-closed 0:10:00 udp 0:02:00 rpc 0:10:00 h225 1:00:00 timeout h323 0:05:00 mgcp 0:05:00 sip 0:30:00 sip_media 0:02:00 timeout uauth 0:05:00 absolute aaa-server TACACS+ protocol tacacs+ aaa-server TACACS+ max-failed-attempts 3 aaa-server TACACS+ deadtime 10 aaa-server RADIUS protocol radius aaa-server RADIUS max-failed-attempts 3 aaa-server RADIUS deadtime 10 aaa-server LOCAL protocol local http server enable http 12.151.16.35 255.255.255.255 outside http 10.5.10.0 255.255.255.0 inside no snmp-server location no snmp-server contact snmp-server community public no snmp-server enable traps floodguard enable sysopt connection permit-ipsec crypto ipsec transform-set ESP-3DES-MD5 esp-3des esp-md5-hmac crypto dynamic-map outside_dyn_map 20 set transform-set ESP-3DES-MD5 crypto map outside_map 65535 ipsec-isakmp dynamic outside_dyn_map crypto map outside_map interface outside isakmp enable outside isakmp nat-traversal 20 isakmp policy 20 authentication pre-share isakmp policy 20 encryption 3des isakmp policy 20 hash md5 isakmp policy 20 group 2 isakmp policy 20 lifetime 86400 vpngroup donk address-pool donkpool vpngroup donk idle-time 1800 vpngroup donk password ******** telnet timeout 5 ssh 12.151.16.35 255.255.255.255 outside ssh timeout 5 console timeout 0 dhcpd address 10.5.10.20-10.5.10.40 inside dhcpd lease 3600 dhcpd ping_timeout 750 dhcpd auto_config outside dhcpd enable inside terminal width 80 Cryptochecksum:EDITED : end "

Walter,

Are you refering to me here?

I do consider myself a regular contributor however I have no idea if that may be the viewpoint of someone else?

I use Google groups for all my Usenet access and I do try to contribute as much as I can. From my Google View I suspect that it is difficult to appreciate the tools used by other users of this group and I am concerned that I do not meet their requirements.

I have recently been making an effort to appropriately 'quote' past messages even though I have to do it entirely manually and from my 'Google' view it appears superfluous.

Anyway, please let me know if I am causing difficulties and inform me of possible improvements to my posting style. My goal is to communicate as effectively as I can.

More contentiously:- Why don't you use Google Groups too?!!!!!!:-) Seems a perfect plan to me:-)))))))))

BTW Google Groups is not a 'a regular email reader'.

Thanks,

Me.