Hi All, could someone please shed light on the following problem, driving me bonkers!
I have a VPN client connection to a Watchguard SOHO 6tc firewall router external I.P 83.141.xxx.xx This is on a broadband line which internet etc seems to work fine.
Behind the router is a server 2003 box with IP address 192.168.0.1 The default gateway is the router/firewall 192.168.0.200
I can connect fine to the VPN and it works ok for about 5 minutes (sometimes shorter)
If I run a ping -t 192.168.0.1 from my client PC at home it works fine for a few minutes then drops the connection. This will not reconnect unless I re-try with the client. NB: This doesn't matter if there is traffic on the VPN tunnel or it is just sitting idle.
My home PC is windows XP SP 2 and has the firewall enabled with ports
1723 TCP, 51 TCP and 500 UDP.I runa belkin wireless router at home also and have opened the ports up on this aswell using the virtual server feature on the web interface of the modem.
(Note: this is probably an irrelevant setting as the dropping of connection seems to be the same for all home clients who are trying to keep a connection)
Can anyone help with what this may be? I'm open to all suggestions.....
Cheers Craig Mrbungle50
PS: Can anyone let me know how to connect this firewall as a permanent VPN between itself and a Cisco 828 box? we have this box in the states and I wanta permanent link set up between the two. both have fixed external IP and differing internal IP subnets.