From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Feb 7 5:23:40 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 440AE37B401 for ; Fri, 7 Feb 2003 05:23:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from lists.eahd.or.ug (wawa.eahd.or.ug [216.129.132.164]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4937343F75 for ; Fri, 7 Feb 2003 05:23:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wire@linuxsolutions.co.ug) Received: from linuxsolutions.co.ug (unknown [216.129.132.142]) by lists.eahd.or.ug (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B053C4968 for ; Fri, 7 Feb 2003 16:24:45 +0300 (EAT) Received: from WorldClient [127.0.0.1] by linuxsolutions.co.ug [127.0.0.1] with SMTP (MDaemon.PRO.v4.0.5.R) for ; Fri, 07 Feb 2003 16:24:58 +0300 Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2003 16:24:57 +0300 From: "Wire James" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: VPN tunnels X-Mailer: WorldClient Standard 4.0.5 In-Reply-To: <3E4283B1.3040702@potentialtech.com> X-MDRemoteIP: 127.0.0.1 X-Return-Path: wire@linuxsolutions.co.ug X-MDaemon-Deliver-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-Id: <20030207132445.2B053C4968@lists.eahd.or.ug> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Thanks Brian for that input. Is there any one who is aware about that port ? Lunghabo -----Original Message----- From: Bill Moran To: Wire James Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2003 10:48:01 -0500 Subject: Re: VPN tunnels > [Could you wrap your lines please, you'll get better response] > > Wire James wrote: > > Hello > > > > I installed a VPN connecting 3 sites together using IPSEC and Racoon > on Free BSD. Each site > > has a FBSD gateway with a LAN. The sites are interconnected with > Frame relay links. However > > occasionally these links go down, thereby cutting the connections > and so the tunnels become > > inactive. > > > > The problem am facing is that whenever the links come back up, racoon > does not auto negotiate > > to reactivate the tunnels what could I be doing wron ? I always have > to restart racoon manually. > > > > Whats the way forward for me ? Or is it the normal behaviour of FBSD > ? > > I don't know if the behaviour is normal or not. > > But there's a port somewhere that I used a few years ago to solve a > similar problem. I looked, > but I can't remember the name, and now I can't find it (I'm hoping > someone will read this > message and know what I'm talking about, thus providing the answer). > > Anyway, this port was a simple program that ran as a daemon and > monitored network status, when > it saw an interface go down, or a host disappear (all configurable) it > would run a script of > your choosing. It would then run a different script when the host > became available again. > We used it for a similar situation (wireless LAN would drop frequently) > and it worked > wonderfully. > > Hope you can find it, or someone knows the port I'm talking about. > > -- > Bill Moran > Potential Technologies > http://www.potentialtech.com > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message