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    IPSec VPN tunnel errors, replaced 1.2 with 2.0 …can't get tunnel up

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved 2.0-RC Snapshot Feedback and Problems - RETIRED
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      YeOldeStonecat
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      Was running 1.2 for over a year at home, had a full time IPSec tunnel between it and my office, a Linksys/Cisco RV082 at the office.  Was running great, always up.

      With 2.0…did same settings (I believe)..but cannot get the tunnel up.  In services I cannot get the Racoon service to start.

      IPSec log snippet below....can anyone point me in a direction to correct this?

      "Mar 19 15:00:58 racoon: INFO: @(#)ipsec-tools 0.7.1 (http://ipsec-tools.sourceforge.net)
      Mar 19 15:00:58 racoon: INFO: @(#)This product linked OpenSSL 0.9.8e 23 Feb 2007 (http://www.openssl.org/)
      Mar 19 15:00:58 racoon: INFO: Reading configuration from "/var/etc/racoon.conf"
      Mar 19 15:00:58 racoon: INFO: Resize address pool from 0 to 255
      Mar 19 15:00:58 racoon: ERROR: /var/etc/racoon.conf:21: "d" syntax error
      Mar 19 15:00:58 racoon: ERROR: fatal parse failure (1 errors)"

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        Accounts
        last edited by

        I'd start with a fresh clean install and NOT restore your settings from a config backup, redo them by hand and save a new backup of your config when done.

        I have two ipsec tunnels working fine on 2.0 for some time. One to a cisco pix and another to pfsense 1.2.3, As of 2.0-ALPHA-ALPHA built on Wed Mar 18 22:23:06 EDT 2009 my IPSEC tunnels are up and working.

        I do have some trouble with NAT redirect in this build however. And also log display.

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          YeOldeStonecat
          last edited by

          Thanks for the reply.
          I built it from scratch, no import of config from prior version.
          I updated to the latest….still no luck, although I now have the failure to display the log that you mentioned.  ???

          I'll try a fresh rebuild from scratch again this weekend.

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            Accounts
            last edited by

            Did you try and check the prefer older IPsec in the advanced tab?

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              YeOldeStonecat
              last edited by

              @Accounts:

              Did you try and check the prefer older IPsec in the advanced tab?

              I did not…I just went and looked for it..found it...put a check in it, save, went to services...tried to start Racoon, it still remains in a "stopped" status.

              Did not find time to rebuild over this past weekend.

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                databeestje
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                It would help if you provided a piece of the broken racoon.conf configuration file so we can see what causes the parse error.

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                  YeOldeStonecat
                  last edited by

                  @databeestje:

                  It would help if you provided a piece of the broken racoon.conf configuration file so we can see what causes the parse error.

                  Thanks for posting, as requested:
                  Apr 6 01:17:33 racoon: INFO: @(#)ipsec-tools 0.7.1 (http://ipsec-tools.sourceforge.net)
                  Apr 6 01:17:33 racoon: INFO: @(#)This product linked OpenSSL 0.9.8e 23 Feb 2007 (http://www.openssl.org/)
                  Apr 6 01:17:33 racoon: INFO: Reading configuration from "/var/etc/racoon.conf"
                  Apr 6 01:17:33 racoon: INFO: Resize address pool from 0 to 255
                  Apr 6 01:17:33 racoon: ERROR: /var/etc/racoon.conf:19: "d" syntax error
                  Apr 6 01:17:33 racoon: ERROR: fatal parse failure (1 errors)

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