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    IPSec VPN randomly stops working.

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      pinoyboy
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      Read most of this 1st IPSEC page and postings - you are not the only one.

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        kejianshi
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        I found a raccoon in my IPsec VPN server.
        I try to stick with openvpn.

        IPsec and PPTP are just really touchy protocols. 
        Very fast but easily broken by a litany of conditions.

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          notjoe
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          @pinoyboy:

          Read most of this 1st IPSEC page and postings - you are not the only one.

          I take some comfort in knowing I am not alone…though I wish I was...then it would be easier to fix ;)

          I have been reading the forums and trying various configuration changes...without much success.

          I did read somewhere that this is all supposedly fixed in 2.0.4?

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            pinoyboy
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            Suppose to be fixed in 2.1 (with specific and tested settings).  For now, the sites that needed a robust IPSEC connectivity, we went back to 1.2.3; that's rock solid.  There's no need for very specific settings to get it to work since it just works.  I'm not a fan of software that requires exact settings to work; flexibility and availability of various options are there for a reason.

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              notjoe
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              @pinoyboy:

              Suppose to be fixed in 2.1 (with specific and tested settings).  For now, the sites that needed a robust IPSEC connectivity, we went back to 1.2.3; that's rock solid.  There's no need for very specific settings to get it to work since it just works.  I'm not a fan of software that requires exact settings to work; flexibility and availability of various options are there for a reason.

              Would you happen to have a link to those specific and tested settings?

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                pinoyboy
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                Do a search on IPSEC with Jimp as poster.  Also, if that doesn't work, try 1.2.3.

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                  notjoe
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                  @pinoyboy:

                  Do a search on IPSEC with Jimp as poster.  Also, if that doesn't work, try 1.2.3.

                  Thanks for the info. I will try to find it.

                  On a side note, do you know if 1.2.3 supports vlan tagging for pppoe?

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                    Pentangle
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                    2.0.2 is rock solid.  2.0.3 is the version that contains the bug, hence my thread about it you'll find in this forum.  You shouldn't need to go back to 1.x for solid IPSec.

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                      notjoe
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                      @Pentangle:

                      2.0.2 is rock solid.  2.0.3 is the version that contains the bug, hence my thread about it you'll find in this forum.  You shouldn't need to go back to 1.x for solid IPSec.

                      I'll give it a shot. I wonder how this device will handle downgrading from 2.1 to 2.0.2

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                        notjoe
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                        PfSense 2.0.2 seems to be working great. IPSec seems to be stable over the last couple of days.

                        There seems to be one issue, which maybe some of you have encountered, Enabling UPNP seems to break ipsec.

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