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    1.2.3 RC3 and NAT-Traversal

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved 1.2.3-PRERELEASE-TESTING snapshots - RETIRED
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      nojstevens
      last edited by

      Hello,

      I've searched for an answer to this but need help.

      Can someone confirm if PFSense 1.2.3 RC3 supports NAT-Traversal?

      I read somewhere that 1.2.3 would, but I am getting a NAT-Traversal error when I try to make an IPSEC tunnel using VPN Tracker to pfSense

      Thanks

      Jon

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      • jimpJ
        jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
        last edited by

        NAT-T was planned for 1.2.3 but had to be removed.

        It caused a lot of regressions and made IPsec unstable for many, many users. It broke tunnel renegotiation, DPD, and other features.

        NAT-T will be tried again for 2.0, but it was taken out before 1.2.3-RC3 was released.

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          nojstevens
          last edited by

          Ok, thank you for clearing that up. Glad it wasn't me doing something wrong!

          I will try PPTP

          Jon

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            rsingh
            last edited by

            Is it completely removed and physically not there or is there a hidden setting I can enable in a conf file to get nat transversal to work?

            My IPSec Client-Site is down after upgrading from 1.2.3-RC1 to 1.2.3-RC3.

            I'm thinking of downgrading if there's no option to do this.

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            • jimpJ
              jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
              last edited by

              It required kernel support and a special build of ipsec-tools, so it has been completely removed, not just hidden.

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                rsingh
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                thanks for clearing that up. i've downgraded from 1.2.3-RC3 to 1.2.3-RC1 and remote access VPN is working again. With 1.2.3-RC3 I would see phase 1 then phase 2 but not ESP packets, just lots of phase 2. 1.2.3-RC1 works well enough for me.

                hopefully some work gets done on 2.0 in the future. i tried a snapshot on the weekend, i now understand the meaning of "alpha-alpha"

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