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      XZed
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      Hello !

      I'm setting up a pfSense box to provide IPSec VPNs for site-to-site tunnels and mobile clients…

      I'm testing and learning this distro at the same time...

      The site-to-site part seems to be OK...

      But, now i'm reading tutos about mobile client parts...

      First thing : i've found this for VPN Clients : http://shrew.net/

      Any feedback about this software  :) ?

      And now, the real thing :

      pfSense does not support NAT-Traversal (NAT-T) for IPsec, which means if any of your client machines are behind NAT, IPsec VPN will not work. This alone eliminates it as a possibility for most environments, since remote users will almost always need access from behind NAT. Many home networks use a NAT router of some sort, as do most hot spot locations, hotel networks, etc.

      Source : http://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/VPN_Capability_IPSec

      So anyway to connect mobile clients ?? So why this post :

      http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,7180.0.html

      Perhaps i'm misunderstanding the NAT-T feature ?

      By the way, i've found a post ( http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,9332.msg54258.html#msg54258 ) where it's said sthg like :

      "IPSec Problems with mobile clients have been corrected in pfSense 1.2.1"

      Any info about that ? Any changelog/url ?

      I've found this : http://devwiki.pfsense.org/ChangesV121 … But the only thing , i find, about ipsec mobile clients is : http://cvstrac.pfsense.org/chngview?cn=21860

      Thank you for reading.

      Sincerely,

      XZed

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