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VPN (SSL / https) disconnects
Name: sadiq Date: April 3, 2008 at 02:16:38 Pacific OS: Win 2K and XP CPU/Ram: Random Product: Random
Comment:
Greetings, We have some remote sites (connected via VSATs or wireless) connecting to the HQ using a VPN (SSL connection using https) to a CISCO (ASA) router for internet/email etc.
The problem is that the connection gets disconnected in random segments of half hour or hourly (e.g. 1/2hour, 1 hour/2hours/3 etc) when the clients are using the connection (i.e browsing etc).
If there is no activity and ssl connection (VPN) is just established, then it doesn't get disconnected.
Please assist.
Sadiq email: sadiq.walji@satconet.com msn: sad_dick@hotmail.com
PS: Pls feel free to contact me via email or msn if need be.
Name: jefro Date: April 3, 2008 at 14:02:15 Pacific
Reply:
Kind of sounds like a dhcp client issue. Check lease times.
I read it wrong and answer it wrong too. So get off my case you peanut.
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Response Number 2
Name: sadiqwalji Date: April 30, 2008 at 05:52:41 Pacific
Reply:
FYI the issue has been resolved. The problem was something that wouldn't even strike anyone - a 3Com (managable) switch that was somewhere in the middle of the links.
This switch was not even suspected but was removed due to link degradations and it resolved the issue.
The link performance was improved by almost 25% and it also resolved other issues of copying files over the satellite/wireless networks.
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