name resolution problem when using wired connection for VPN

Scot L. Harris webid at cfl.rr.com
Thu Mar 3 17:56:31 UTC 2005


This is an odd problem.

Using FC3 2.6.10-1.760_FC3 with Cisco VPN Client 4.0.4 on a Toshiba
Tecra M2 Laptop which has the 2200BG wireless chip set.  It also has a
Intel 82540EP Gigabit Ethernet Controller for wired connections.

I can establish a VPN connection just fine using the wireless
connection, everything works as expected.

However, when I use a wired connection the VPN appears to be established
just fine.  But when I try to access anything the name resolution fails.
I have checked and compared the /etc/resolv.conf files as well as the
netstat -rn outputs for both wired and wireless connections.  Everything
appears to be the same.

Running ethereal I can see the DNS queries go out and what appears to be
encrypted replies coming back (I suspect I see the outgoing queries
un-encrypted because ethereal gets the packet prior to the VPN).

Google results have not returned anything that looks the same as this
problem.  

If this was a problem with the VPN client I would expect it not to work
with either connection not just with wireless.

Any ideas?  

-- 
Scot L. Harris
webid at cfl.rr.com

"Plaese porrf raed."
		-- Prof. Michael O'Longhlin, S.U.N.Y. Purchase 




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