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Troubleshooting

This chapter offers some suggestions to solve problems you might encounter.

I cannot set up an IPSec VPN tunnel to another device.

If the IPSec tunnel does not build properly, the problem is likely a configuration error at one of the IPSec routers. Log into both ZyXEL IPSec routers and check the settings in each field methodically and slowly. Make sure both the ZyWALL and remote IPSec router have the same security settings for the VPN tunnel. It may help to display the settings for both routers side-by-side.

Here are some general suggestions. See also Chapter 20 on page 351.

•The system log can often help to identify a configuration problem.

•If the sites are/were previously connected using a leased line or ISDN router, physically disconnect these devices from the network before testing your new VPN connection. The old route may have been learnt by RIP and would take priority over the new VPN connection.

•To test whether or not a tunnel is working, ping from a computer at one site to a computer at the other.

Before doing so, ensure that both computers have Internet access (via the IPSec routers).

•It is also helpful to have a way to look at the packets that are being sent and received by the ZyWALL and remote IPSec router (for example, by using a packet sniffer).

Check the configuration for the following ZyWALL features.

•The ZyWALL does not put IPSec SAs in the routing table. You must create a policy route for each VPN tunnel. See Chapter 12 on page 277.

•Make sure the To-ZyWALL firewall rules allow IPSec VPN traffic to the ZyWALL. IKE uses UDP port 500, AH uses IP protocol 51, and ESP uses IP protocol 50.

•The ZyWALL supports UDP port 500 and UDP port 4500 for NAT traversal. If you enable this, make sure the To-ZyWALL firewall rules allow UDP port 4500 too.

•Make sure regular firewall rules allow traffic between the VPN tunnel and the rest of the network. Regular firewall rules check packets the ZyWALL sends before the ZyWALL encrypts them and check packets the ZyWALL receives after the ZyWALL decrypts them. This depends on the zone to which you assign the VPN tunnel and the zone from which and to which traffic may be routed.

•If you set up a VPN tunnel across the Internet, make sure your ISP supports AH or ESP (whichever you are using).

 

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