From: po.huang@sympatico.ca   
      
   Hi all,   
   I feel extremely frustrated about this issue, the scenario is:   
      
   I have Solaris 9 X86 box, on which installed ipfilter as my home firewall (2   
   NICs, one connects to DSL modem, another one to local network). I setup VPN   
   on Windows 2003 server (running behind Soalris, 1 NIC, Domain Controller),   
   forward port 1723 to 2003 server and enable protocol GRE on solaris. Using   
   XP as VPN client out of home (DSL/Dial-up internet connection), everything   
   seems working ok so far, I can browse home netwrok resource via VPN, using   
   home printer, etc.,  But after about 30 miuntes the VPN connection drops   
   automatically and even internet connection on XP becomes dead too. I can   
   still see these two connections icons on system task bar, but can not browse   
   VPN resource any more, and can not surf internet either with VPN XP client,   
   looks like call connections disconnected. IPconfig indicates internet   
   connection and ppp is still alive though, but ping is always time out. I   
   check the event log file on 2003 server, nothing  out there related to VPN   
   drop line. After manually disconnecting the VPN connection, the internet   
   connection comes back to life. And I have to wait for a period of time so   
   that I can reconnect VPN again. The dropped line problem occures roughly   
   every 30 minutes consistently, which really drives me mad. Any one has any   
   clue on this issue? Many thanks.   
      
   popo   
      
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