From: wlobb@hvc.rr.com   
      
   I got tired of playing with IKE life settings. I set up a batch file- or a   
   script -  to ping a host on the remote network  and scheduled it to run   
   every 30 minutes. Been working great for a week. My batch file is just   
      
   ping 192.168.1.10   
   ping 192.168.1.10   
   ping 192.168.1.10   
      
   Simple, but it works.   
      
      
   "popo"  wrote in message   
   news:cZV7e.26424$8i6.878887@news20.bellglobal.com...   
   > 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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