XPost: microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services   
   From: mike-newsgroup@-DELETETHISPART-.upcraft.com   
      
   Vince wrote:   
   > OK, during a period where the Phase 2's just thrashing each other from   
   > both ends (central office and problem remote office), I tried ping   
   > testing to a public address (easynews.com), the local DNS Server, and   
   > the remote router's WAN IP address, all with no packet loss from either   
   > side after about 2-3 minutes of continuous pings at min and max packet   
   > sizes.   
   >   
   > I've gotten to the point where I have pushed the Phase 1 timeout to   
   > 24hrs and the Phase 2 timeout to 12hrs, just to keep my clients from   
   > major downtime.  That only worked for a day and a half.  Yet again, the   
   > remote office had to hard-boot the router and wait 5 minutes before the   
   > tunnel was restored.   
   >   
   > I have come across 2 spare Linksys BEFVP41's which I am about to try,   
   > just for comparison.  If they appear to work better, I will most likely   
   > junk the Netopias.  If the problems remain the same, I may just nuke   
   > the site for morbid. This has been unbelievably frustrating.   
   >   
      
   Well good luck.  I have had my share of phase 2 problems, but they   
   always seemed to be something with the settings or the network link.   
      
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