From: achilles@heel.com   
      
    From experience the first rule of VPN networking is never mix & match   
   different brands of router if you want to avoid aggravations.  They seem   
   to be designed with incompatibility in mind.   
      
      
   Jaco Swart wrote:   
      
   > Anyone out there that can help me. Bought a Linksys BEFVP41 ADSL   
   > router, which supports up to 70 IPSec VPN tunnels. Created the tunnels   
   > to some of our customers (they use various devices, Netscreen,   
   > Netopia, Cisco, Sonicwall, Symantec Firewall). All the VPNs work, but   
   > are really tempremental. For no apparent reason they will simply just   
   > disconnect.   
   > I have tried ticking the keep alive tickbox, upgraded to the latest   
   > firmware, played around with the VPN settings (changing Manual Key and   
   > Auto IKE), still the same.   
   > Please help, this router is about on its way out the window.   
   > Thanks   
   > Jaco   
      
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