From: jp@upstatenyroads.com   
      
   Hello everyone:   
      
   I have am setting up my first VPN tunnel and I'm having some problems.   
   Here's what I'm trying to do:   
      
   1.  "Main office" has a Linksys BEFVP41 v2   
           Local secure group = "subnet" 192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0   
           Remote secure group = "any"   
           Remote security gateway = "any"   
           Encryption = "3DES"   
           Authentication = "SHA"   
           Key Management = "Auto. (IKE)"   
                                      PFS Enabled   
                                       Pre-shared Key: whatever   
                                       Key Lifetime: 3600 sec   
      
   2. Remote office has Linksys WRV54G with latest firmware   
           IPSec, PPTP, L2TP all enabled   
           VPN Tunnel = "enabled"   
           VPN Gateway = "disabled" (if I enable it, I lose the internet   
   gateway capabilities)   
           Local secure group = 0.0.0.0/255.255.255.0   
           Remote secure group= 192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0   
           Remote secure gateway IP address = public IP address of Linksys   
   BEFVP41 v2 above   
           Encryption = 3DES   
           Authentication = SHA1   
           Key Exchange Method = Auto(IKE)   
           PFS = enabled   
           Pre-shared key (selected): whatever   
           RSA signature (non selected): whatever [I know it's not selected but   
   I put the key in there anyways]   
           Key lifetime: 3600   
      
   The status on both machines say "connected".   
   The log on the BEFVP41 v2 says   
   00:13:33 IKE[2] Set up ESP tunnel with xx.xx.xx.xx Success !   
      
   The status on both ends says "connected"   
      
   I can not ping a main office ip address (i.e. 192.168.1.250) from the remote   
   office (192.168.2.2) or vice-versa, even though they both say "connected".   
      
   Knowing that I can not even ping, I knew that when I browsed Network   
   Neighborhood (or Unix equivalents on my non MS machines) I wouldn't get   
   anything.  I was right.   
      
   It says that we are connected... what am I missing?   
      
   Any leads?   
   Thanks for your help.   
   J.P.   
      
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