Description of problem: Since I am using Vpn on linux to RDP to my work, the connection keeps dropping every 5 mins. Additionnaly, since the latest update of vpnc (I believe), my mouse clicks do not seems to work on the windows computer I RDP to. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): vpnc-0.5.3-2.fc10 NetworkManager-vpnc-1:0.7.0-1.svn13.fc10 How reproducible: Everytime Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: Expected results: Additional info: here is the relevent info I got from /var/log/message: Feb 4 20:08:18 ben NetworkManager: <info> Starting VPN service 'org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.vpnc'... Feb 4 20:08:18 ben NetworkManager: <info> VPN service 'org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.vpnc' started (org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.vpnc), PID 2933 Feb 4 20:08:19 ben kernel: tun: Universal TUN/TAP device driver, 1.6 Feb 4 20:08:19 ben kernel: tun: (C) 1999-2004 Max Krasnyansky <maxk> Feb 4 20:08:19 ben NetworkManager: <info> VPN service 'org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.vpnc' just appeared, activating connections Feb 4 20:08:19 ben NetworkManager: <info> VPN plugin state changed: 1 Feb 4 20:08:19 ben NetworkManager: <info> VPN plugin state changed: 3 Feb 4 20:08:19 ben NetworkManager: <info> VPN connection 'MyVPN1' (Connect) reply received. Feb 4 20:08:20 ben kernel: tun0: Disabled Privacy Extensions Feb 4 20:08:21 ben NetworkManager: <info> VPN connection 'MyVPN1' (IP Config Get) reply received. Feb 4 20:08:21 ben NetworkManager: <info> VPN Gateway: 84.20.193.20 Feb 4 20:08:21 ben NetworkManager: <info> Tunnel Device: tun0 Feb 4 20:08:21 ben NetworkManager: <info> Internal IP4 Address: 10.20.193.112 Feb 4 20:08:21 ben NetworkManager: <info> Internal IP4 Prefix: 24 Feb 4 20:08:21 ben NetworkManager: <info> Internal IP4 Point-to-Point Address: 10.20.193.112 Feb 4 20:08:21 ben NetworkManager: <info> Maximum Segment Size (MSS): 0 Feb 4 20:08:21 ben NetworkManager: <info> Static Route: 10.0.0.0/8 Next Hop: 10.0.0.0 Feb 4 20:08:21 ben NetworkManager: <info> Static Route: 172.16.0.0/12 Next Hop: 172.16.0.0 Feb 4 20:08:21 ben NetworkManager: <info> Static Route: 192.168.254.0/24 Next Hop: 192.168.254.0 Feb 4 20:08:21 ben NetworkManager: <info> Static Route: 192.168.239.0/24 Next Hop: 192.168.239.0 Feb 4 20:08:21 ben NetworkManager: <info> Static Route: 192.168.1.100/32 Next Hop: 192.168.1.100 Feb 4 20:08:21 ben NetworkManager: <info> Static Route: 192.168.103.0/24 Next Hop: 192.168.103.0 Feb 4 20:08:21 ben NetworkManager: <info> Static Route: 192.168.1.150/32 Next Hop: 192.168.1.150 Feb 4 20:08:21 ben NetworkManager: <info> Static Route: 10.150.0.0/16 Next Hop: 10.150.0.0 Feb 4 20:08:21 ben NetworkManager: <info> Static Route: 10.50.2.0/29 Next Hop: 10.50.2.0 Feb 4 20:08:21 ben NetworkManager: <info> Static Route: 10.20.100.53/32 Next Hop: 10.20.100.53 Feb 4 20:08:21 ben NetworkManager: <info> Static Route: 161.27.202.0/24 Next Hop: 161.27.202.0 Feb 4 20:08:21 ben NetworkManager: <info> Internal IP4 DNS: 10.2.0.2 Feb 4 20:08:21 ben NetworkManager: <info> Internal IP4 DNS: 10.2.0.1 Feb 4 20:08:21 ben NetworkManager: <info> DNS Domain: 'myCompany.com' Feb 4 20:08:21 ben NetworkManager: <info> Login Banner: Feb 4 20:08:21 ben NetworkManager: <info> ----------------------------------------- Feb 4 20:08:21 ben NetworkManager: <info> (null) Feb 4 20:08:21 ben NetworkManager: <info> ----------------------------------------- Feb 4 20:08:22 ben NetworkManager: <info> VPN connection 'MyVPN1' (IP Config Get) complete. Feb 4 20:08:22 ben NetworkManager: <info> Policy set 'MyVPN1' (tun0) as default for routing and DNS. Feb 4 20:08:22 ben NetworkManager: <info> VPN plugin state changed: 4 Feb 4 20:10:45 ben vpnc[2943]: connection terminated by dead peer detection Feb 4 20:10:45 ben NetworkManager: <info> VPN plugin state changed: 6 Feb 4 20:10:45 ben NetworkManager: <info> VPN plugin state change reason: 0 Feb 4 20:10:45 ben NetworkManager: <WARN> connection_state_changed(): Could not process the request because no VPN connection was active. Feb 4 20:10:45 ben NetworkManager: nm_system_device_flush_ip4_routes_with_iface: assertion `iface_idx >= 0' failed Feb 4 20:10:45 ben NetworkManager: nm_system_device_flush_ip4_addresses_with_iface: assertion `iface_idx >= 0' failed Feb 4 20:10:45 ben avahi-daemon[2113]: Withdrawing address record for 192.168.1.83 on wlan0. Feb 4 20:10:45 ben avahi-daemon[2113]: Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface wlan0.IPv4 with address 192.168.1.83. Feb 4 20:10:45 ben avahi-daemon[2113]: Interface wlan0.IPv4 no longer relevant for mDNS. Feb 4 20:10:45 ben avahi-daemon[2113]: Joining mDNS multicast group on interface wlan0.IPv4 with address 192.168.1.83. Feb 4 20:10:45 ben avahi-daemon[2113]: New relevant interface wlan0.IPv4 for mDNS. Feb 4 20:10:45 ben avahi-daemon[2113]: Registering new address record for 192.168.1.83 on wlan0.IPv4. Feb 4 20:10:46 ben NetworkManager: <info> Policy set 'Auto BeBox1' (wlan0) as default for routing and DNS. Please let me know how I should try to debug this. thanks in advance.
That seems like the DPD is broken for your case. It could be switched off by adding 'DPD idle timeout (our side) 0' to /etc/vpnc/default.conf (If NetworkManager-vpnc does not override the config - I do not know much about NetworkManager-vpnc as I do not use it.)
Thanks a lot Tomas, selecting [x] disable dead peer detection in NetworkManager-vpnc fixed this. Closing has not a bug. Sorry for the slow response but I thought bugzilla would automaticaly add me in CC, but it did not. Ben