Issues with 'free' ipsec vpn

[mark8263]

Anybody else having issues with getting the 'free' ipsec client to work?

I've been messing around with this for a couple of weeks and so far, with 5 different machines and 4 different clients - only 1 machine will connect.

I've already engaged support but since this is the 'free' client - they have exhausted all that they can help with.

I don't need all the 'add-on' stuff with the vpn, just need it to connect - stay stable and provide some basic routing (thru it).

What happens is that i install, configure, connect - and it hangs.  nothing until the connection drops off a few minutes later. packet captures seem to indicate that 'all' the tcp packets aren't getting sent/received and therefor phase 1 never completed.

[mark8263]

Incoming connection is shown - but the client eventually times out, or has to be manually 'disconnected' as the client get's 'hung up'.