ICS - Computers connect fine, but connections hang on vpn

Hi all,

I have XP configured as the ICS host and ME as the
client. ICS works just fine for web browsing. However, I
also use a vpn connection on the ME client that only works
if I plug the ME client directly to the network. However,
the connection hangs if I go through ICS. The vpn
connection does connect and it looks like it's working.
However, any application I try to run starts and then
hangs after about 5 seconds.

I looked at the previous messages on this board as well
ast at: http://www.careyholzman.com/netfixes.htm. I
couldn't find any problem that matches this one.

The short term fix is to plug the ME machine directly into
the cable modem, but that is not a good solution since the
other computer then loses its connection to the internet.

Anyone have any ideas? I thought the problem might be the
MTU since the connection does start but then drops after a
bit. I tried messing with those settings but to no avail.

Thanks for any help,

Michele

I figured this out. It turned out to be a problem with
the MTU setting on the ME box. I had to adjust the MTU
setting on the ME box. It was set to 1400, but it needed
to be revised to 1352. (I found this number by doing a
ping -l -f packet size from ME machine to XP machine until
I got the exact number that wouldn't fragment. Then I
subtracted 20 from that number. I found this info at
dslreports.com). This procedure came from I don't think
this was a Wingate issue, but it's curious that the older
version of the Wingate software didn't have the problem.


>-----Original Message-----
>Hi all,
>
>I have XP configured as the ICS host and ME as the
>client. ICS works just fine for web browsing. However,
I
>also use a vpn connection on the ME client that only
works
>if I plug the ME client directly to the network.
However,
>the connection hangs if I go through ICS. The vpn
>connection does connect and it looks like it's working.
>However, any application I try to run starts and then
>hangs after about 5 seconds.
>
>I looked at the previous messages on this board as well
>ast at: http://www.careyholzman.com/netfixes.htm. I
>couldn't find any problem that matches this one.
>
>The short term fix is to plug the ME machine directly
into
>the cable modem, but that is not a good solution since
the
>other computer then loses its connection to the internet.
>
>Anyone have any ideas? I thought the problem might be
the
>MTU since the connection does start but then drops after
a
>bit. I tried messing with those settings but to no avail.
>
>Thanks for any help,
>
>Michele
>
>.
>