Virgin.net ADSL and IPSEC VPN Clients

Anybody get problems with VPN connectivity over Virgin's native adsl service
(whereby you get an external adsl modem thrown in that gives you a usb
virtual ethernet device) ? My same vpn client works fine over other ISP's on
the network card and dial up modem but traffic seems to be blocked as soon
as I use the virgin usb device. The virgin connection itself is fine (until
i enable the vpn/tunnel). I'm assuming the fault is due to the virtual
device but could I guess be related to a config issue/firewall etc on the
virgin gateways..

TIA

On 22 Nov 2005 14:06, "banzai" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> The virgin connection itself is fine (until i enable the vpn/tunnel).
> I'm assuming the fault is due to the virtual device but could I guess
> be related to a config issue/firewall etc on the virgin gateways..

No direct experience of that - I helped a friend get set up on Metronet using
a PCI card so his VPN connection to the office would work (it was easier than
suggesting a router that might/might not have worked). In essence it seems a
parallel to the setup you have but I'm pretty negative about USB anyway, when
connections sometimes seem to be a 'bodge' as if the user has a dial-up using
a phone number, or kidding the PC into thinking there's an ISDN connection...

Can you beg or borrow a router to test, or contact someone else using VPN, so
as to check you have similar settings... I've seen mention of some USB units
using USB as a way to get an *ethernet* connection to the modem/router rather
than being a USB ADSL modem (like the Alcatel frog), so maybe you could state
the actual unit and version of the USB drivers that you use, for others to be
sure they're comparing like with like... Peter M.

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Unsuitable for heavy downloaders, but fine for video/audio streaming.

Problem was down to the usb device/client s/ware provided by virgin. Put in
an adsl router and vpn works fine.


"Peter M" <us-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On 22 Nov 2005 14:06, "banzai" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>> The virgin connection itself is fine (until i enable the vpn/tunnel).
>> I'm assuming the fault is due to the virtual device but could I guess
>> be related to a config issue/firewall etc on the virgin gateways..
>
> No direct experience of that - I helped a friend get set up on Metronet
> using
> a PCI card so his VPN connection to the office would work (it was easier
> than
> suggesting a router that might/might not have worked). In essence it
> seems a
> parallel to the setup you have but I'm pretty negative about USB anyway,
> when
> connections sometimes seem to be a 'bodge' as if the user has a dial-up
> using
> a phone number, or kidding the PC into thinking there's an ISDN
> connection...
>
> Can you beg or borrow a router to test, or contact someone else using VPN,
> so
> as to check you have similar settings... I've seen mention of some USB
> units
> using USB as a way to get an *ethernet* connection to the modem/router
> rather
> than being a USB ADSL modem (like the Alcatel frog), so maybe you could
> state
> the actual unit and version of the USB drivers that you use, for others to
> be
> sure they're comparing like with like... Peter M.
>
> --
>
> UK ADSL <http://tinyurl.com/dghgq> - Happy to save cash with Plus.Net!
>
> Unsuitable for heavy downloaders, but fine for video/audio streaming.

On 23 Nov 2005 20:39, "banzai" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Put in an adsl router and vpn works fine.

Glad you got it sorted. Routers make life easier, most of the time!