hi list... how u all doing...
well, i have quite a complicated situation.. i am setting up a connection to the internet using a VPN tunnel, and RADIUS.. here is the network layout...
1. requesting user with Windows 98 VPN client
2. pass-thru via multi-homed Windows 2000 Server running Remote Access Server and Routing VPN server, connected to Windows 98 segment and Linux masquerader segment
3. authenticated by RADIUS server located on the Windows 2000 Server and masquerader segment
3. masqueraded thru a linux box using IPChains and two network cards onto the public internet
4. connection to the cisco router gateway and then redirected back to squid server, transparently....
now, here is how it works... a user on the Windows 98 box launches MS-VPN client which is configured to connect to the Windows 2000 Server box.. the Win2k box then uses its Remote Access and Routing server to send Radius Auth and Accounting packets to the RADIUS server on its second network interface...
the authentication goes well, and the Windows 98 user is authenticated and connected, then assigned an IP on the Linux masquerader network, effectively using VPN to localise the user....
now, when it comes to using the internet, the Windows 98 user can connect to all local web servers and other non-HTTP services anywhere.. the problem comes when the user sends an HTTP request to a non-local domain, such as www.yahoo.com or www.cnn.com... the user can resolve the domain name, and connect to the site, but can't download any content.. the connection just sits there, hanging, and waiting, and nothing happens....
we had a feeling it might have something to do with squid, so we disabled the transparent redirect on the router, and voila, we were able to connect, albeit without squid, which meant a little slower... when we re-enabled squid, we got the same problem again....
upon running sniffer, we saw that the windows 98 box makes several re-transmissions.... and then becomes considered an un-responsive station....
could anyone have any idea why this connection doesn't work with the squid enabled...?.. even with squid IPs defined in the browser, same problem... does the IP change squid does to the packet make the return packet null and void to the windows 98 user..?..
all help will be appreciated.. thanks...
AKNIT
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