Sorry for the long message, but all I am trying to do is establish a host to host VPN. On one side I have Redhat Enterprise Linux 4 and the other I have Fedora Core3 I will call them A & B Respectively; The setups of A & B are at the end of this mail. I can ifup ipsec0 on both hosts. But when I ping from B->A I get: # ping 192.168.0.200 connect: Resource temporarily unavailable >From A->B I get 50% packet loss: # ping 192.168.0.203 PING 192.168.0.203 (192.168.0.203) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 192.168.0.203: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.707 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.0.203: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.663 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.0.203: icmp_seq=5 ttl=64 time=0.660 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.0.203: icmp_seq=7 ttl=64 time=0.605 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.0.203: icmp_seq=9 ttl=64 time=0.644 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.0.203: icmp_seq=11 ttl=64 time=0.669 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.0.203: icmp_seq=13 ttl=64 time=0.647 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.0.203: icmp_seq=15 ttl=64 time=0.666 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.0.203: icmp_seq=17 ttl=64 time=0.665 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.0.203: icmp_seq=19 ttl=64 time=0.675 ms --- 192.168.0.203 ping statistics --- 20 packets transmitted, 10 received, 50% packet loss, time 19005ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.605/0.660/0.707/0.027 ms, pipe 2 In /var/log /messages I see that the connections on both sides are established: A : Mar 8 11:45:49 saturn racoon: INFO: respond new phase 2 negotiation: 192.168.0.200[0]<=>192.168.0.203[0] Mar 8 11:45:50 saturn racoon: INFO: IPsec-SA established: AH/Transport 192.168.0.203->192.168.0.200 spi=140466698(0x85f5a0a) Mar 8 11:45:50 saturn racoon: INFO: IPsec-SA established: ESP/Transport 192.168.0.203->192.168.0.200 spi=90498626(0x564e642) Mar 8 11:45:50 saturn racoon: INFO: IPsec-SA established: AH/Transport 192.168.0.200->192.168.0.203 spi=10443078(0x9f5946) Mar 8 11:45:50 saturn racoon: INFO: IPsec-SA established: ESP/Transport 192.168.0.200->192.168.0.203 spi=34513017(0x20ea079) B: Mar 8 09:45:57 sirius racoon: INFO: initiate new phase 2 negotiation: 192.168.0.203[0]<=>192.168.0.200[0] Mar 8 09:45:58 sirius racoon: INFO: IPsec-SA established: AH/Transport 192.168.0.200->192.168.0.203 spi=10443078(0x9f5946) Mar 8 09:45:58 sirius racoon: INFO: IPsec-SA established: ESP/Transport 192.168.0.200->192.168.0.203 spi=34513017(0x20ea079) Mar 8 09:45:58 sirius racoon: INFO: IPsec-SA established: AH/Transport 192.168.0.203->192.168.0.200 spi=140466698(0x85f5a0a) Mar 8 09:45:58 sirius racoon: INFO: IPsec-SA established: ESP/Transport 192.168.0.203->192.168.0.200 spi=90498626(0x564e642) If I try to telnet from A->B to a TCP port (mysql ) it just sits there: # telnet 192.168.0.203 3306 Trying 192.168.0.203... And from B->A I get: # telnet 192.168.0.200 22 Trying 192.168.0.200... telnet: connect to address 192.168.0.200: Resource temporarily unavailable telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Resource temporarily unavailable This problem really is frustrating me. I believe that the problem is with the Fedora side although I cannot determine for sure. Any help will really be appreciated. A is setup as follows: ifcfg-ipsec0: DEVICE=ipsec0 DST=192.168.0.203 TYPE=IPsec ONBOOT=no IKE_METHOD=PSK racoon.conf: path include "/etc/racoon"; path pre_shared_key "/etc/racoon/psk.txt"; path certificate "/etc/racoon/certs"; log debug; sainfo anonymous { pfs_group 2; lifetime time 1 hour ; encryption_algorithm 3des, blowfish 448, rijndael ; authentication_algorithm hmac_sha1, hmac_md5 ; compression_algorithm deflate ; } include "/etc/racoon/192.168.0.203.conf"; B is setup like thus: DEVICE=ipsec0 DST=192.168.0.200 TYPE=IPsec ONBOOT=no IKE_METHOD=PSK path include "/etc/racoon"; path pre_shared_key "/etc/racoon/psk.txt"; path certificate "/etc/racoon/certs"; log debug; sainfo anonymous { pfs_group 2; lifetime time 1 hour ; encryption_algorithm 3des, blowfish 448, rijndael ; authentication_algorithm hmac_sha1, hmac_md5 ; compression_algorithm deflate ; } include "/etc/racoon/192.168.0.200.conf"; The /etc/racoon/psk.txt file has the same key on both sides. -- slr. 'Dont queue mail with Sendmail, send mail with Qmail ... ' b0n0b0 #qmail on efnet key: 0x0B65ABDC - http://wwwkeys.pgp.net:11371