[CentOS] Problem with AT&T VPN

[Tim Nelson]

----- Original Message -----
> I'm running a CentOS-5.6 server,
> which in general runs perfectly.
> My setting is possibly a little unusual:
> ADSL -> Billion 5200S RC modem/router -> CentOS-5.6 HP MicroServer
> -> Linksys WRT54GL router .
> 
> My daughter is just visiting me,
> and she has to contact her job using AT&T VPN
> on her laptop under Windows XP.
> 
> Unfortunately this does not work on my system
> when connected to the Linksys router by WiFi or ethernet.
> More precisely, the IBM Lotus "sametime" application does not work,
> and she cannot access the IBM Intranet homepage
> which she needs to use company tools and applications.
> 
> It works perfectly at a public WiFi site nearby.
> 

When VPN problems arise with specific applications, always look at MTU as a possible culprit.

--Tim