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Hi,
I am having problem with our branch office. . They have PIX 501 and here we
have PIX515. Last time when they lost VPN connection to our end, I told them
to reboot 501 (remote PIX) but VPN didnt come back. They do dynamic VPN to
515 end. To me rebooting 501 should bring the VPN back on, since they
initial VPN connection. I aksed a user to ping one of our machine here using
private IP from her computer because I thought that should help but didnt,
So finaly we had to telnet to 501 and do a ping inside in order to bring the
VPN on.
Is this normal? is there anyway to fix this issue?
Thanks for any help-Rob

In article <4496b76b$>, Rob <> wrote:

>I am having problem with our branch office. . They have PIX 501 and here we
>have PIX515. Last time when they lost VPN connection to our end, I told them
>to reboot 501 (remote PIX) but VPN didnt come back. They do dynamic VPN to
>515 end. To me rebooting 501 should bring the VPN back on, since they
>initial VPN connection. I aksed a user to ping one of our machine here using
>private IP from her computer because I thought that should help but didnt,

That -should- have worked.

>So finaly we had to telnet to 501 and do a ping inside in order to bring the
>VPN on.

>Is this normal? is there anyway to fix this issue?

Are you configured for isakmp identity address or for
isakmp identity hostname ? If you are configured for address then
it can take 20-30 minutes to be able to resume a connection after
the IP address changes.

"Walter Roberson" <> wrote in message
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> In article <4496b76b$>, Rob <> wrote:
>
> >I am having problem with our branch office. . They have PIX 501 and here
we
> >have PIX515. Last time when they lost VPN connection to our end, I told
them
> >to reboot 501 (remote PIX) but VPN didnt come back. They do dynamic VPN
to
> >515 end. To me rebooting 501 should bring the VPN back on, since they
> >initial VPN connection. I aksed a user to ping one of our machine here
using
> >private IP from her computer because I thought that should help but
didnt,
>
> That -should- have worked.
>
> >So finaly we had to telnet to 501 and do a ping inside in order to bring
the
> >VPN on.
>
> >Is this normal? is there anyway to fix this issue?
>
> Are you configured for isakmp identity address or for
> isakmp identity hostname ? If you are configured for address then
> it can take 20-30 minutes to be able to resume a connection after
> the IP address changes.

It is configured for IP:
On remote 501 I have:

isakmp enable outside
isakmp key ********* address 515-IP netmask 255.255.255.255
isakmp identity address
isakmp policy 10 authentication pre-share

On 515:
isakmp key ******** address 0.0.0.0 netmask 0.0.0.0 no-xauth no-config-mode
isakmp identity address
isakmp policy 10 authentication pre-share

The IP has not be changed, just we had a power failure on remote site (501)
and then even we rebotted PIX a couple of times or ping from a worksatation
didnt bring the VPN back up (Internet was up).
Any idea?
Thanks-Rob