10-09-2009 05:08 AM
I have an XP PC which is at a remote site, which I need to connect to my company's network via VPN client. This PC has 2 NIC cards - one for a private LAN, which receives data via multicast, and a public LAN, which will be used for VPN.
When I connect the VPN, the multicast receiving stops. Is there any way to enable it on the second (private) NIC card?
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10-09-2009 08:03 AM
Can you go into the Network Properties of the card, and disable / uncheck the Deterministic Network Enhancer, and see if that makes a difference?
10-09-2009 05:46 AM
Do you receive any other traffic on that interface? Unicast? Or is it just multicast that stops?
10-09-2009 06:06 AM
I receive other traffic on that interface. Seems everything works on that NIC except multicast, like that address space has been "disabled".
10-09-2009 06:24 AM
Can you enable logging on the VPN client to Level 15. What you would do is first enable logging and change all the log levels to 3, then close the GUI. Open the vpnclient.ini file under c:\program files\cisco systems\vpn client\ and change all the LogLevel=3 to LogLevel=15. Save the file, then launch the GUI, and launch the Log Window - don't change any Log settings.
Once you connect, see if you catch anything in the logs when receiving multicast traffic about it being dropped etc. You could also run wireshark on that interface to see if the physical interface actually sees the packet.
10-09-2009 07:04 AM
No, I don't. I see a bunch of stuff with the VPN connecting, but nothing about multicast traffic.
10-09-2009 07:11 AM
What about wireshark?
10-09-2009 07:34 AM
I've installed wireshark, but evidently it can't see my network cards. Maybe I need to reboot...
10-09-2009 07:47 AM
Wireshark shows the multicast traffic on the second NIC card until the VPN connects. Then it disappears altogether.
10-09-2009 08:03 AM
Can you go into the Network Properties of the card, and disable / uncheck the Deterministic Network Enhancer, and see if that makes a difference?
10-09-2009 09:00 AM
WOW...that seemed to work....you're a genius. Thank you very much!
10-09-2009 09:28 AM
Oh, good. Would appreciate if you could rate the post!
Thanks!
10-09-2009 09:47 AM
Done!! I can't thank you enough. This just saved a lot of travel, and thousands of dollars of troubleshooting.
10-09-2009 10:09 AM
Glad I could help!
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