VPN and Airport Extreme (802.11n)

Thanks for your input, but alas, no joy.

Still getting the same symptoms. I have tried calling Apple, but they tell me that there is over a 1 hour wait for support for the Airport Extreme. The initial response that I got was that they didn't recommend I used VPN!

I really don't understand all this NAT stuff, but I think I followed your instructions, but I still don't have any connectivity to the shares in my office even though I am apparently connected.

Perhaps I should just go out and buy a D-link or something. Maybe I will ask my coffee shop what they have, as that obvioulsy works fine.

Your problem as to why the DMZ solution is not working for you is that you are using Parallels.

Parallels creates a virtual "second" network card in your Mac that it uses for Windows.

(depending on how you have Parallels set up)

So Windows will have it's own IP address and MAC address - separate from those of the mac that it is running on.

If you put the IP that your PC running in Parallels has into the DMZ your VPN from within Windows should work.

Don't go buy a D-Link or anything. This is a bug, and Apple will fix it.

I've tried the fixes listed here to no avail. Nortel
VPN again. Enabled default host, set the IP address
into the PC Laptop, gateways etc... no luck. This is
a deal breaker, I can't do my work.

Note to Apple, please fix this NOW or you are getting
your new Airport back.

You have not shared enough details to allow anyone to really help you.

I have Nortel working fine on a Dell laptop through my Express N - using the DMZ (Default host) workaround.

You say "I've tried the fixes listed to no avail" - which means what? There have meen many things discussed in the more than 90 posts in this thread.

1. Either Set your PC to a manual IP address, or in the Airport Utility reserve an IP for your PC.

2. Set that IP as the default host.

That should work just fine (Although it is a crappy workaround for a problem that should not exist, I admit).

I'm set up with a FIOS Router > AEBSn > AEBSg - trying to connect my work XP laptop via AEBSg and having the same issues describe on this thread.

So swapping the connection order of the AEBS devices would eliminate the AEBSn from the equation for the XP machine? Makes sense and seems better than opening up a windows machine to the internet. I'll give this approach a try.

I did it and it worked in my case. Just make sure that when you do that, you set the AEBSn in BRIDGE mode. I am assuming that before the AEBSn everything worked fine with the VPN, and that you had the previous setup.

I wondered whether anyone has used the OpenVPN client Tunnelblick with the Airport Extreme base station. I'm on a wireless network at home, and haven't been able to connect with this client (Tunnelblick-Tiger-2.0.1). I got the configuration for OpenVPN from our sys admin. Any tips would be greatly appreciated. The base station is connected to a cable modem via ethernet cable. Thanks,

Bruce

The Default Host hack worked until my GF got a new work laptop with a new version of Sonicwall. Now it won't connect at all.

John R posted an Apple case number for this bug.

Is there a way to followup on this? Maybe someplace online where we can enter the case number and see details? Or do I have to call? Will they even give a status?

I also have an official case with Apple. I was told that Apple is aware of the issue and that they will release either an update or firmware in the future. Could not get anything more from them.

I, too, am having some problems.

My old airport extreme saucer allowed me to connect via pptp to my corporate network without problems. The new slab is occasionally timing out, roughly every half an hour. This is not the nortel client, but it does share some similarities.

This is not a show stopper, but it is terribly tedious. If any apple folks want more information about config, etc., please feel free to ping me.

A typical PPTP log:

Thu Mar 8 12:14:40 2007 : PPTP connecting to server 'extname.mycompany.com' (qq.rr.ss.tt)...
Thu Mar 8 12:14:40 2007 : PPTP connection established.
Thu Mar 8 12:14:40 2007 : Using interface ppp0
Thu Mar 8 12:14:40 2007 : Connect: ppp0 <--> socket[34:17]
Thu Mar 8 12:14:40 2007 : MPPE 128-bit stateless compression enabled
Thu Mar 8 12:14:42 2007 : local IP address aa.bb.cc.111
Thu Mar 8 12:14:42 2007 : remote IP address aa.bb.cc.12
Thu Mar 8 12:14:42 2007 : primary DNS address xx.yy.zz.7
Thu Mar 8 12:14:42 2007 : secondary DNS address xx.yy.zz.8
Thu Mar 8 12:40:27 2007 : Hangup (SIGHUP)
Thu Mar 8 12:40:27 2007 : MPPE disabled
Thu Mar 8 12:40:30 2007 : Connection terminated.
Thu Mar 8 12:40:30 2007 : Connect time 25.8 minutes.
Thu Mar 8 12:40:30 2007 : Sent 1417915 bytes, received 3088477 bytes.
Thu Mar 8 12:40:30 2007 : PPTP disconnecting...
Thu Mar 8 12:40:30 2007 : PPTP disconnected

Scott

Looks like Apple posted an update, but I am on the road and cannot check it for a while. The description of the update that I saw did not sound like it addressed our problem. Can someone post if it makes any difference. I am particularily interested in the Nortel VPN Client.

Thanks!

This was a client fix for Macs, not for the base station.

Just wondering, does Apple really know what is going on here? This has major impacts to product quality. Anyway, I am having the exact same issue. I am trying to connect to my work via thier standard VPN client and I am not able to connect.

Has anybdy heard anythign from Apple? Are they working on the issue or just jerking us off here?

Yes, they know. I am in direct communications with an engineer about this.

It only seems to affect 3 VPN clients. And in my case, the DMZ hack worked until my GF's company upgraded her SonicWall client, now it doesn't work at all.

They are taking the time to determine what the fault is and who the fault lies in (the AEN deploys the most up to date/secure NAT).

If you have not called AppleCare, I would and report this issue, as well as give them every bit of info you can - Client software used, machine used, client version used, etc.

I solved the problem of Norton Contivity and the new apple 802.11N extreme by setting up a WDS.

This had to be done manually since the supplied wizard does not work.

For some reason the extreme then distributes my cable modem IP address rather than my AEBS IP. This works on my work compouter which is locked down so hard I cannot change any settings.

Unfortunately I cannot get my express and extreme to recognize each other, or stream I tunes.