Re: Can't ping AS400 through a VPN

Well,

        Tell your Firewall tech THANK YOU for knowing what they are doing,
as they most probably closed the ICMP path as well as many other services
that can be security risks...

        JMS..

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rosewood" <rosewood@gmx.de>
To: <midrange-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Monday, August 19, 2002 10:27 PM
Subject: Help: Can't ping AS400 through a VPN


> Ive ran into a strange problem.  I can not access/ping an AS400 when
> connecting through a VPN.  Every PC on the local network can ping,
> including the router.  However, when I connect through a VPN (Freeswan
> IPSec) I  can not ping or access the AS400 at all.  I can ping and
> access every other network recourse just fine, but not the AS400.
>
> Is there something about this I need to set up on the AS400?  I thought
> it was just a simple TCPIP telnet session, but aparently no.  Is there
> any way to get this working?  What settings do I need to change and
> where?
>
> Thanks yall, once again
>
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