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Encrypt packets and decrypt packets does not match
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Are you using split tunneling or allowing local lan access? It could be that you are encypting everything out of the client but not all the traffic you are sending should be sent through the VPN tunnel.
i.e if you don't have split tunneling on you could be encrypting spurious traffic that the network at the end of the VPN can't deal with and just drops, you would see traffic being encrypted down the tunnel but no replies would come.
I saw a problem like this caused be ARP broadcasts.
A good way to find out is to install ethereal or another packet sniffer on the system with the client and run it on the VPN interface (if you have the new client that installs a VPN interface that is) you can see all of the packets that are encrypted and see what should/shouldn't be there.
HTH
i.e if you don't have split tunneling on you could be encrypting spurious traffic that the network at the end of the VPN can't deal with and just drops, you would see traffic being encrypted down the tunnel but no replies would come.
I saw a problem like this caused be ARP broadcasts.
A good way to find out is to install ethereal or another packet sniffer on the system with the client and run it on the VPN interface (if you have the new client that installs a VPN interface that is) you can see all of the packets that are encrypted and see what should/shouldn't be there.
HTH
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