FreeS/WAN VPN Setup problem

[ses123]

I'm setting up a VPN between two slackware 9.0 machines using FreeS/WAN. I have ipsec successfully running on both of them. Here's my ipsec.conf :

config setup
interfaces="ipsec0=eth1"
#klipsdebug=all
#plutodebug=dns
conn net-to-net
left=192.168.8.2
leftsubnet=192.168.17.0/24
leftnexthop=192.168.8.1
right=192.168.7.2
rightsubnet=192.168.15.0/24
rightnexthop=192.168.7.1
auto=start
esp=3des-md5-96

While I'm trying to do "ipsec auto --up net-to-net", I get the "021 No connection named net-to-net" . Can someone plzz help me where I'm doing wrong? Thank you very much.

 

[lgarner]

Try "ipsec auto --add net-to-net" first.

 

[enigma174]

The line that says "auto=start" causes the connection to be started on boot (or on restart of the ipsec service).
If you want to bring up the connection manually (eg when testing), you need to change this to "auto=add".