How do I troubleshoot VPN tunnel?

Problems maintaining a VPN connection

  1. Check for network ACLs in your VPC that prevent the attached VPN from establishing a connection.
  2. Verify that the security group rules assigned to the EC2 instances in your VPC allow appropriate access.
  3. Verify that the route tables attached to your VPC are properly configured.

How do I check tunnel status in NetScreen?

To view the status of the tunnel via CLI, Telnet/SSH/Console into the Firewall. Once logged in, enter get sa ; and then press [enter]. In the case of multiple VPN Tunnels, search through the Gateway column for the IP address of the Remote Gateway of the tunnel in question.

What is VPN flapping?

In computer networking and telecommunications, route flapping occurs when a router alternately advertises a destination network via one route then another, or as unavailable and then available again, in quick sequence.

Why are tunnels flapping?

CAUSE: One of the reasons for the tunnel flapping or not passing traffic is if the SPI number is not stable. A software bug may be the issue, lifetime for phase 1 and phase 2 are not the same so rekey is happening. Proxy ID are mismatching so rekey is happening frequently.

How do I check my IPsec tunnel?

To view status information about active IPsec tunnels, use the show ipsec tunnel command. This command prints status output for all IPsec tunnels, and it also supports printing tunnel information individually by providing the tunnel ID.

What is NetScreen firewall?

NetScreen Technologies developed ASIC-based Internet security systems and appliances that delivered high performance firewall, VPN and traffic shaping functionality to Internet data centers, e-business sites, broadband service providers and application service providers.

What is Juniper ScreenOS?

ScreenOS is a real-time embedded operating system for the NetScreen range of hardware firewall devices from Juniper Networks. ScreenOS. Developer. Juniper Networks.

What does Dead Peer Detection do?

Dead Peer Detection (DPD) is a method of detecting a dead Internet Key Exchange (IKE) peer. The method uses IPsec traffic patterns to minimize the number of messages required to confirm the availability of a peer.

What is BGP flapping?

BGP route flapping describes the situation in which BGP systems send an excessive number of update messages to advertise network reachability information.

How do you bounce a VPN tunnel?

  1. Go to Monitoring, then select VPN from the list of Interfaces.
  2. Then expand VPN statistics and click on Sessions.
  3. Choose the type of tunnel you’re looking for from the drop-down at the right (IPSEC Site-To-Site for example.)
  4. Click on the tunnel you wish to reset and then click Logout in order to reset the tunnel.

What is ipsec DPD failure?

The IPSEC tunnel may fail when excessive Dead Peer Detection (DPD) messages are exchanged. This issue occurs when the following condition is met: Excessive DPD messages are exchanged.