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    Question for those who has Sierra Wireless MC8355 Gobi 3000 card and Verizon - is Cisco VPN Client working for you?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by bimbim, May 19, 2011.

  1. bimbim

    bimbim Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi All,

    I received my X220T on Monday, so far I have been loving it. One issue I found is when I use the built-in Sierra Wireless MC8355 Gobi 3000 and Verizon Wireless to connect to VPN using Cisco VPN Client, I am not able to connect to any of the machines within the VPN. The Cisco VPN client connected to the server and authenticated fine, it's just that I cannot see any of the machines within the VPN. Ping does not work, trace route does not work.

    If I use WLAN at home with Cisco VPN client, everything is OK.

    So here is the scenario I tested:
    Intel wireless card + WLAN at home + Cisco VPN client = Internet OK, VPN network OK
    Gobi 3000 + Verizon wireless = Internet OK
    Gobi 3000 + Verizon wireless + Cisco VPN Client = Internet OK, but cannot connect to machines within the VPN

    Anyone has Verizon and Cisco VPN client? Can you please try this out and let me know? I want to know if this issue just happens to me or others.

    Any idea on what I should try? I also tried to find Verizon Wireless Access Manager software from VZAccess Manager, but Sierra Wireless MC8355 is not listed as supported device yet.

    Thanks.
     
    bimbim, May 19, 2011
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  2. pkincy

    pkincy Notebook Evangelist

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    Sounds like a call to Verizon is in order. I did have to download a new citrix version for win 7 64 bit, but all works well. I am on Verizon mifi 2200 not the new gobi however.
     
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    Aluminum Notebook Consultant

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    I know a lot of consumer mobile broadband is lumped in there by default while cards/phones/etc activated through many corporate accounts are not.

    If you are only testing "internet OK" via surfing/email/etc, it won't expose NAT issues. Besides VPN, firing up a TOR connection is a surefire test to see if anything is being mucked with ;)

    I'm not really familiar with other carriers, but I had to update my TM account to be able to use the NAT-free gateway though it didn't cost extra.
     
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    bimbim Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thanks pkincy and Aluminum for your feedback.

    I did call Verizon (twice now), none of them knows what is going on. They give standard answer - reboot your machine and retry which I have tried of course. All they care is I can get on internet.

    Aluminum - you lost me in those acronyms. ;) I know NAT, but what is TOR? I assume TM = T-mobile?

    Thanks.
     
    bimbim, May 19, 2011
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