Im having some issues with a connection to a remote site.
We currently have numerous remote sites all connected by VPN using the following setup:
HQ internet - HQ - Cisco ASA5505 - 2wire ADSL modem - internet - 2wire ASDL modem - Cisco ASA5505 - Remote Site
The internet between the 2wire modems is solely used for the VPN connection between HQ and the remote site.
We have had numerous issues with the BT supplied 2wire modems, so I've recently setup a remote site like this:
HQ internet - HQ - Cisco 887 Router/Modem - internet - Cisco 887 Router/Modem - Remote Site
This is gave us great control over the connection as BT have a habit of rolling out updates to the modems which has caused problems in the past.
The main issue we've had since the installing the new routers is the connection does not seem stable. The VPN does not appear to go down but if I PING a remote PC from HQ, usually the 1st or 3rd PING will fail (after some more testing its almost always the 3rd PING that fails) then it appears quite stable and very few PINGs after the initial ones are dropped. Citrix sessions are dropping out every 10minutes or so on the remote site.
I'm no expert when it comes to ADSL, I've been reading that MTU can effect performance. The ASAs were all configured to use an MTU of 1500 and I've tried that and various other values on the 887 routers and we still experience the same issues.
The 887 config is fairly bare bones, it has literally the VPN/ADSL configured and very little else.
Anyone came across a similar issue? I can provide the Cisco configs etc if needed.
We currently have numerous remote sites all connected by VPN using the following setup:
HQ internet - HQ - Cisco ASA5505 - 2wire ADSL modem - internet - 2wire ASDL modem - Cisco ASA5505 - Remote Site
The internet between the 2wire modems is solely used for the VPN connection between HQ and the remote site.
We have had numerous issues with the BT supplied 2wire modems, so I've recently setup a remote site like this:
HQ internet - HQ - Cisco 887 Router/Modem - internet - Cisco 887 Router/Modem - Remote Site
This is gave us great control over the connection as BT have a habit of rolling out updates to the modems which has caused problems in the past.
The main issue we've had since the installing the new routers is the connection does not seem stable. The VPN does not appear to go down but if I PING a remote PC from HQ, usually the 1st or 3rd PING will fail (after some more testing its almost always the 3rd PING that fails) then it appears quite stable and very few PINGs after the initial ones are dropped. Citrix sessions are dropping out every 10minutes or so on the remote site.
I'm no expert when it comes to ADSL, I've been reading that MTU can effect performance. The ASAs were all configured to use an MTU of 1500 and I've tried that and various other values on the 887 routers and we still experience the same issues.
The 887 config is fairly bare bones, it has literally the VPN/ADSL configured and very little else.
Anyone came across a similar issue? I can provide the Cisco configs etc if needed.
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