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#114680 27-Feb-2013 12:38
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I have been using a SSTP connection to our Geekzone servers lately and noticed that it works really well over mobile data (Telecom 3G and LTE, 2degrees 3G) with SSTP connection staying up for hours.

On TelstraClear cable the same connection with the same target server gets disconnected every couple of minutes, as soon as traffic starts.

Any ideas? Any way to trace this? 




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  #771104 27-Feb-2013 15:30
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I spent most of this morning connected to Telecom LTE in town and had no problem accesing the SSTP VPN server, with no disconnections.

Back at home on TelstraClear cable and the SSTP VPN connection drops as soon as any traffic goes through it. I have connected directly to the modem to rule out a router configuration problem, but still the same.





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  #771109 27-Feb-2013 15:37
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Have you tcpdumped/wiresharked both ends, and observed the disconnect?

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  #771111 27-Feb-2013 15:38
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Nope.




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  #771115 27-Feb-2013 15:46
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Try it, then.  You can filter all the crap in wireshark down by specifying just the IP of the SSTP server.  You want to look at what's sent/recieved around the time of the disconnect, in particular if there are packets sent at one end that don't show up at the other.

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  #771121 27-Feb-2013 15:53
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Ok, ran Wireshark on my side and got this so far (click for larger version):




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  #771126 27-Feb-2013 16:06
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Are you seeing any events in the event log on the server/client ends around the time of the disconnects? Is it possible to test SSTP over a different port (other than 80/443) to rule out any transparent proxy weirdness?

 
 
 
 

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  #771129 27-Feb-2013 16:12
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No error in either machine. Client shows RASMAN entry:

"CoID={385424BA-71C7-457E-B9D2-8A5FCDFA4EC8}: The connection to VPN Connection to Geekzone Servers made by user Administrator using device VPN0-1 was disconnected."

Which is expected, and nothing on the server side.

Can't test on another port because the idea is to use SSTP which goes over port 443 and wouldn't require changes in the server side hardware firewall.







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  #771132 27-Feb-2013 16:19
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The wireshark screen shot shows no traffic going the other way, ( ie from 202.175.128.168) very odd

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  #771133 27-Feb-2013 16:22
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Probably because it was filtered one way only... There was certainly some traffic - ping /t running in the background and that was fine, until I fired up a SQL Studio session and tried a query and that instantly got the session terminated (and no it's not when using SQL Studio only, it happens sometimes browsing the server or a shared folder).




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  #771452 28-Feb-2013 09:09
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freitasm: Ok, ran Wireshark on my side and got this so far (click for larger version):



Loads of retransmitted TCP... nothing coming back.  Either the packets aren't making the way to the other side, OR the replies aren't making their way back.  The only way you can determine which it is, is by wiresharking the other end.

Other question: can you post a screenshot scrolling up, showing the last few packets coming from 202.175.128.168.

Also have you tried doing this with a different router at the client end, or bypassing the router entirely and plugging your PC into the cable modem?

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  #771454 28-Feb-2013 09:10
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The other end is the Datacom datacenter. SSTP works fine on any other network connecting to the server but TelstraClear. Yes, tried with my laptop connected directly to the cable modem...

The screnshot show one direction only because it's filtered...

I will get another trace from both sides later.




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  #771466 28-Feb-2013 09:20
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freitasm: The other end is the Datacom datacenter. SSTP works fine on any other network connecting to the server but TelstraClear. Yes, tried with my laptop connected directly to the cable modem...

The screnshot show one direction only because it's filtered...

I will get another trace from both sides later.


Can you give us a screenshot showing both directions (maybe filter based on host and port)?

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  #771477 28-Feb-2013 09:29
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Here is a screenshot with traffic both ways just before disconnection.




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  #771602 28-Feb-2013 11:29
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These are two traces collected from both sides:

Client side
Server side

Can't see anything strange here...




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  #771659 28-Feb-2013 12:50
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It looks as though your server has stopped sending ACK packets to the client. This leads to the client resetting the connection due to an assumed transmission failure.

You may want to check that the sequence numbers of packets sent by the client match those received by the server, and there are no missing numbers in the sequence.

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