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PostPosted: Sat May 03, 2014 8:10 pm    Post subject: [solved] Sonicwall NetExtender Reply with quote

Hello,

was anybody able to get SonicWall NetExtender to work on Gentoo. Login works, but then the client stops at stage "setting up tunnel". Is there a list of kernel options/packages needed to get this working.


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PostPosted: Sun Jun 08, 2014 8:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

It's silliness in the software package. After trying once (and killing it when it stalls), cd as root into /etc/ppp/ip-up.d and create a symlink sslvpnroute.sh -> sslvpnroute. Because they can't be bothered to name their file right. It should connect fine after that. Once it does so, go to /etc/ppp/ip-down.d and create another symlink sslvpnroutecleanup.sh -> sslvpnroutecleanup. This script gets deleted on disconnect, so you have to make the link while connected.

One thing I've found, when forced against my will to use netExtender, is that it behaves better using the CLI rather than the GUI. If your connection drops and is restarted, it tends to crash the GUI frontend. I just stuck a shell script in root's home with my commandline in it and kept a terminal tucked in a corner while on the vpn.
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 11, 2014 8:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thank you very much, this worked.
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 14, 2015 4:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Old thread or not, this is gold. Thank you for figuring this out charmquark, as NetExtender works wonderfully with your fix and without a need to set routes manually or make hack job custom scripts!
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PostPosted: Tue May 10, 2016 4:05 pm    Post subject: Awesome trick! Reply with quote

Worked for me, too. Thanks a bunch! :D
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 07, 2016 6:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Is still Gold!
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 08, 2016 4:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Old thread, but this needs to be sticky or something. This works with Gentoo and an SMA 400 I installed today expecting to have a working Linux client. I forgot how I made it work last year with a Sonicwall SSL-VPN 2000 and I have since re-installed Gentoo. I am so glad I re-found the thread!

Thanks charmquark!
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 11, 2016 4:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Same here
I had forgotten from Years ago.
Slackware also benefits from this info as does Arch.
I now have made a How-To note for myself which I usually do. Seems for some reason I believe I can remember everything .. Hah!
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 13, 2017 2:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Came here to just say this is still, after all this time, relevant. Thank you from a Manjaro user!
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 18, 2018 3:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Same here... this sort of ancient... bullshit-software works with your workaround like a treat.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 10, 2020 8:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

So I ran into problems after an update of the appliance I connect to....searched the web and stumbled upon my own nearly six year old thread to help me. Thank you past me.
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