Question

Cisco PIX: Configuring NAT for One VPN Connection

Asked by: sabbakwa

Hardware: Cisco PIX 506E
Local Machine: 192.168.1.20
Remote Machine via VPN: 165.20.25.196
Assigned NAT: 192.168.212.15

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Architecture: I have a Cisco PIX that is used for several VPN connections. For all of my connections, I'm simply establishing the VPN connection and my IPSEC rule is configured from my local machine: 192.168.1.20 to their local machine on the remote side.

Problem: I now have a customer who tells that they already have a client who is allocated the 192.168.1.20 IP address and they provided me with an IP address of 192.168.212.15 to use.

1) How do I configure a NAT from 192.168.1.20 --> 192.168.212.15 for only this one VPN connection without messing up the configuration of my other VPN connections?

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Answers

 

by: lrmoorePosted on 2005-08-15 at 10:48:20ID: 14676438

Are you using site to site VPN tunnels?
If so, then instead of the standard no-nat access-list entry, create a new global with conditional nat and use the global as the vpn tunnel trigger:

access-list Customer2 permit ip host 192.168.1.20 host 165.20.25.196
global (outside) 192.168.212.15
nat (inside) access-list Customer2
access-list VPN_to_Cust2 permit ip host 192.168.212.15 host 165.20.25.196
crypto map mymap xx match address VPN_to_Cust2
crypto map mymap xx set peer a.b.c.d

 

by: sabbakwaPosted on 2005-08-15 at 11:32:21ID: 14676846

lrmoore,

Thanks for your response. I'd tried to incorporate your solution.

Here is my current configuration. It's currently not working.

---------------------------------------------------------

name 192.168.1.20 server
name 165.20.25.196 customer
name 192.168.218.157 nataddress
access-list inside_outbound_nat0_acl permit ip host nataddress host customer
access-list outside_cryptomap_20 permit ip host nataddress host customer
global (outside) 20 nataddress
nat (inside) 0 access-list inside_outbound_nat0_acl
nat (inside) 20 access-list inside_outbound_nat0_acl 0 0
nat (inside) 10 local_network 255.255.255.0 0 0
crypto ipsec transform-set ESP-3DES-MD5 esp-3des esp-md5-hmac
crypto map outside_map 20 ipsec-isakmp
crypto map outside_map 20 match address outside_cryptomap_20
crypto map outside_map 20 set peer 165.20.52.37
crypto map outside_map 20 set peer server
crypto map outside_map 20 set transform-set ESP-3DES-MD5
crypto map outside_map interface outside
isakmp enable outside
isakmp key presharedkey address 165.20.52.37 netmask 255.255.255.255 no-xauth no-config-mode
isakmp policy 20 authentication pre-share
isakmp policy 20 encryption 3des
isakmp policy 20 hash md5
isakmp policy 20 group 2
isakmp policy 20 lifetime 86400

---------------------------------------------------------

Also... my PDM isn't working any longer. It says that PDM does not support "policy NAT" command in your configuration.

What does that mean?

 

by: lrmoorePosted on 2005-08-15 at 12:28:15ID: 14677347

You can't have it both ways with nat 0 and nat 20 using the same acl.
nat 20 with access-list = policy nat. Update PDM to 3.0(3) and I think it will be supported. Else we might have to come up with something else..

Starting with what you have, assuming that you have other connections too...

\\do not exclude traffic from server to customer in the nat 0 acl:
no access-list inside_outbound_nat0_acl permit ip host nataddress host customer

\\do not use the same nat 0 acl for nat 20
no nat (inside) 20 access-list inside_outbound_nat0_acl 0 0

\\create a new acl to define nat for server to customer
access-list nat_to_customer permit ip host server host customer

\\apply that acl to the new nat 20 which matches the global 20 with the nataddress
nat (inside) 20 access-list nat_to_customer

Your crypto map is correct with the matching outside_cryptomap_20 acl


 

by: sabbakwaPosted on 2005-08-15 at 15:27:56ID: 14678630

lrMoore,

We've made some progress.

Here is my current configuration:

----------------------------------------------------------

name 192.168.1.20 server
name 165.20.25.196 customer
access-list outside_cryptomap_20 permit ip host 192.168.212.15 host customer
access-list nat_to_customer permit ip host server host customer
global (outside) 20 192.168.212.15
nat (inside) 20 access-list nat_to_customer 0 0
crypto ipsec transform-set ESP-3DES-MD5 esp-3des esp-md5-hmac
crypto map outside_map 20 ipsec-isakmp
crypto map outside_map 20 match address outside_cryptomap_20
crypto map outside_map 20 set peer 165.20.25.196
crypto map outside_map 20 set transform-set ESP-3DES-MD5
crypto map outside_map interface outside
isakmp enable outside
isakmp key presharedkey address 165.20.25.196 netmask 255.255.255.255 no-xauth no-config-mode
isakmp policy 20 authentication pre-share
isakmp policy 20 encryption 3des
isakmp policy 20 hash md5
isakmp policy 20 group 2
isakmp policy 20 lifetime 86400

----------------------------------------------------------

My PDM Log shows this:

Built Dynamic TCP translation from inside:192.168.1.20/32824 to outside(nat_to_customer):192.168.212.15/1028
Built outbound TCP connection 5 for outside:165.20.25.196/5500 (165.20.25.196/5500) to inside:192.168.1.20/32824(192.168.212.15/1028)

----------------------------------------------------------

When I enable #debug crypto isakmp and #debug crypto ipsec, I see this:

IPSEC(sa_initiate): ACL = deny; no sa created
IPSEC(sa_initiate): ACL = deny; no sa created

----------------------------------------------------------

What do you suggest?

 

by: lrmoorePosted on 2005-08-15 at 20:07:34ID: 14679895

Can you post result of
sho access-list
sho cry is sa
sho cry ip sa

 

by: sabbakwaPosted on 2005-08-16 at 06:35:14ID: 14682393

Results of #sho access-list

access-list cached ACL log flows: total 0, denied 0 (deny-flow-max 1024)
            alert-interval 300
access-list outside_cryptomap_20; 1 elements
access-list outside_cryptomap_20 line 1 permit ip host 192.168.212.15 host customer (hitcnt=38)
access-list nat_to_customer; 1 elements
access-list nat_to_customer line 1 permit ip host server host customer(hitcnt=13)

------------------------------------------------------------------

Results of #sho cry is SA

Total     : 0
Embryonic : 0
        dst               src        state     pending     created

------------------------------------------------------------------

interface: outside
    Crypto map tag: outside_map, local addr. 66.66.66.66

   local  ident (addr/mask/prot/port): (server/255.255.255.255/0/0)
   remote ident (addr/mask/prot/port): (customer/255.255.255.255/0/0)
   current_peer: 198.198.198.198:0
     PERMIT, flags={origin_is_acl,}
    #pkts encaps: 0, #pkts encrypt: 0, #pkts digest 0
    #pkts decaps: 0, #pkts decrypt: 0, #pkts verify 0
    #pkts compressed: 0, #pkts decompressed: 0
    #pkts not compressed: 0, #pkts compr. failed: 0, #pkts decompress failed: 0
    #send errors 0, #recv errors 0

     local crypto endpt.: 66.66.66.66, remote crypto endpt.: 198.198.198.198
     path mtu 1500, ipsec overhead 0, media mtu 1500
     current outbound spi: 0

     inbound esp sas:


     inbound ah sas:

             
     inbound pcp sas:
             
             
     outbound esp sas:
             
             
     outbound ah sas:
             
             
     outbound pcp sas:

------------------------------------------------------------------

I'm thinking the problem is on the remote side? What you think?

 

by: lrmoorePosted on 2005-08-16 at 06:42:07ID: 14682458

> local  ident (addr/mask/prot/port): (server/255.255.255.255/0/0)  <== this should be nataddress, not server
>   remote ident (addr/mask/prot/port): (customer/255.255.255.255/0/0)

>It should be using this acl to determine local/remote
access-list outside_cryptomap_20 line 1 permit ip host 192.168.212.15 host customer (hitcnt=38)
crypto map outside_map 20 match address outside_cryptomap_20  <== is this still accurate?

Try saving your config and rebooting the PIX..



 

by: sabbakwaPosted on 2005-08-16 at 07:06:55ID: 14682749

Results of #sho cry is sa

Total     : 1
Embryonic : 1
        dst               src        state     pending     created
   198.198.198.198    66.66.66.66    MM_NO_STATE   0           0

------------------------------------------------------------------

local  ident (addr/mask/prot/port): (nataddress/255.255.255.255/0/0)

------------------------------------------------------------------

crypto map outside_map 20 match address outside_cryptomap_20 is still present.

 

by: lrmoorePosted on 2005-08-16 at 07:15:15ID: 14682821

>  MM_NO_STATE  
Failing phase 1 ISAKMP negotiation.
  QM_IDLE is what you're looking for

Possible pre-shared key mismatch. Suggest setting up a new key on both ends. They must match exactly  
Make sure other end policy matches yours....

isakmp policy 20 authentication pre-share
isakmp policy 20 encryption 3des
isakmp policy 20 hash md5
isakmp policy 20 group 2
isakmp policy 20 lifetime 86400

Other end must match exact, but the [20] can be any number...

 

by: sabbakwaPosted on 2005-08-16 at 07:35:42ID: 14683000

Actually, there was a network configuration on my side and now I'm able to get the VPN up.

  198.198.198.198    66.66.66.66    QM_IDLE   0           0

 

by: sabbakwaPosted on 2005-08-16 at 07:40:01ID: 14683035

Thank you for getting me through this configuration. I really appreciate your assistance.

 

by: lrmoorePosted on 2005-08-16 at 09:29:52ID: 14684277

Glad you're working!

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