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We have numerous RV042's (not RVS042) in place and once in a while they get locked in that state. &nbsp;The connect 'button' does not always re-establish the connection but powering off for 60 seconds does. &nbsp;It might be worth a try. &nbsp;The 881 is a more dependable it and less likely to be the source of problems.
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We have numerous RV042's (not RVS042) in place and once in a while they get locked in that state.  The connect 'button' does not always re-establish the connection but powering off for 60 seconds does.  It might be worth a try.  The 881 is a more dependable it and less likely to be the source of problems.

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No other reason given from community. Figured it out myself.
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No other reason given from community. Figured it out myself.

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Hello - I have a Cisco 881 and RVS042 that connect to each other using an IPsec VPN. The connection has recently dropped. While I have experience with the RVS042 interface, I do not have command line Cisco experience and I need to get this VPN restarted.<br />
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According to the RVS042, the connect says &quot;waiting for connection&quot;. So, Im guessing the main Cisco 881 router needs to initiate the connection. If I click &quot;Connect&quot; it just comes back to &quot;waiting for connection&quot;.<br />
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NOTE: Nothing has changed on either router with respect to their original working configs. So this might just be an issue where I need to restart the tunnel but I dont know how from the 881 command line.<br />
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I can also get access to the 881's command line if that helps.<br />
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Thanks in advance!
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Hello - I have a Cisco 881 and RVS042 that connect to each other using an IPsec VPN. The connection has recently dropped. While I have experience with the RVS042 interface, I do not have command line Cisco experience and I need to get this VPN restarted.

According to the RVS042, the connect says "waiting for connection". So, Im guessing the main Cisco 881 router needs to initiate the connection. If I click "Connect" it just comes back to "waiting for connection".

NOTE: Nothing has changed on either router with respect to their original working configs. So this might just be an issue where I need to restart the tunnel but I dont know how from the 881 command line.

I can also get access to the 881's command line if that helps.

Thanks in advance!

Cisco 881 and RVS042 VPN Down

A router is a networking device that forwards data packets between computer networks. Routers perform the "traffic directing" functions on the Internet. The most familiar type of routers are home and small office cable or DSL routers that simply pass data, such as web pages, email, IM, and videos between computers and the Internet. More sophisticated routers, such as enterprise routers, connect large business or ISP networks up to the powerful core routers that forward data at high speed along the optical fiber lines of the Internet backbone. Though routers are typically dedicated hardware devices, use of software-based routers has grown increasingly common.

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A virtual private network (VPN) is a network that uses a public telecommunication infrastructure, such as the Internet, to provide remote offices or travelling users access to a central organizational network securely. VPNs encapsulate data transfers using secure cryptographic methods and other security mechanisms to ensure that only authorized users can access the network and that the data cannot be intercepted.

Internet Protocol Security (IPsec) is a protocol suite for secure Internet Protocol (IP) communications by authenticating and encrypting each IP packet of a communication session. IPsec includes protocols for establishing mutual authentication between agents at the beginning of the session and negotiation of cryptographic keys to be used during the session. IPsec can be used in protecting data flows between a pair of hosts (host-to-host), between a pair of security gateways (network-to-network), or between a security gateway and a host (network-to-host). IPsec is an end-to-end security scheme operating in the Internet Layer of the Internet Protocol Suite.