A Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) client is unable to connect to the Internet using a 3G USB dongle.
In traffic log or TSE debug log, there are a number of blocked packet entries pointing to Ethernet frames with Ethernet Types seemingly random. (ie 0x92)
SEP is incorrectly detecting some frames with mising ethernet headers. Those IP packets are detected as Ethernet frames with a seemingly random Eternet Type value, which leads them to being blocked by Network Threat Protection (NTP), SEP's firewall component.
This issue is resolved in RU7 MP3 and in SEP 12.1 RU2 MP1.
Should it not be possible to immediately update the client, the following workaround can be applied:
- Create a Blank rule in the Firewall policy and move it at the top
- Rule Name : 3G USB workaround
- Service : a) add - IP, b) add - Ethernet - Protocol type leave blank
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