Iphone 3G, Tethering, and IBM

So I was ecstatic about the new 3.0 features for the iPhone but the thing that really caught my eye was the ability to tether. I was thinking "hey, I can finally take road trips with my buddies while still working". So i get the update and tether successfully... I then go to connect to my vpn server which is over ipsec through AT&T Dialer and it gets stuck at Authentication... So now I have no idea what to do.

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Hello myiphone0,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
For more information on this, take a look at:
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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3780
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