Lion Server Gateway Issues

Hello,
I have a perplexing issue with both my own server and a client's server. In both cases I am trying to configure a Lion server as a gateway (Firewall, DNS, DHCP, NAT) and I am unable to get the services working consistently. If I am able to get my server(s) functioning as gateways I lose DHCP any time the service restarts.
I have been able to reproduce this issue on two separate networks in two different locations on two separate static IPs with both a Mac Pro and a Mac Mini.
1. I setup reverse DNS with both ISPs.
2. I began with a fresh 10.7.0 server installation from the recovery partition, the I configured my static IP address and FQDN during the Setup Assistant, rDNS checked out fine, and after the assistant was done I immediately ran updates.
3. After restarting I configured my DNS. I setup a machine address for the server and linked my FCDN to my static IP address.
4. I downloaded Server Admin Tools 10.7.2 from http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1457 and installed them. I ran Software Update again to make sure the system was completely up to date.
5. Using Server Admin I enabled NAT and ran the Gateway Setup Assistant.
6. After running Gateway Setup Assistant the LAN was unable to obtain IP addresses via DHCP. Devices connected to the LAN had self-assigned IP addresses.
7. I opened the Firewall for both "any" and "192.168.1.1-net" by allowing both IP address groups to allow all traffic.
Still no luck. A little Googling and I found http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3887 - "Unable to connect to the Internet after running NAT Gateway Setup Assistant".
8. I follwed the instructions in TS3887 and my LAN was still unable to obtain an IP address via DHCP.
After 3 days of trial and error I have found that my DHCP settings are being reset whenever I start/stop/start DHCP services. Whenever I restart the DHCP service I get one of the following error message sequences in /var/system.log:
Jan 25 16:19:43 server servermgrd[71]: servermgr_dhcp:bootp config:Error:Unable to read configuration file - error 2 (No such file or directory)
Jan 25 16:19:43 server servermgrd[71]: servermgr_dhcp:bootp config:Notice:Created default configuration file
Jan 25 16:19:43 server servermgrd[71]: servermgr_dhcp:bootp config:Notice:Created 2 default subnet records
or
Jan 25 16:15:50 server serveradmin[4843]: servermgr_dhcp:bootp config:Error:Unable to read configuration file - error 2 (No such file or directory)
Jan 25 16:15:50 server serveradmin[4843]: servermgr_dhcp:bootp config:Notice:Created default configuration file
Jan 25 16:15:50 server serveradmin[4843]: servermgr_dhcp:bootp config:Notice:Created 1 default subnet records
As it turns out, something is overwriting /etc/bootpd.plist:
sh-3.2# ls -al /etc/bootpd.plist
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 1536 Jan 25 16:20 /etc/bootpd.plist
sh-3.2# serveradmin stop dhcp
dhcp:state = "STOPPED"
sh-3.2# ls -al /etc/bootpd.plist
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 1132 Jan 25 16:47 /etc/bootpd.plist
I have no idea why Server Manager believes that /etc/bootpd.plist does not exist but I began to notice some strang behavior while working on the problem.
- While DHCP was turned off in Server Admin devices on my LAN were often able to obtain IP addresses through BootP.
1. I could use Server Admin to start DHCP but it would fail and create two new subnets, one for my WAN and one for my LAN. Although no subnets were enabled decices on my LAN would obtain IP addresses through BootP. I could then start DHCP with none of the subnets enabled.
2. If I enabled the LAN subnet and restarted DHCP Server Admin would fail to start DHCP. I could try again and DHCP would start with no subnets enabled.
3. If I stopped DHCP the system would again reset my /etc/bootpd.plist and I woudl be left with one subnet for my LAN. This subnet was enabled by default.
4. If I stopped DHCP the system woudl once again reset my /etc/bootpd.plist and I would have one subnet for my WAN. This subnet was disabled by default.
And then this loop would continue in slightly different variations indefinately. Here is what my log looks like while this is happening:
Jan 25 17:09:04 server servermgrd[71]: servermgr_dhcp:bootp config:Error:Unable to read configuration file - error 2 (No such file or directory)
Jan 25 17:09:04 server servermgrd[71]: servermgr_dhcp:bootp config:Notice:Created default configuration file
Jan 25 17:09:04 server servermgrd[71]: servermgr_dhcp:bootp config:Notice:Created 1 default subnet records
Jan 25 17:09:13 server servermgrd[71]: servermgr_dhcp:bootp config:Error:Unable to read configuration file - error 2 (No such file or directory)
Jan 25 17:09:13 server servermgrd[71]: servermgr_dhcp:bootp config:Notice:Created default configuration file
Jan 25 17:09:13 server servermgrd[71]: servermgr_dhcp:bootp config:Notice:Created 2 default subnet records
Jan 25 17:09:25 server bootpd[5726]: server name server.perfecteden.com
Jan 25 17:09:25 server bootpd[5726]: interface en0: ip 192.168.2.1 mask 255.255.255.0
Jan 25 17:09:25 server bootpd[5726]: interface en2: ip 173.160.121.37 mask 255.255.255.252
Jan 25 17:09:25 server bootpd[5726]: DHCP REQUEST [en0]: 1,d0:23:db:a6:77:d <iPhone>
Jan 25 17:09:25 server bootpd[5726]: ACK sent iPhone 192.168.2.9 pktsize 300
Jan 25 17:09:25 server bootpd[5726]: service time 0.001889 seconds
Jan 25 17:09:25 server bootpd[5726]: DHCP REQUEST [en0]: 1,d0:23:db:a6:77:d <iPhone>
Jan 25 17:09:25 server bootpd[5726]: ACK sent iPhone 192.168.2.9 pktsize 300
Jan 25 17:09:25 server bootpd[5726]: service time 0.000943 seconds
Jan 25 17:09:27 server servermgrd[71]: servermgr_dhcp:bootp config:Error:Unable to read configuration file - error 2 (No such file or directory)
Jan 25 17:09:27 server servermgrd[71]: servermgr_dhcp:bootp config:Notice:Created default configuration file
Jan 25 17:09:27 server servermgrd[71]: servermgr_dhcp:bootp config:Notice:Created 2 default subnet records
Jan 25 17:09:37 server servermgrd[71]: servermgr_dhcp:bootp config:Error:Unable to read configuration file - error 2 (No such file or directory)
Jan 25 17:09:37 server servermgrd[71]: servermgr_dhcp:bootp config:Notice:Created default configuration file
Jan 25 17:09:37 server servermgrd[71]: servermgr_dhcp:bootp config:Notice:Created 2 default subnet records
The only times it seems that DHCP is working is when it is off... which does not make any sense.
Here are some screenshots:

I don't know if it's directly related, but your setup is wrong. That could be why the config is resetting.
On your 'internal' interface you're manually setting the IP address to 192.168.2.1/255.255.255.0, and that's fine, but this interface should have NO router address specified. In your case you've set the router address to the server itself, which is never going to be accurate.
Secondly, the DHCP settings don't have a router address set. This means that your DHCP server will hand out addresses to clients, but won't tell them how to get to the outside world. Hardly seems appropriate to me.
In your DHCP settings you should set the router address to the address of your NAT server (in this case 192.168.2.1).
Try those fixes and see if it makes any difference.

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When I try to connect with I client from outside I try to connect using L2TP via vpn.mycompany.com using the shared secred and user-id and password. The user-id is created in OS X Mountain Lion server and is configured to use VPN service. When trying to connect I get the error message "L2TP-VPN server is not repsonding...".
In the log file of the server I see some entries for each connect:
Oct 10 20:21:45 myserver.mycompany.com racoon[13873]: Connecting.
Oct 10 20:21:45 myserver.mycompany.com racoon[13873]: IPSec Phase1 started (Initiated by peer).
Oct 10 20:21:45 myserver.mycompany.com racoon[13873]: IKE Packet: receive success. (Responder, Main-Mode message 1).
Oct 10 20:21:45 myserver.mycompany.com racoon[13873]: IKE Packet: transmit success. (Responder, Main-Mode message 2).
Oct 10 20:21:45 myserver.mycompany.com racoon[13873]: IKE Packet: receive success. (Responder, Main-Mode message 3).
Oct 10 20:21:45 myserver.mycompany.com racoon[13873]: IKE Packet: transmit success. (Responder, Main-Mode message 4).
Oct 10 20:21:48 myserver.mycompany.com racoon[13873]: IKE Packet: transmit success. (Phase1 Retransmit).
Oct 10 20:22:06 --- last message repeated 2 times ---
Oct 10 20:22:06 myserver.mycompany.com com.apple.SecurityServer[17]: Succeeded authorizing right 'system.privilege.admin' by client '/Applications/Server.app/Contents/ServerRoot/usr/libexec/ServerEventAgent' [2967] for authorization created by '/Applications/Server.app/Contents/ServerRoot/usr/libexec/ServerEventAgent' [2967] (2,0)
Oct 10 20:22:06 myserver.mycompany.com com.apple.SecurityServer[17]: Succeeded authorizing right 'system.privilege.admin' by client '/Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/com.apple.serverd' [1716] for authorization created by '/Applications/Server.app/Contents/ServerRoot/usr/libexec/ServerEventAgent' [2967] (100000,0)
Oct 10 20:22:06 myserver.mycompany.com racoon[13873]: IKE Packet: transmit success. (Phase1 Retransmit).
No more entries in log file now. Anyone any ideas what's going wrong. Might there be a problem as I use another servername outside as inside (vpn... instead of myserver...)?
Thanks!

Solved, first of all we tested to establish the VPN connection locally by adding the ip address of the server to /etc/hosts for vpn.mycompany.com. The VPN connected without problems then, so it was clear that it is a firewall/router problem, and not a server problem.
After that we studied some more documentations and found that we don't have to open port 50, but ip protocoll 50 (ESP) on the firewall. After that was done, the connection was working from the internet as well.

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I upgraded (or not) my Mac Mini Server with Snow Leopard, to Lion Server.
I'm now getting mail relay errors when sending email to an account on my server from gmail.
"Technical details of permanent failure:
Google tried to deliver your message, but it was rejected by the recipient domain. We recommend contacting the other email provider for further information about the cause of this error. The error that the other server returned was: 554 554 5.7.1 <[email protected]>: Relay access denied (state 14)."
I'll post postconf -n if required.
voigtstr.com has an A name at the domain name registrar
mail.voigtstr.com has an mx record.
dig +short MX voigtstr.com returns
1 mail.voigtstr.com.
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LincNesh,
Seems the problem has been solved by Peter Rauen.
See this discussion: Mail relay SASL problem / postconf -n
I checked on my server and Peter is right. Although there are configs in /etc/postfix there is another path with postfix conf files: /Library/Server/Mail/Config/postfix
I actually only had to insert this line to main.cf there: smtp_sasl_security_options =
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