[pptp-server] Numerous Questions (IPX and pptpd.conf)
Malay Shah
mals at home.com
Thu Aug 19 17:28:38 CDT 1999
Hi. I've been trying to get the same thing working on my linux machine
but I haven't got it working. I have the ipxd package and I can execute
it, but for some odd reason it doesn't route ipx packets between the
interfaces and I can't figure out why. My setup is very similar to
yours but it doesn't work. Any help will be appreciated
Malay Shah
Andrew Miklas wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have been thoroughly reading up on the archives for this list;
> however, I
> may have missed a few posts in which case my questions might be a bit
> redundant. As well, my first two questions have to do more with
> routing and
> pppd than PoPToP.
>
> I have successfully got PoPToP to work using TCP, and it correctly
> attaches
> the single client to the network.
>
> My first question is:
> Will PoPToP connect two networks together if the "client" computer is
> a
> Win98 station. Will the Win98 station require special routing?
>
> ie.
>
> Win 98 ---------------\ (ppp link)
> Win 98 ----------------> Linux Machine with PopTop <----------- Win 98
>
> Win 98 ---------------/
>
> This is my current configuration. It seems to work (only TCP though).
>
> However, will this work?
>
> Win 98 -----\ (ppp) /---------Win 98
> Win 98 ------> Linux <-------- Win 98 (1)<----------Win 98
> Win 98 -----/ \---------Win 98
>
> Will the computers at the far right be able to see the computers at
> the far
> left? Will the computer marked Win 98 (1) require special routing
> rules
> before this will go? If so, how can the Win 98 computer be configured
> to
> not only route TCP but also IPX data?
>
> Next Question:
> I need IPX to work on this entire system. I have been able to get IPX
> to
> work (ie. PPPd assigns the client a IPX Net Address and Node Address.
> However, the computers on the far left cannot see the computer marked
> Win 98
> (1). I have read that one daemon called ipxd will handle routing
> between
> all networks on a system, but I have been unable to find this
> package. Does
> anyone know where I can find it? Has anyone been able to set up a ipx
> network using PoPToP? I have been trying to use ipxping to test the
> setup
> but I can't seem to figure out how to use it. (Pretty pathetic, huh
> :)
>
> Next Question:
> What "device" does PoPToP use to connect with. When configuring PPPd
> (with
> a pool of modems), you use files such as "options.ttyS1" to assign IPX
>
> addresses to incoming calls. However, with PoPToP, I can't figure out
> what
> I should name the files. Currently, I put my IPX configuration info
> in the
> "options" file, but this won't allow more than one client to connect.
> How
> do I specify a pool of IPX node and IPX addresses to give out to
> connecting
> clients?
>
> Next Question:
> What does the speed parameter do? The tunnel (which goes over the
> INET)
> uses a high speed connection between the two sites. The Win 98 client
>
> reports that it connects at 10 000 000 000 bps (which is correct, as
> that is
> supposed to be the through-put of the connection). However, the
> PoPToP logs
> indicate that I am only connecting at 115200 bps. Which is the
> connect
> speed? If it is only 115200, is it possible to get it to work
> faster? When
> I set the speed parameter in the pptpd.conf file to 10000000000, the
> PoPToP
> logs tell me it is an invalid parameter.
>
> I realize that my IPX question is really vague. Right now, my only
> way of
> checking the IPX configuration is to boot up a game of MS Age of
> Empires on
> one of the computers on the far left with the machine Win 98 (1).
> (pretty
> professional huh :)
> Here are some of my configuration files /
> settings ipx_route============================[root at CS982790-A net]#
> cat ipx_route
> Network Router_Net Router_Node
> ABCDEF01 Directly Connected
> 00ABCDEF Directly
> Connected ifconfig============================eth0 Link
> encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:E0:29:20:98:F0
> inet addr:24.65.45.83 Bcast:24.65.45.255
> Mask:255.255.255.0
> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:1740 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:1061 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:24 txqueuelen:100
> Interrupt:5 Base address:0x250 Memory:c0000-c2000 eth1
> Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:40:05:2C:D4:2A
> inet addr:192.168.0.1 Bcast:192.168.255.255
> Mask:255.255.0.0
> IPX/Ethernet II addr:00ABCDEF:0040052CD42A
> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:1506 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:1818 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
> Interrupt:11 Base address:0x340 lo Link encap:Local
> Loopback
> inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
> UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3924 Metric:1
> RX packets:293 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:293 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 ppp0 Link
> encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
> inet addr:192.168.0.1 P-t-P:192.168.100.2
> Mask:255.255.255.255
> IPX/Ethernet II addr:ABCDEF01:000000000003
> UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:101 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:33 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0
> txqueuelen:10 options=====================================debug
> name CS982790-A
> auth
> require-chap
> proxyarp
> ipx
> ipx-network 0xABCDEF01
> ipx-node 3:0
>
> pxcp-accept-remote pptpd.conf=====================================speed
> 115200
> debug
> localip 192.168.0.1
> remoteip 192.168.100.1-254
>
> Thanks for any help you can provide, (and for wading through this
> seemingly endless post!)
>
>
>
> Andrew Miklas
>
>
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