[pptp-server] problem connecting to pptpd server

Jean-Paul Chavant chavant at geosys.fr
Tue Dec 14 10:22:24 CST 1999


Hello,

my pptp server is a linux box with kernel 2.2.13 pptpd 1.0 & pppd 2.3.8
When my client (win95) is on the same network of pptp server i can connect.

when my client (win95) and pptp server are on different network (separated
by a linux router (filter for dmz) i can access to the pptp server with my
client ... (linux router is 2.2.13 kernel with ipchains 1.3.8). Error is :

Error 678 : time out

my filtrant router has these policies :

echo -n "PPTP"
/sbin/ipchains -A input -p tcp -s client -d pptpd 1723 -j ACCEPT
/sbin/ipchains -A input -p tcp -d client -s pptpd 1723 -j ACCEPT
/sbin/ipchains -A output -p tcp -s client -d pptpd 1723 -j ACCEPT
/sbin/ipchains -A output -p tcp -d client -s pptpd 1723 -j ACCEPT
/sbin/ipchains -A forward -p tcp -s client -d pptpd 1723 -j ACCEPT
/sbin/ipchains -A forward -p tcp -d client -s pptpd 1723 -j ACCEPT
echo -n "GRE"
/sbin/ipchains -A input -p 47 -s client -d pptpd -j ACCEPT
/sbin/ipchains -A input -p 47 -d client -s pptpd -j ACCEPT
/sbin/ipchains -A output -p 47 -s client -d pptpd -j ACCEPT
/sbin/ipchains -A output -p 47 -d client -s pptpd -j ACCEPT
/sbin/ipchains -A forward -p 47 -d client -s pptpd -j ACCEPT

is it correct ?
is it possible to upgrade timeout in win95 client ?

thanks

Jean-Paul Chavant


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