[pptp-server] Fwd: OK, I've been seeing things that indicate this works..

Christopher Schulte christopher at schulte.org
Wed Dec 22 17:53:42 CST 1999


This was sent to the admin address, and I do not believe  the entire list 
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Send any personal replies to the original sender, and not me please. :p

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 >Date: Wed, 22 Dec 1999 17:03:20 -0500
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 >From: Joe Beauchamp <jbeauchamp at 4anything.com>
 >Subject: OK, I've been seeing things that indicate this works..
 >
 >I'm having a nasty time just trying to make the basics work.  I have a PC
 >win98 being masqueraded through a linux box and something is not getting
 >through because it fails differently from when I move it to the other side
 >of the box.
 >
 >I would think that this is a common setup -- machines behind a "firewall"
 >masq'd and doing VPN to elsewhere.  Now, when I send the connection to
 >another linux box running pptpd, it connects, but I don't see machines.  So,
 >I've read here about adding lmhosts, wins via samba, and that it could be
 >routing.  I'm still stuck.
 >
 >1. what is being stopped from connecting when I have the masq'd machine
 >going through linux to an NT VPN on the other side of the linux box?
 >
 >2. Why can't I see those computers?  I can see them if I overtly put in an
 >IP instead of the computer name.  Still using LMHOSTS, WINS.
 >
 >This **IS** supposed to be the easy part, right?
 >
 >Using linux-2.2.14p16 (thought a new kernel might fix some problems -- 
didn't).
 >dhcpd running for the masq'd machine 192.168.2.10 and the machines on the
 >other side of linux have real addresses.
 >
 >I'm using ipchains (it would be nice to put that up first in the
 >documentation since I spent a long while studying the older stuff that I
 >didn't need to know for the 2.2 kernels -- I think).
 >
 >Isn't there a simple formula to set this up?  Thanks for pointers!!!
 >
 >-- Joe Beauchamp
 >________________________________________________________________________
 > Joe Beauchamp -- VP, New Technology -- 4anything.com -- (610) 768-1444

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