[pptp-server] pppd and subnet mask fun
Eric K. Wong
eric at kortex.net
Sat Dec 25 23:13:50 CST 1999
Upon reading the pppd man pages and checking the pppd source a bit, it
appears the "netmask" parameter is solely for setting the server-side
netmask. It doesn't appear there's a means of sending a netmask to the
client to use.
I find this odd and unbelievable. Please someone correct me, since I
happen to be one of the unlucky few who have chosen 10.0.0.0/24 subnets
and wish to connect to more than one VPN simultaneously in w2k... needless
to say everything to 10.0.0.0/8 routes out the first PPTP connection
established.
Manually fixing the routes using MS's screwy route command works, but it's
a real hassle for non-networkgeeks.
This site documents similar behaviour when using NT Server as the PPTP
server.
http://www.ntfaq.com/ntfaq/ras19.html#ras19
This must have been thought of during standardization. It looks like a
hard-coded script on the client side needs to be run after connection for
the time being.
Eric
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