[pptp-server] Re: [pptp-server] PoPToP Question

David Luyer luyer at ucs.uwa.edu.au
Wed Jul 7 12:55:22 CDT 1999


> Hi, I was wondering if it's possible to use poptop to obtain a real ip
> instead of a fake one.  Right now I'm running IP Masquerading and I
> can't run some IP applications with it, even with portforwarding.  So if
> I dialin to PoPToP, could I obtain a real ip and then would I be able to
> use some of the applications that I can't run through masquerading?

As long as you can set up routing appropriately, yes you can.  I'm using
PoPToP to provide dialup-equivalent access to on-campus restricted networks
at UWA, allocating real addresses out of the dialup pool and managing the
routing with gated.

David.





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