[pptp-server] PoPToP install clarification

[Chris Williams]

So are you saying that the local IP will be the same as my linux box's IP
address or just an IP that will be valid on my LAN?

Chris Williams
willic2 at mail.auburn.edu
http://www.auburn.edu/~willic2

> From: Nate Carlson <natecars at real-time.com>
> Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2000 13:10:07 -0600 (CST)
> To: Chris Williams <willic2 at mail.auburn.edu>
> Cc: Michael Walter <walterm at gliatech.com>, "PPTPD User Group (E-mail)"
> <pptp-server at lists.schulte.org>
> Subject: Re: [pptp-server] PoPToP install clarification
> 
> On Tue, 1 Feb 2000, Chris Williams wrote:
> 
>> I'm new to PoPToP and VPNs in general.  I think I get the basic idea.  In
>> the PoPToP user guide, it refers to the /etx/pptpd.conf and says the
>> contents should look like:
>> 
>> speed 115200
>> localip 192.168.0.234-238
>> remoteip 192.168.1.234-238
>> 
>> What do the local and remote IP's mean?  Does it have anything to do with
>> my current IP or can I assign the clients any old IP I want?
>> 
> 
> The Local IP should be an address that is valid on the machine that PPTPD
> is running on, and will appear as the "Point-to-Point" address for the
> client. The Remote IP addresses are the IP's that are handed out to client
> machines; you will need one for each machine you will have simultaneously
> connected. Here's an example config:
> 
> localip 192.168.100.254
> remoteip 192.168.100.240-192.168.100.253
> 
> In this configuration, one of the interfaces on the firewall machine is
> configured as 192.168.100.254, and the clients receive the addresses
> ..240-.253.
> 
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