[pptp-server] New Route when PPTP connection comes up?

[Eric H. Raskin]

Thanks -- I'll give it a try!

> -----Original Message-----
> From: sergio [mailto:sergio at omnitracs.com.mx]
> Sent: Monday, February 21, 2000 10:00 AM
> To: eraskin at paslists.com.paslists.com
> Subject: Re: [pptp-server] New Route when PPTP connection comes up?
> 
> 
> Hi!
> 
>   I had the very same problem you have.
> 
>   Get IEAK ( Internet Explorer Administration Kit ) from
> the MIcrosoft web site. This thing contains something called
> CMAK ( Connection Manager Administration Kit ) that let
> you use a software called Microsoft Connection Manager. 
> 
>   Mhh that sound complicated, so just get IEAK, it contains
> everything you need. :)
> 
>   Microsoft Connection Manager makes dial up and vpn connections,
> and let you customize it anyway you want, you can even add a
> command to be run each time ( before and after ) a connection is made.
> 
>    I bound the command route.exe into Microsoft Connection Manager 
> to addres those extrange cases in which route.exe is not in default
> windows path.
> 
>   Have fun.
> 
> On Feb 21, 2000 7:47 PM Eric H. Raskin <eraskin at paslists.com> wrote: 
> > Hello all:
> > 
> > This may be slightly off-topic, but...
> > 
> > I'm using pptpd-1.0.0/ppp-2.3.10 on Linux 2.2.14 to connect 
> up a bunch of
> > Windows clients (NT, 98 and 95).  The remote net is 
> 192.168.1.0 and the local
> > net is 192.168.0.0.  When the Window client connects via 
> the Internet, I want
> > them to use their ISP for a default gateway, so the option 
> is turned off in
> > their PPTP Dial-Up Networking config.  So far, so good.
> > 
> > The problem is when the PPTP connection comes up, nothing 
> creates a route from
> > the 192.168.1.0 net to the 192.168.0.0 net.  So, they get a 
> PPTP connection, but
> > can't get past my PPTP server into my local net without 
> typing a "route add"
> > command.  Once the route is added, everything works fine.
> > 
> > Is there an automatic way to add the route when the link 
> comes up?  I'll never
> > get the users to remember to run a batch file, or (yuck!) 
> type the route command
> > themselves!
> > 
> > Eri
> > 
> > 
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