[pptp-server] routing

[john oel@H@]

hi all,

that did it, i assumed it was set but ...
anyhow, thanks for responding.  also thanks to 
mr nathan meyers for suggesting someone else
to install a second dial up which  i also
overlooked.  simple things that cause so much
grief.

once again thankyouall,
johnoel
Quoting Cam Bowman <cambo11 at hotmail.com>:

> This may be a stupid question, but do you have routing 
(IP Forwarding) 
> enabled on the linux box.  I know I had this problem 
before, and as soon as
> 
> I enabled routing it worked great.
> 
> I believe the reason was that the PPTP connection is 
point-to-point, this 
> means it's connectivity terminates on the linux 
server.  To hop over to the
> 
> internal lan the linux station must forward the packet 
for you (acts as a 
> router).
> 
> Let me know if it works.
> 
> 
> Cam Bowman
> Amtelecom Communications
> 
> 
> >From: "john oel at H@" <johnoel at hawaii.com>
> >Reply-To: johnoel at hawaii.com
> >To: pptp-server at lists.schulte.org
> >Subject: [pptp-server] routing
> >Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2000 16:31:37 -0800
> >
> >hi all,
> >
> >    after a long struggle, i was able to log into the
> >    poptop vpn server.  current setup.
> >
> >    win98 client
> >      |
> >      |
> >    =INTERNET=
> >      |
> >      |
> >    linux 2.2.x /ipchains firewall
> >      with vpn-patch
> >           and ipmasqadm and ipfwd to forward
> >
> >           port 1723 and prot 47
> >    192.168.0.0 network
> >      |
> >      |
> >    linux 2.2.x /poptop
> >      |
> >      |
> >    winnt
> >
> >    i can ping internal linux machine
> >    but i cannot ping the winnt system.
> >    pptpd.conf assigns the ips from 192.168.219.x.
> >    i have tried to install poptop on the
> >    firewall and was able to ping and use
> >    both machines.  but when i moved the
> >    poptop server internally i could only
> >    access the poptop server.
> >
> >    any clues.
> >    johnoel
> >
> >
> >
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