[pptp-server] I have that sinking feeling of cluelessness... :)

[Volker Hett]

Hy Dave,


Dave Morse wrote:
> 
> I've been blindly following the install guide for RedHat.  However I now
> get to the point where I must edit the pptpd.conf file, and I realize that
> I don't know some fundamental information.  For example it says to insert
> the values:
> 
>   localip         192.168.1.80-89
>   remoteip        192.168.1.70-79
> 
> However, how do I adapt these to my situation?   My host has ip
> 192.168.88.7 from within my lan, and 12.34.56.78 from the internet.  The
> server I'm supposed to connect to is 192.168.1.112 from within their lan,
> and 111.11.11.11 from the internet.  What values should I put in
> pptpd.conf?
>

You´re right on the spot! Take you´re internal Adress as localip and as
much free local IP´s for remoteip as you want to serve simultanios
users.

In my pptp.conf its:

localip		172.16.0.1
remoteip	172.16.0.117-119
 
> ...
> 
> Is it too ambitious for a clueless person to try to connect using 128 bit
> encryption to a remote NT machine all in one try?

No! Use it! The real problems are on the Windows Client side :-)


Nice weekend

Volker