[pptp-server] What do Select() errors mean?

[Brian Aust]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jose M. Sanchez [mailto:opjose at ex-pressnet.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2000 6:26 PM

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> 
> Otherwise I'm just running PPP 2.2.11 with the patch file applied.

Which patch file exactly?  I was only running 2.3.11 by itself, straight
from RHAT.  I just downgraded to 2.3.8 because i can't think of anything
else to try and Moretonbay sez that 2.3.8 works perfectly....  At this point
i'm not overly concerned about encryption, i just want a reliable VPN where
i can connect every time, without those select() errors.  After trying my
hand at 2.3.8 (and assuming it doesn't fix the problem) i'll reinstall the
2.3.11 RPM and apply this patch file that you're talking about, once i know
which one it is.


> 
> Now I know the tunnel works, because I can do things like run 
> PC-ANYWHERE
> thru the tunnel to machines on the remote LAN... but I am 
> still totally
> unable to view the shares.
> 
> I can even use the remote gateway.
> 
> Do you have any idea on what I might have missed?

The only thing i can think of was the thing that **I** had missed, which was
preventing me from seeing other internal machines, browsing shares, etc.  I
had to turn on IP forwarding on the Linux poptop server, per Scott Stone's
suggestion.  You need to do a    "echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward"
command, which places a  1  in that ip_forward file.  THe moment i did that,
i was able to ping and map drives to all my internal LANs machines.


I'll know about 2.3.8's success or failure in about an hour...  

HTH,
Brian

Brian R. Aust
Mgr of IT
Health Decisions, Inc.
Chapel Hill, NC  27514