[pptp-server] Re: GRE prob

[linux at orgx.co.nz]

Yes, I am "simulating" PPTP by having the Linux box be the default gateway 
for the Win98 box, even though topologically speaking it's not a real 
gateway.  Essentially it will forward packets back out the ethernet 
interface they came in, but to the real gateway.  No special routing is 
required for this, just plain old packet forwarding turned on.  The 
routing table is:

root at bts:~# route -n
Kernel IP routing table
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use 
Iface
192.168.10.0    0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U     0      0        0 
eth0
0.0.0.0         192.168.10.254  0.0.0.0         UG    0      0        0 
eth0

The IP of the Linux box is 192.168.10.134 (ethernet).  The IP of the Win98 
box is 192.168.10.193.  Distrib is Debian 2.2.  I don't think the hub is 
very smart, anyhow, I did have PPTP working (but flakey) for brief periods 
before attempting to include MPPE etc.  Thanks for trying, I'm still 
puzzled...

Cheers,

Richard Shepherd





"Michael Barsalou" <barjunk at attglobal.net>
05/11/00 07:46 AM
Please respond to mjbarsalou

 
        To:     linux at orgx.co.nz
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        Subject:        Re: GRE prob

That's confusing to me.  What I think you are saying is that the 
gateway for the win98 box is in fact the linux box which then 
forwards packets to the real gateway computer.  Is that right?

If so, what does the routing table look like on the Linux box?

Can we be more specific?  What are the IP's of your Linux box, 
win98 machine?

Is it possible the hub is a smart hub?  What distrib of linux are you 
using, I forgot.

Mike
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