[pptp-server] special considerations

[Tom Eastep]

Michael,

On Tue, 30 May 2000, Michael Barsalou wrote:

> What special considerations are there when using a Windows VPN 
> client behind a masqueraded firewall?
> 
> I have tried opening the firewall's completely but it still doesn't 
> seem to help.
> 
> I am getting LCP timeout  on the pptp server.
> 
> One thing to note is that when I connect the server to the internal 
> network, I can connect to it fine.  So I know that the server is setup 
> correctly.
> 
> It seems like it has to be because the windows client is being 
> masqueraded.  Is it possible that the LCP requests aren't going 
> back to the right machine? Not being desmasqed correctly/at all?
> 
> What are some ideas on how to track this down?
> 

Look at http://www.wolfenet.com/~jhardin/ip_masq_vpn.html

-Tom
-- 
Tom Eastep             \  Eastep's First Principle of Computing:
ICQ #60745924           \  "Any sane computer will tell you how it
teastep at evergo.net       \   works if you ask it the proper questions"
Shoreline, Washington USA \___________________________________________