[pptp-server] pptp with samba

Nate Carlson natecars at real-time.com
Wed Oct 4 14:12:09 CDT 2000


On Wed, 4 Oct 2000, Alan Chung wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have FINALLY got pptp through Linux firewall.  But I am not able to 
> browse anything in NETWORK NEIGHBORHOOD.
> 
> 192.168.0.10 --> my internal WINS server (which is also a NT PDC)
> 
> "ms-wins 192.168.0.10" is set in file /etc/ppp/options on pptpd 
> server.  Should I be able to ping WINS server from vpn client?  I 
> can't.  But I can ping the VPN client IP (which not the real IP but the one 
> created by ppp connection, for VPN client) from WINS server though.  Or I 
> need to make a Samba WINS server in order to do this?
> 
> Any help is appreciated.

Sounds like your firewall rules are messed up. Pretty much, if you can
ping it from a box sitting on the network, you should be able to ping it
from a remote client.

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