[pptp-server] I'm new to all this..

[Nate Carlson]

On Fri, 13 Oct 2000, Frank wrote:
> This is my first venture into the world of VPN so please excuse me if I ask
> some dumb questions. I am trying to give my remote users a better option
> than dialing in on a slow modem and it sounds like VPN may give me a
> solution.
> 
> I currently have a Linux firewall running a proxy (Squid). I hope to put the
> PoPToP server on it but if there is a reason I can't (or shouldn't) please
> tell me so I can see about a different machine.
> 
> The biggest question I have at this point is can I test this while we are
> waiting for our provider to give us a static IP address? Without boring you
> with a long story, there are reasons we still are doing dynamic addressing,
> but I can get the current address anytime I need it. I'm wondering if there
> is any reason I couldn't plug that in to the appropriate places (once I
> learn where they are) just to try it.

Sure. Just use the Static IP address for the IP to connect to on the
client end, and don't tell the PPTP daemon to bind to any IP address..

> Also, I assume I would need to make changes to the ipchains rules so if
> someone could point me to a FAQ/How-To?

http://poptop.lineo.com/help.html has links to many howto's.

> I'm sure once I get everything installed I'll generate some more questions
> but these will do for now.

But of course.  :)

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