[pptp-server] two PPTP servers

[Cowles, Steve]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alan Chung [mailto:alan at silveregg.co.jp]
> Sent: Monday, October 16, 2000 12:05 AM
> To: pptp-server at lists.schulte.org
> Subject: [pptp-server] two PPTP servers
> 
> 
> I have two LANs on two different physical locations.
> 
> Instead of dialing up manually from VPN client to PPTP server 
> all the time, is there a way to setup two PPTP servers on both
> ends of LANs, have them talk to each other and so that if I
> have all the internal hosts connect to VPN server first then
> they can browse and talk to internal hosts on the other end too?
> 
> Thanks for help.
> 
> Alan

Sure, but your routing tables/ipchain rules will need to be modified to deal
with packets coming from the remote LAN addresses instead of a single PPTP
client on the same subnet.

I hate to say (I like PopTop) but IPSEC is better suited for LAN-to-LAN
tunnels. Its a lot more secure for one thing. FWIW: I use both at this end.
PPTP for road warriors (laptops with MS) and IPSEC for LAN-to-LAN tunnels.
Also, W2K supports IPSEC in addition to PPTP out of the box.

If your interested, check out FreeS/WAN IPSEC at http://www.freeswan.org
Then when you find yourself totally confused (as I was initially) and in
need of some real world examples of how to configure FreeSwan checkout
http://jixen.tripod.com 

Steve Cowles