[pptp-server] Dual-NIC Server Problem

Mike Peel mpeel at istar.ca
Wed Sep 6 10:20:33 CDT 2000


I think you need to establish a ROUTE on the host through the tunnel ??

I'm guessing a bit here.

Mike Peel

Brian Free wrote:

> Here is my configuration:
>
> 192.168.8.142     192.168.56.10    192.168.56.11 External NIC
>                                              192.168.4.1   Internal NIC  192.168.4.2
>  ________          _______           ______                      _____
> |        |        |       |         |      |                    |      |
> | client |------->| fire  |-------->| pptp |------------------->| host |
> |        |        | wall  |         | srvr |                    |      |
> |________|        |_______|         |______|                    |______|
>     H                                   H
>     H                                   H
>     H                                   H
>     H===================================H
> 192.168.4.240    pptp connection     192.168.4.250
>
> I am able to connect to the pptp server and can ping both ethernet
> interfaces on that server, but I can't ping the inside host.  I have checked
> the arp table and it shows 192.168.4.240 as being eth1 which is the Internal
> NIC.  I have proxyarp set in the options file and have tried every other
> option that looked pertinent.  I have also verified that the firewall is not
> causing any problems.  The pptp server is able to ping the host and the VPN
> client at 192.168.4.240.  The pptp server is not setup to route between the
> 192.168.56 and the 192.168.4 networks, and it isn't obvious to me that it
> should have to be.  I'm stumped.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Brian Free
> brian at freenetwork.ws
>
> _______________________________________________
> pptp-server maillist  -  pptp-server at lists.schulte.org
> http://lists.schulte.org/mailman/listinfo/pptp-server
> List services provided by www.schulteconsulting.com!




More information about the pptp-server mailing list