[pptp-server] Configuration problem

[Cowles, Steve]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: kaca at hongkong.com [mailto:kaca at hongkong.com]
> Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2001 12:17 AM
> To: pptp-server at lists.schulte.org
> Subject: [pptp-server] Configuration problem
> 
> 
> I'm quite sure that the VPN connection is sucessful. But I 
> dont know why I cant access any stuffs in the PPTP server 
> after the connnection. Anything I go wrong?
> 
> Is it a must to include proxyarp in the option.pptp file? I 
> found there's "Cannot determine ethernet address for proxy 
> ARP" errors in the log file. Can I just remove the proxyarp option?
> 
> Is it something wrong in my pptp.conf file?
> i set the localip and remoteip as 192.168.0.1 and 192.168.1.1 
> respectively. 
> (Actually, I'm pretty confused about the use of the localip 
> and remoteip.)
>      
> Thanks for your kind attention.
> 

The proxy arp errors can usually be fixed by assigning IP addresses in
pptpd.conf (local/remote) that are within the network address range of the
PPTP servers LAN interface (like eth0 or eth1). If thats not an option (due
to your network design), then consider using ip aliasing to bind the network
addresses to what is specified in your pptpd.conf to your PPTP servers LAN
interface. Checkout the kernel source documentation directory
/usr/src/linux/Documentation/networking/alias.txt for info on ip aliasing. 

Steve Cowles