[pptp-server] Compiled and logging in - but can't find any ne twork nodes... =(

[Cowles, Steve]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dread Boy [mailto:dreadboy at hotmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 11:00 PM
> To: pptp-server at lists.schulte.org
> Subject: [pptp-server] Compiled and logging in - but can't find any
> network nodes... =(
> 
> 
> OK, thx to some fresh 2.2.17 kernel source, I'm off and 
> running with the whole MS-CHAP login thing on my server
> now.  Every logon goes off without a hitch.
> 
> I've made SaMBa the main WINS server assigned by DHCPD on the 
> Linux box, etc. - the way it's always been, anyway.

WINS server assignment through DHCP is valid, but only for clients
configured to use DHCP to configure the TCP/IP stack. Keep in mind, when
using a PopTop PPTP server - PPTP clients are configured through pppd
options, not DHCP. Although - On the other side of the coin, Microsoft's
PPTP server can be configured to use DHCP to configure remote PPTP clients.

> 
> I edited /etc/pptpd.conf with the line:
> 
>     ms-wins 192.168.0.2

BZZT! I hope the above is a type-o, but ms-wins is a pppd option, not a PPTP
option. FYI: from man pppd

  ms-dns <addr>
    If pppd is acting as a server for Microsoft Windows
    clients,  this  option allows pppd to supply one or
    two DNS  (Domain  Name  Server)  addresses  to  the
    clients.   The first instance of this option speci­
    fies the primary DNS address; the  second  instance
    (if  given)  specifies  the  secondary DNS address.
    (This option was present in some older versions  of
    pppd under the name dns-addr.)

  ms-wins <addr>
    If pppd is acting as a server for Microsoft Windows
    or "Samba" clients, this option allows pppd to sup­
    ply  one  or  two  WINS (Windows Internet Name Ser­
    vices) server addresses to the clients.  The  first
    instance  of this option specifies the primary WINS
    address; the second instance (if  given)  specifies
    the secondary WINS address.
> 
> I've changed the samba resolve order to wins, lmhosts, blah, 
> blah, blah... I've even added corresponding entries to
> /etc/lmhosts for a few machines on my network.

The default search order should be fine. Also, its rather hard to debug WINS
related problems when you add entries to the lmhosts file.

> 
> The Linux server controls every function my old NT server 
> used to on the network, why can't it see even the name of it,
> let alone the other nodes?

Based on your post, it sounds like you do not have WINS/Samba setup
properly. Without seeing your smb.conf file, I would only be guessing at
what the problem.

> 
> When I log in, my IP address is an acceptable number falling
> into the 192.168.x.x subnet.  Is it maybe because my remoteip
> and my localip range are both in the 192.168.x.x subnet?
> Could this be it?

No, in fact I specify the remote and local ip addresses within the same
subnet. Helps with proxyarp's
 
> What is it I'm doing wrong?
> 
> I know you guys can spit the answer out way faster than I 
> could ever sort my way through vague documentation.
>