[pptp-server] RE: Can access shares on poptop server but nothing else!

[George Vieira]

OK.. put proxyarp in your /etc/ppp/options file so your NEMENIS machine will
respond to the LAN workstations when they try to contact your VPN machine..
at the moment, your LAN can't ping your VPN machine because proxyarp isn't
used. Proxyarp will make the pptpd server pass the packets over to the VPN
box..


try that


thanks,
George Vieira


-----Original Message-----
From: David Rankin [mailto:drankin at cox-internet.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2001 3:58 PM
To: poptop; Christopher Tresco; George Vieira; Robert; Steve Cowles
Subject: Re: Can access shares on poptop server but nothing else!


George Vieira wrote:

> Yes but what about IP addresses. I need to know if you can try to view the
> LAN workstation shares if you know their IP address?
>
> If this works then it's just a mere name resolution problem, if it's fails
> with an error (which I'd need) then then pinging thoses IP addresses would
> fails too (probably but we need to establish that you can reach the lan
> workstations and they can reach you!!!!)...
> can you try that and get back to me..
>
> thanks,
> George Vieira
>

George what evey you are thinking, I think you are on the right track and on
to
something. I ran the tests you suggested and tried to ping the machines on
the
lan by IP address. I can only ping NEMESIS the server and I cannot get a
response from any of the other machines on my lan. Here are the results:

C:\>ping 192.168.7.14 (THIS IS NEMESIS - the server)

Pinging 192.168.7.14 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 192.168.7.14: bytes=32 time=60ms TTL=255
Reply from 192.168.7.14: bytes=32 time=64ms TTL=255
Reply from 192.168.7.14: bytes=32 time=64ms TTL=255
Reply from 192.168.7.14: bytes=32 time=59ms TTL=255

Ping statistics for 192.168.7.14:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 59ms, Maximum =  64ms, Average =  61ms

It works great!!!!

All of the others timed out and I never got a response.

C:\>ping 192.168.7.99 (or 100 or 98 or 97)

Pinging 192.168.7.99 with 32 bytes of data:

Request timed out.
Request timed out.

Ping statistics for 192.168.7.99:
    Packets: Sent = 2, Received = 0, Lost = 2 (100% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 0ms, Maximum =  0ms, Average =  0ms
Control-C

What does this mean? I have noticed that sometimes I have to dial in twice
(1st
connect no go/2nd connect I can browse server OK) to be able to browse the
server. Your thoughts?