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

David Rankin drankin at cox-internet.com
Wed Mar 14 00:25:05 CST 2001


George Vieira wrote:

> echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
>
> that enables IP forwarding.. you might want to put it into your
> /etc/rc.d/rc.local or firewall rules so it's done on every reboot.
>
> thanks,
> George Vieira
>
>

IT WORKS!, IT WORKS!, IT WORKS!  I can now browse all of the machines at work!!
Once I got ip_forward set to 1, I still couldn't browse but I could ping
everything by IP address. I then set ms-dns in the options file, restarted pptpd
and could then ping all my machines by name and IP. I still couldn't browse. So
I set ms-dns in the options file and restarted and YES, I COULD BROWSE ALL THE
MACHINES. Accomplishment is such sweet self-satisfaction.

OK, I still can't print through the secretary's machine, but I think that is a
CUPS issue since I have never tried to print through NEMESIS before. NEMESIS can
print to the printer on the secretary's machine, but I believe all of the others
use peer-to-peer to access the printer and don't go through NEMESIS. I'll dig a
little more into that, unless one of you has any ideas.

Oh well, that is a problem for tomorrow. I've got a hearing tomorrow morining
and is 0018 my time so I better go get some rest. If you guys have any other
suggestions on the printing issue, send them on, I'll check back at 0700 CST or
1300 UTC (zulu). I'll see if we can't tackle that problem tomorrow.

YOU GUYS ARE AWSOME!!! If I can ever return the favor, I will do everything I
can to help! I have included the final sequence of events below just for the
sake of completeness and just in case these threads end up in a list archive
somewhere. Hopefully someone else may benefit from everyones knowledge and
suggestions.

Thanks, David Rankin, Nacogdoches, Texas

George, I set ip_forward to 1 and confirmed that it did get set, and I CAN PING
ALL OF THE OTHER MACHINES -- YEAH! (see below)

C:\>ping 192.168.7.14 (NEMESIS - Server)

Pinging 192.168.7.14 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 192.168.7.14: bytes=32 time=83ms TTL=255
Reply from 192.168.7.14: bytes=32 time=90ms 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

Ping statistics for 192.168.7.14:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 64ms, Maximum =  90ms, Average =  75ms

C:\>ping 192.168.7.100

Pinging 192.168.7.100 with 32 bytes of data: (RANKIN at work)

Reply from 192.168.7.100: bytes=32 time=110ms TTL=63
Reply from 192.168.7.100: bytes=32 time=75ms TTL=63
Reply from 192.168.7.100: bytes=32 time=75ms TTL=63
Reply from 192.168.7.100: bytes=32 time=130ms TTL=63

Ping statistics for 192.168.7.100:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 75ms, Maximum =  130ms, Average =  97ms

C:\>ping 192.168.7.98 (SECRETARY at work)

Pinging 192.168.7.98 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 192.168.7.98: bytes=32 time=177ms TTL=127
Reply from 192.168.7.98: bytes=32 time=80ms TTL=127
Reply from 192.168.7.98: bytes=32 time=75ms TTL=127
Reply from 192.168.7.98: bytes=32 time=75ms TTL=127

Ping statistics for 192.168.7.98:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 75ms, Maximum =  177ms, Average =  101ms

I enabled ms-dns in the options file and now I can ping the office computes by
name (See below)

C:\>ping nemesis.rbpllc.com

Pinging nemesis.rbpllc.com [192.168.7.14] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 192.168.7.14: bytes=32 time=58ms TTL=255
Reply from 192.168.7.14: bytes=32 time=60ms TTL=255
Reply from 192.168.7.14: bytes=32 time=85ms TTL=255
Reply from 192.168.7.14: bytes=32 time=60ms 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 = 58ms, Maximum =  85ms, Average =  65ms

C:\>ping secretary.rbpllc.com

Pinging secretary.rbpllc.com [192.168.7.98] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 192.168.7.98: bytes=32 time=200ms TTL=127
Reply from 192.168.7.98: bytes=32 time=70ms TTL=127
Reply from 192.168.7.98: bytes=32 time=75ms TTL=127
Reply from 192.168.7.98: bytes=32 time=75ms TTL=127

Ping statistics for 192.168.7.98:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 70ms, Maximum =  200ms, Average =  105ms

Set ms-dns to server address and,

I CAN BROWSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

> Thanks -- David







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