[pptp-server] subnet gateway problem

[Jamin Collins]

Murali K. Vemuri [mailto:muralivemuri at multitech.co.in] wrote:
> i have configured my PPTP server.
> i gave the range of addresses as :
> localip 192.168.2.120-125

You only need one ip for localip

> remoteip 192.168.2.140-145
> the ip address of the host(for eth0) is 192.168.2.76
> after the link is established, i could read that the PPTP link got:
> localip : 192.168.2.121
> remoteip 192.168.2.142
> also, the client(win95) is able to ping to 192.168.2.121 as well as
> 192.168.2.76
> but, the client is not able to ping to any other host in 192.168.2.x
> also, to my dismay, the client had subnet gateway as 192.168.2.142
> itself whereas the subnet gateway of the server is 192.168.2.1.
> i could not understand where i have to configure the the 
> subnet gateway.

IIRC, this is normal.  Try adding proxyarp to your ppp/options file or your
pptpd.conf file.

Jamin W. Collins