[pptp-server] Forcing IPX network to be static

[Daniel Johnson]

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- ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Charlie Brady" <charlieb at e-smith.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2002 11:18 AM
> On Fri, 25 Jan 2002, Daniel Johnson wrote:
> > Is there a way to force all the client VPN connections to a
> > single IPX network number?
> I didn't know that PPTP tunneled anything other than IP.

It does pretty well for a single client.  I am planning to test it as
a bridge between us and our remote offices.  If it works it'll save
us a ton of time and money.

As it is, each client gets its own IPX network number from a pool
specified in /etc/pptpd.conf:
ipxnets 09900C00-09900CFF
This makes ipxd have to update its routing tables and broadcast them
to the network, then the Netware servers have to pick up on it and
establish a route.  My current theory is that this usually takes so
long that when the Windows system checks for Netware servers, it
doesn't find any.  Sometimes it does see the servers and presents the
expected login window.  I think if I can set this to a certain
network number (0990000C) then I can establish a 24/7 connection from
a utility system to hold that route in place on the servers.  Then it
should work prefectly.

My next major goal is using another Linux system in a remote office
to VPN into the main office and establish an IP/IPX bridge between
them.  If the systems are both set as default gateways (or at least
static routes on the default gws), then IP traffic should be able to
cross transparently to the users, right?  IPX should be easier, as
ipxd handles the tables and broadcasts automatically.

Through the modem, off the server, over the T1, past the frame-relay,
< < NOTHIN' BUT NET > >
 
Daniel Johnson
Progman2000 at usa.net
http://dannyj.come.to/
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