[pptp-server] Want pptpd server to assign routes to clients when then connect

Frank Cusack fcusack at fcusack.com
Fri Jun 7 00:52:59 CDT 2002


What does this have to do with client side routes?  Or are you suggesting
that the answer is in the archives?

/fc

On Thu, Jun 06, 2002 at 06:23:21PM -0500, fxgh wrote:
> Hi all:
> 
> I'm using my wife's machine, so if this comes out HTML,
> I'm sorry inadvance.....  Mine is getting upgraded, woo hoo
> 
> I recall someone suggesting to use a ms tool....
> ah here it is:
> 
> http://lists.schulte.org/pipermail/pptp-server/2002-March/007867.html
> 
> Just to let everybody know you can still get to the old archives at:
> 
> http://lists.schulte.org/pipermail/pptp-server/
> 
> You can search them at:
> 
> http://lists.schulte.org/search/search-pptp-server.html
> 
> Maybe a link from the new website would be helpful  ;-)
> Just my 2 cents worth...
> 
> Jerry Vonau
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Igor Maciel Macaubas [SMTP:igor.maciel at mailbr.com.br]
> Sent:	Thursday, June 06, 2002 12:53 PM
> To:	Webmaster; pptp-server at lists.schulte.org
> Subject:	Re: [pptp-server] Want pptpd server to assign routes to clients when 
> then connect
> 
> Hum,
> In this case, I really don't know what you have to do.
> Since that you want to add this route at client side, it's not trivial.
> You can try to put at the server side some type of script to be executed in
> the client when it connects.. but I've never done something like that.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Igor
> --
> igor.maciel at mailbr.com.br
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Webmaster" <webmaster at lotr.ws>
> To: <pptp-server at lists.schulte.org>
> Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2002 2:22 PM
> Subject: RE: [pptp-server] Want pptpd server to assign routes to clients
> when then connect
> 
> 
> > You have it right in the second part. I want the server to assign routes
> to
> > the client when the client connects to the server.
> > Currently after the client connects to the pptpd server, I have to (from
> the
> > client, in this case windows) type something along the lines of:
> > route add 192.168.3.0 192.168.1.0 (shortened for brevity, don't worry
> about
> > this syntax).
> > Then everything works fine for the client to access that network.
> > I need some way for the server to do that for the client when the client
> > connects.
> > It might be simple, but I suspect it is more involved otherwise it would
> > seem that it would be more readily available.
> > Any suggestions on how to pull this off anyone?
> > Thanks,
> > -Art
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Igor Maciel Macaubas [mailto:igor.maciel at mailbr.com.br]
> > Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2002 9:47 AM
> > To: Hawke; pptp-server at lists.schulte.org
> > Subject: Re: [pptp-server] Want pptpd server to assign routes to clients
> > when then connect
> >
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > Well, let me see if I understand what you want to do:
> > You want to add a route to your clients when they connect, at Server side?
> > If is this what you want, you can use the ip-up.local script, that
> depending
> > of the version of your pppd, may be located in /etc/ppp/ or
> > /etc/ppp/scripts.
> > This is script is executed imediatly after the connection of the client -
> so
> > you can make a bash script to add this routes dinamically.
> > But if you want to add a route at client side, I don't think that
> pppd/pptpd
> > can carry this. I think that you want to make some really crazy system to
> do
> > it.
> > If you want any help in seting-up this script (ip-up.local), please send
> me
> > e-mails in private and be sure that i'll help as I can!
> >
> > Regards,
> > Igor
> > --
> > igor.maciel at mailbr.com.br
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Hawke" <hawke.robinson at dev2dev.biz>
> > To: <pptp-server at lists.schulte.org>
> > Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2002 11:04 AM
> > Subject: [pptp-server] Want pptpd server to assign routes to clients when
> > then connect
> >
> >
> > > I'm already aware of the option in the client side (windows) vpn
> > connection
> > > option to use default route. However, unless I want all their Internet
> > > traffic to run through my vpn server that is not a good option.
> > > Everything works fine in that the vpn client connects, is given an ip,
> > etc.
> > > I want to be able to add (as many as needed) routes to the client upon
> > > connection.
> > > Currently I have to manually type the  add route command from the
> command
> > > line after the client connects to get the desired results. Sure, I can
> > > script that on the client side, but when there can be scores of
> different
> > > people connecting that is inefficient to have to distribute and setup
> this
> > > script for everyone. I want the server to assign the routes in typical
> ISP
> > > fashion. Since pptp is based on ppp isn't there some simple script I can
> > add
> > > somewhere that will do this?
> > > Any help is most appreciated.
> > > Thanks,
> > > -Art
> > >
> > >
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