[NTLUG:Discuss] since you mentioned POPTOP...

[Paul Ingendorf]

Actually all of those should route properly.  Something you need to be sure you
have set is echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ip_forward. That seems to be the biggest DOH!
of setting up a vpn using poptop.  Also there is no remote subnet.  The subnet
mask for a ppp connection is 255.255.255.255 this prevents eroneous data rom
being sent to you like on a broadcast network so as to avoid wasted bandwidth
over your ppp link.  So in effect you need not worry about the subnet mask being
assigned to the client.  You do however need to worry about forwarding rules on
your vpn server as this is what will allow or prevent you from being able to see
machines on the other side.

Quoting Richard Geoffrion <ntlug at rain.lewisville.tx.us>:

> That is exactly what I'm trying to setup at this time.
> 
> I've recently replaced my Slack 7.1 server with a Slack 8 server.  I
> had
> poptop working on my Slack 7.1 server in some sort of fashion.  My
> working
> theory as to what went wrong with my last integration of poptop was
> that
> because I was using a 10.x.x.x network number, the network mask that
> would
> be given to the remote vpn client would be 255.0.0.0. So much for the
> ability to route properly between segments.
> 
> SooOOoOOOOoo....  I have just recently changed to a 192.168.x.x
> addressing
> scheme here.  My theory is that now the remote subnet will get a mask
> of
> 255.255.255.0.  I'm still in the middle of testing all of this so I
> guess I
> don't have an actual poptop question as of yet.
> 
> How 'bout this one.   Is there any other "Microsoft VPN adapter"
> compatible
> VPN solution for Linux?  Also, what is the easiest Linux -to- Linux
> VPN
> solution?  I heard someone mention a VPN via FTP...or the FTP port.
> 
> -Richard
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Paul Ingendorf" <pauldy at wantek.net>
> To: <discuss at ntlug.org>
> Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2001 11:29 PM
> Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] uploading to apache server
> 
> 
> > Well I was thinking about adding something in there about an NFS
> mount
> over a
> > VPN using poptop and then sambaing it to the end user but I figured
> there
> was
> > enough there to form some basic ideas.  :-)
> >
> 
> 
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