Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 18:14:50 +0200 From: Udo Erdelhoff <ue@nathan.ruhr.de> To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mpd, the Windows VPN Client and subnets Message-ID: <20001025181450.B334@nathan.ruhr.de> In-Reply-To: <20001024041513.8DF089EE01@snafu.adept.org>; from mike@adept.org on Mon, Oct 23, 2000 at 09:15:13PM -0700 References: <20001024041513.8DF089EE01@snafu.adept.org>
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Hi, > Sounds like DHCP... is it really possible to use full-fledged DHCP on a "PPTP interface"? > How is this IP assigned? Does mpd do that? No, the IP address is defined in the TCP/IP-settings dialog box of the connection. I have to use this method. The clients boxes are laptops with PCMCIA ethernet and modem. They will use the enternet connection while their owners are in the office. > based. We have Win2k clients who connect to a central Win2k VPN box. We already have a VPN box running on Mircosoft Windows NT, using Digital Altavista Tunnel. And our experiences with that solution are one of the reasons why I've started to build a FreeBSD VPN box. > Once the subnet mask issue is solved, see if you can ping 'internal' > IP's, or ssh to server IP's. That's not the problem, I can reach the machines within the LAN over the VPN connection with normal (non-broadcast) protocols. > If so, setting up a WINS server may resolve browsing issues. 12 WINS servers :-( 6 NT domains, each with a primary and a backup domain controller. And the M$ docs say that it would be a very good idea (read: do this or you are doomed) to put a WINS server on each of them... /s/Udo -- Eat the rich -- the poor are tough and stringy. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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