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Date:      Mon, 31 Jan 2000 15:24:28 -0600
From:      "Burke Gallagher" <burke@gallagher.chicago.il.us>
To:        <alex@montenegro.com>, <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Problems with NT VPN via FreeBSD gateway
Message-ID:  <002c01bf6c31$8e1102a0$408afbcc@Telescan.com>
References:  <3895eb17.45dc.0@montenegro.com>

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your problem is with NATD, VPN uses GRE protocol to encaspulate packets
(diffrent from tcp and udp).  the answer is to use the pptpalias
switch/command on your NATD flags line or in your natd.conf file.  check the
natd man page for the precise syntax.

burke

----- Original Message -----
From: <alex@montenegro.com>
To: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Sent: Monday, January 31, 2000 2:05 PM
Subject: Problems with NT VPN via FreeBSD gateway


> I hate to ask this question, but in order to telecommute I need to
establish
> VPN connection between my NT (partition) at home and my company's NT
server.
>
>
> I have:
> 1) FreeBSD gateway at home with IPFW (open policy) and NATD aliasing, with
the
> cable modem connection.
> 2) Workstation with NT partition and NT native VPN software
>
> My work has:
> 1) NT Server with NT native VPN software
>
> Problem:
> My VPN connection fails to establish when I am going through my
gateway/cable
> modem. I get the Login/Password screen coming from the work machine, but
my
> home computer just keeps hanging there. If I try the same thing through
the
> dialup (bypassing my FreeBSD gateway) everything works perfect, and I
connect
> to my company's VPN.
>
> Question:
> Is there a way to set up MS. VPN via FreeBSD gateway?
>
> I was researching the mailing list resources, and went down the path of
having
> ssh redirect packets, but I was not able to get that working. Any
resources,
> ideas or pointers will be appreciated.

search the freebsd questions mailling list
http://www.freebsd.org/search/search.html#mailinglists for PPTP and NATD

>
> Alex
> ----------------------------------------
> Alex Obradovic
>
> http://darkdays.metalnow.com
> http://www.montenegro.com
>
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