From owner-freebsd-net Wed Oct 25 10: 7:59 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mail.ruhr.de (www.ruhr.de [212.23.134.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id EF01337B4D7 for ; Wed, 25 Oct 2000 10:07:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 12875 invoked by alias); 25 Oct 2000 17:11:13 -0000 Received: (from ue@localhost) by nathan.ruhr.de (8.11.0/8.11.0) id e9PGEop08414 for freebsd-net@freebsd.org; Wed, 25 Oct 2000 18:14:50 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ue) Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 18:14:50 +0200 From: Udo Erdelhoff To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mpd, the Windows VPN Client and subnets Message-ID: <20001025181450.B334@nathan.ruhr.de> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org References: <20001024041513.8DF089EE01@snafu.adept.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.4i In-Reply-To: <20001024041513.8DF089EE01@snafu.adept.org>; from mike@adept.org on Mon, Oct 23, 2000 at 09:15:13PM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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