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From: Archie Cobbs <archie@dellroad.org>
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Subject: Re: mpd PPTP and NAT
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 "from Elliott Perrin at Apr 11, 2002 04:55:19 pm"
To: Elliott Perrin <eperrin@beanfield.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 14:03:20 -0700 (PDT)
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Elliott Perrin writes:
> I was wondering if it is possible to have multiple systems behind a NAT
> connect to an mpd PPTP system. If there is a config trick to do so, or
> someone has figured out a way.
> 
> The clients are not sitting behind a BSD box, or i would just create a
> PPTP tunnel between the two boxes. They are behind a GVC IP0006 which has
> little documentation but according to someone there supports PPTP
> Passthrough. (??)

I doubt that your NAT supports multiple clients behind it connecting
to the same external PPTP server at the same time.. the problem is
the PPTP server (mpd) will see two TCP connections coming from the
same IP address and nuke one of them.

-Archie

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Archie Cobbs     *     Packet Design     *     http://www.packetdesign.com

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