From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 21 08:31:16 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8AA9B37B401 for ; Mon, 21 Apr 2003 08:31:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from InterJet.dellroad.org (adsl-63-194-81-26.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [63.194.81.26]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C6D7643FE9 for ; Mon, 21 Apr 2003 08:31:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from archie@dellroad.org) Received: from arch20m.dellroad.org (arch20m.dellroad.org [10.1.1.20]) by InterJet.dellroad.org (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id IAA22766; Mon, 21 Apr 2003 08:20:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from arch20m.dellroad.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by arch20m.dellroad.org (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h3LFKo2r037142; Mon, 21 Apr 2003 08:20:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from archie@arch20m.dellroad.org) Received: (from archie@localhost) by arch20m.dellroad.org (8.12.8/8.12.8/Submit) id h3LFKosg037141; Mon, 21 Apr 2003 08:20:50 -0700 (PDT) From: Archie Cobbs Message-Id: <200304211520.h3LFKosg037141@arch20m.dellroad.org> In-Reply-To: <5.2.1.1.2.20030421085241.0275c600@194.184.65.7> To: Gianmarco Giovannelli Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2003 08:20:50 -0700 (PDT) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL99b (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII cc: net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mpd: PPTP call failed X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2003 15:31:16 -0000 Gianmarco Giovannelli wrote: > > > bind: Can't assign requested address > > > > > vpn: > > > set link type pptp > > > set pptp enable originate incoming outcall > > > set pptp self 81.75.144.245 > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > > >Most likely your mpd box doesn't own that IP address. > > Infact it doesn't ... it is owns by the Zyxel 645R (the wan side) which > does a complete nat/pat to the inner FreeBSD box (that has IP 10.0.1.1 and > the router's ethernet is 10.0.1.254). > > But if I can't use this address which one I should use ? The FreeBSD box > has/knows only private IPs . You have to use an IP owned by the mpd box. Whether it will work or not through NAT depends on exactly what you're trying to do (and your NAT equipment). Give it a try... -Archie __________________________________________________________________________ Archie Cobbs * Precision I/O * http://www.precisionio.com