Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2002 15:16:46 -0400 From: MrWebby <mrwebby@bigfoot.com> To: jimd@nepinc.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD VPN similar question...maybe you can help me. Message-ID: <3DAB181E.60904@bigfoot.com> References: <3DA73AEF.6080306@sjmc.cjb.net> <200210141022.03232.jimd@nepinc.com>
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I've had bad luck with mpd. I couldn't get to work. So, I went back to use PoPToP. My firewall blocks GRE (or so I think), and there's nothing I can do about it. I'l keep trying. Thanks for all the help and expect to hear from me again. MrWebby Jim Durham wrote: >On Friday 11 October 2002 04:56 pm, you wrote: > >>I found YOUR post in the FreeBSD mailing list archive: >> >>_________________________________________________ >>Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 11:00 PM >>To: darryl@osborne-ind.com >>Subject: Re: VPN - some questions >>http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=1629381+1634913+/usr/local/www/ >>db/text/2002/freebsd-questions/20020908.freebsd-questions >>_________________________________________________ >> >>I'm trying to get my laptop (Win2k) or any >>other Windows 2000 machine to connect to my FreeBSD server connected to >>the internet thu a cable modem. My setup involves a D-Link DI-707 >>NAT/Firewall/Router connected to the Cable Modem. My client is somewhere >> on in Internet behind a firewall or similar (Cable/DSL). >> > >What I do here is run mpd set up for pptp. If you install the mpd port, it >comes with sample config files, including sections of an example pptp >setup. This has worked well for me. You don't use IPSEC with it, it >has it's own encryption. > >PPTP uses a packet type called GRE. Some firewalls don't understand GRE >packets. I had that problem with ipfw. I had to go to a "default to accept" >policy and then block all dangerous ports to get it to work. > >It's also possible that the cable modem folks are blocking your GRE stuff. > >-Jim > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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