[CLUE-Tech] Re: Has anyone VPNed into their employer's windows VPN?

[Jim Ockers]

Jason:

Jason S. Friedman wrote:
> 
> I installed, and I connect, and I get this feedback from
> the GUI:
> 
> Using interface ppp0
> pptp-php-gtk: monitoring interface ppp0
> Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/16
> CHAP authentication succeeded
> local  IP address 10.105.30.1
> remote IP address 63.85.19.5
> pptp-php-gtk: pppd process exit status 0
> pptp-php-gtk: routes added to remote networks
> pptp-php-gtk: connected
> 
> Looks good.  I can ping 10.105.30.1.
> 
> This may sound silly, but now what?  If I were at the
> office, I can use my Windows desktop to telnet to the
> various *nix servers I need to reach.  I can't seem to do
> that, even using the IP addresses rather than the names.

The "pppd process exit status 0" is probably not good.  If the
pppd process dies, the ppp interface it was handling probably
goes away as well.

The ifconfig information you gave is interesting but it
would help troubleshoot the problem if you provided the kernel's
routing table.  netstat -rn or route -n.

> Also, I'm thinking I should see something from ifconfig
> about the ppp0 device, but I don't:
> 
> $ ifconfig | egrep 'eth|ppp|inet'
> 
> eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:50:22:87:B5:7B
>           inet addr:192.168.0.200  Bcast:192.168.0.255 
> Mask:255.255.255.0
> eth2      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:D0:B7:6C:62:B4
>           inet addr:63.231.91.153  Bcast:63.231.91.159 
> Mask:255.255.255.248
>           inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0

You're correct in thinking that.

Hope this helps,
Jim

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