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

[Jason S. Friedman]

Here's the output from route -n:

$ route -n
Kernel IP routing table
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags
Metric Ref    Use Iface
63.231.91.152   0.0.0.0         255.255.255.248 U     0   
  0        0 eth2
192.168.0.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U     0   
  0        0 eth0
169.254.0.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.0.0     U     0   
  0        0 eth2
127.0.0.0       0.0.0.0         255.0.0.0       U     0   
  0        0 lo
0.0.0.0         63.231.91.158   0.0.0.0         UG    0   
  0        0 eth2

Odd, I don't know that the "169.254.0.0" is all about, but
it's probably not relevant.  Eth0 is my connection to my
local LAN, and Eth2 is my connection to my Internet
gateway.

>>
>> 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