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I was given the IP address of the VPN server, so apparently it is necessary.<BR>
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I got the IP addresses of the two computers that I need to connect to. I can ping both of them. I see our DNS servers in /etc/resolv.conf.<BR>
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On Wed, 2010-09-22 at 16:52 -0600, David L. Willson wrote:
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">Nate: Turning off ping responses ~does~ "add security", just like running ssh on a non-default port, and not returning specific version numbers for PHP, and other things of that sort. Not providing more info/access than needed is part of a good security policy. Turning off ping responses ~might~ be appropriate, depending on the circumstances.</FONT><BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">OTOH, once on the same IP subnet, an arp request is rarely (never) declined, and so might make a better test.</FONT><BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">Dennis: Are you sure the VPN needs to be up to get to the TS? There are an increasing number of networks with TS available directly to the Internet.</FONT><BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">When you get the VPN up, what does 'ifconfig' look like? How about 'ip route' or 'netstat -rn'? Does /etc/resolv.conf get modified? Does the name of your TS end with .local? Can you dig it (the TS name) (before/after) the VPN is up?</FONT><BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">----- "Nate Duehr" <nate@natetech.com> wrote: </FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> On 9/22/2010 8:04 AM, <A HREF="mailto:dennisjperkins@comcast.net">dennisjperkins@comcast.net</A> wrote: </FONT>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">> I'm trying to access my company's Windows network from my Linux box. I am able to connect to the VPN network using networkmanager-pptp, but that is as far as I get. I have an IP address for the terminal server but Gnome's Remote Desktop Viewer can't connect to it. I don't know if I need to do something else first, such as add a gateway. Is anyone familiar with this? Any suggestions?</FONT><BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">> Basics first... can you ping the box you want to talk to?*</FONT><BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">> * Assuming some doofus hasn't blocked ICMP ECHO REQUEST packets on your internal work network, as if that adds "security" or something silly like that.</FONT><BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">> Nate </FONT><BR>
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