<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'><style>p { margin: 0; }</style><div style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">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.<br><br>OTOH, once on the same IP subnet, an arp request is rarely (never) declined, and so might make a better test.<br><br>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.<br><br>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?<br><br>----- "Nate Duehr" <nate@natetech.com> wrote:
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On 9/22/2010 8:04 AM, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:dennisjperkins@comcast.net" target="_blank">dennisjperkins@comcast.net</a> wrote:
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<div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">> 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?<br>>
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Basics first... can you ping the box you want to talk to?*<br>>
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* 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.<br>>
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Nate <br>>
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