Nick Dvoeglazov
2004-05-23 18:54:49 UTC
Hello, list,
I hope anyone can help me with the problem which has been annoying me for
months now.
My local ISP uses ethernet and a central PPTP-server as means of accessing
the Internet. The service is aimed mostly at end-users using Windows
machines
and there has been no problems connecting via the Windows PPTP client. The
established PPP connection assigns a real static IP address
and both DNS names. The internal LAN is 10.0.*.* network with 10.0.0.1 being
the PPTP-server.
Until now, I've been using D-Link DI-804HV 4-port router. I use it to
masquerade 3 machines in my internal network, which is 192.168.0.0/24.
Here is where the problem appears: the D-Link router hangs every 2-3 days
and the only thing I can do to reestablish communications is to power-cycle
the unit. There is a server in the DMZ-zone behind the router so this
behaviour is totally unacceptable. The support at D-Link was less than
helpful and
just ignored my posts in the forum and e-mails.
I've assembled a small PC router with 3 ethernet interfaces and installed
RouterOS on it. (I've had no luck setting up the pptp-client in FreeBSD).
I configured the "ether1" interface to my ISP local network with the
following settings.
IP/Netmask: 10.1.52.22/24
Next, I created a static route to 10.0.0.1/32 (the providers' PPTP server)
using the gateway 10.1.52.1 (supplied by the ISP)
I've also configured the "ether2" interface for use over my internal LAN,
with IP/Netmask being 192.168.0.100/24
Next, I created a pptp-client interface named "vpn" and assigned all the
necessary properties to it (i.e the address of the PPTP server = 10.0.0.1,
login & password, etc.)
There is definitely something I am missing here. I assume I am doing
something wrong in the "ip route" section. I've tried turning the
"add-default-route" property on and off but it did nothing.
I can successfully ping computers on my internal LAN and on the ISP's
internal LAN, including the PPTP server. The pptp-client connects with no
errors, as shown on the monitor. But I can't get the packets to or from the
WAN. I am not a total newbie in internet routing and the D-Link device
obviously has no
problems routing and masquerading my setup, so it's obviously a
misconfiguration issue!
Please, anyone? Any help or advice would be GREATLY appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Nick
I hope anyone can help me with the problem which has been annoying me for
months now.
My local ISP uses ethernet and a central PPTP-server as means of accessing
the Internet. The service is aimed mostly at end-users using Windows
machines
and there has been no problems connecting via the Windows PPTP client. The
established PPP connection assigns a real static IP address
and both DNS names. The internal LAN is 10.0.*.* network with 10.0.0.1 being
the PPTP-server.
Until now, I've been using D-Link DI-804HV 4-port router. I use it to
masquerade 3 machines in my internal network, which is 192.168.0.0/24.
Here is where the problem appears: the D-Link router hangs every 2-3 days
and the only thing I can do to reestablish communications is to power-cycle
the unit. There is a server in the DMZ-zone behind the router so this
behaviour is totally unacceptable. The support at D-Link was less than
helpful and
just ignored my posts in the forum and e-mails.
I've assembled a small PC router with 3 ethernet interfaces and installed
RouterOS on it. (I've had no luck setting up the pptp-client in FreeBSD).
I configured the "ether1" interface to my ISP local network with the
following settings.
IP/Netmask: 10.1.52.22/24
Next, I created a static route to 10.0.0.1/32 (the providers' PPTP server)
using the gateway 10.1.52.1 (supplied by the ISP)
I've also configured the "ether2" interface for use over my internal LAN,
with IP/Netmask being 192.168.0.100/24
Next, I created a pptp-client interface named "vpn" and assigned all the
necessary properties to it (i.e the address of the PPTP server = 10.0.0.1,
login & password, etc.)
There is definitely something I am missing here. I assume I am doing
something wrong in the "ip route" section. I've tried turning the
"add-default-route" property on and off but it did nothing.
I can successfully ping computers on my internal LAN and on the ISP's
internal LAN, including the PPTP server. The pptp-client connects with no
errors, as shown on the monitor. But I can't get the packets to or from the
WAN. I am not a total newbie in internet routing and the D-Link device
obviously has no
problems routing and masquerading my setup, so it's obviously a
misconfiguration issue!
Please, anyone? Any help or advice would be GREATLY appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Nick