ppp/peers/* files

[Jim Stapleton]

Hmm, would it be easier for me to setup a 127.0.0.2 loopback and my
gateway, and alway point that to the proper gateway, to make things
easier when I'm switching between VPN and no VPN?

Thanks
-Jim Stapleton

On 6/26/07, Artyom Viklenko <artem at aws-net.org.ua> wrote:
> On Tue, 26 Jun 2007, Jim Stapleton wrote:
>
> > What man/handbook pages/sections should I look at to get a clue. I'm
> > so far from having one, I don't even know the direction...
>
> see handbook section about networking.
>
> simply speaking enter
>
> route add ip-of-vpn-server ip-of-your-lan-gateway
>
>
>
> then start MPD and check is all ok.
> if yes, you can add this route to /etc/rc.conf using
> static_routes variable.
>
>
> >
> > Thanks,
> > -Jim Stapleton
> >
> > On 6/26/07, Artyom Viklenko <artem at aws-net.org.ua> wrote:
> >> Jim Stapleton wrote:
> >> > That partially worked. I could only ping 192.168.1.1 on my local setup
> >> > (router).
> >> >
> >> > I used
> >> > $ mpd pptp0
> >> >
> >> > However, I couldn't access the work DNS either. The latter output of
> >> > MPD looked like:
> >> > ==========
> >> > pptp0] IPCP: rec'd Configure Ack #4 link 0 (Ack-Sent)
> >> > IPADDR <IP-ADDR-A>
> >> > [pptp0] IPCP: state change Ack-Sent --> Opened
> >> > [pptp0] IPCP: LayerUp
> >> >  <IP-ADDR-A> -> <IP-ADDR-B>
> >> > [pptp0] IFACE: Up event
> >> > [pptp0] setting interface ng0 MTU to 1396 bytes
> >> > [pptp0] exec: /sbin/ifconfig ng0 <IP-ADDR-A> <IP-ADDR-B> netmask
> >> > 0xffffffff -link0
> >> > [pptp0] exec: /sbin/route add <IP-ADDR-A> -iface lo0
> >> > [pptp0] exec: /sbin/route add 0.0.0.0 <IP-ADDR-B>
> >> > [pptp0] exec: command returned 256
> >> > ==========
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > I could ping <IP-ADDR-A> and <IP-ADDR-B> after running mpd, but I
> >> > could not ping them before running it, or after shutting it down. Both
> >> > are valid IP addresses on my works internal network.
> >> >
> >> > Aside from my nve0 and l0 devices, which look normal, ifconfig
> >> > displays the following:
> >> >
> >> > ==========
> >> > ng0: flags=88d1<UP,POINTOPOINT,RUNNING,NOARP,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1396
> >> >        inet <IP-ADDR-A> --> <IP-ADDR-B> netmask 0xffffffff
> >> > ==========
> >> >
> >> > I could not ping the DNS servers.
> >> >
> >> > Any suggestions?
> >>
> >> I think you need static route to your VPN server.
> >> After setting up tullel your default route changes.
> >> This can lead to incorrect routing.
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >>              Sincerely yours,
> >>                               Artyom Viklenko.
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> --
>             Sincerely yours,
>                              Artyom Viklenko.
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