RE: VPN through DSL

[Peter Lukas <plukas () oss uswest net>]

Linux/IPTables NAT has workarounds for stuff like this. It's possible
you're taking advantage of it.

More information here:
ftp://ftp.rubyriver.com/pub/jhardin/masquerade/ip_masq_vpn.html
and here:
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/IP-Masquerade-HOWTO/pptp.html

Peter

On Wed, 13 Mar 2002 rob.roberson () verizon com wrote:

> My company uses the same Nortel client. I run it behind a Linux/IPTables
> packet filter utilizing NAT. It works great.
>
> Most likely it is the DSL provider.
>
> ~Rob Roberson
>
> ---------------
>
>
>
> On Wed, 13 Mar 2002, Peter Lukas wrote:
>
> Sounds like your VPN software runs on your client machine and your DSL
> router is running NAT. This will cause problems for most any VPN
> connection. It is also possible that your provider is blocking certain
> protocols required for VPN connections as Jeffrey points out.
>
> Verify that your DSL router is running NAT and investigate options to
> obtain static IP addresses for your client machines from your provider.
> Short of that, you'll need to determine whether or not your VPN software
> can be used behind a NATed connection.
>
> Good Luck!
>
> Peter Lukas
>
>
>
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