jmpage2
join:2005-02-24
Littleton, CO
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Re: Trouble getting Greenbow VPN Client working with RV042
Well "put it in the trash" is probably a bit of an exaggeration. I'm just completely flabbergasted that it's so involved to set up one simple client based IPSEC VPN client to this stupid RV042.
I've actually gotten the tunnel to work finally on the RV042 to my wife's PC.
The following things don't work though;
1. Remote Desktop to PCs on the remote network.
2. UNC pathname shares (even using the IP address).
If I can get these two things to work I think I'll be okay with it. I don't mind putting a few LMHOSTS entries in for her couple of Windows boxes.
One of the challenges is I expect that the RV042 needs to be set up to allow traffic out the VPN interface, but I can see no policy to set this up.
Also, I probably need to give a blanket "allow" on the remote servers to access the subnet that the VPN user appears on, but the problem is I can't figure out what IP address the VPN tunnel shows up on as there is no log if it anywhere! |
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jimbopalmer
Tsar of all the Rushers
join:2008-06-02
Greenwood, MS
 ·Windjammer Cable
1 edit | I am going to talk about how router to router IPSEC VPNs work as they are what I know best, and touch on Router to client PPTP as I see the router side of that. Neither are exactly what you want to do.
In a router to router VPN, the goal is to make no changes on the computers, either the servers or clients.
The computer has a subnet mask and an IP Address, often 255.255.255.0 and 192.168.X.Y X is different at the other end of the VPN. For other addresses in the same X, the router is not involved. If the destination is outside the subnet, the router gets involved.
A VPN adds a second chance to be local, so the destination is compared to the VPN's subnet first, before going to the 'real' routing table. I set my subnet mask there to be 255.255.0.0 and the subnet to be 192.168.0.0, so all 192.168.Z.Z addresses are VPNed, not routed. (this does not effect the local traffic as they never went to the router in the first place)
Finally if the address is outside my VPN range it is routed to the internet at large. (I print screened this in the next message)
With PPTP clients, it is handled differently, they are assigned 4 addresses inside my Subnet. (I print screened this as well, 2 messages down)
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jimbopalmer
Tsar of all the Rushers
join:2008-06-02
Greenwood, MS
·Windjammer Cable
|  I blotted out my 'internet' IP addresses |
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jimbopalmer
Tsar of all the Rushers
join:2008-06-02
Greenwood, MS
·Windjammer Cable
| I blotted out user names |
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