In response to Martijn de Munnik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 08:20:36 -0400, Bill Moran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In response to Martijn de Munnik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> I need to backup several laptops which can be in the office but also at > > home or somewhere else. I trying to make this working using OpenVPN so the > > laptops are connected to the backup server using a VPN network. > >> > >> > >> [backup server 172.16.0.10]<---- LAN 172.16.0.0/24 ---->[router with > > portforwarding 1194]<---- INTERNET ---->[router]<---- LAN ???? > > ---->[laptop] > >> > >> OpenVPN is successfully configured and continuously tries to make a > > connection with the backup server. The laptop get an IP address based on > > their certificate name so all VPN IPs are known. The Director on the backup > > server can connect to the FD on the laptop and start a job but the laptop > > tries to connect to the SD on IP 172.16.0.10. That's where the problem is > > because the VPN IP of the backup server is 10.67.0.1 so it should connect > > to the SD on 10.67.0.1. > >> How can I tell the client to connect to the SD on the right IP? > > > > Define the storage daemon that way. > > > > I'm confused, however. Is the SD on the same system as the dir? If so, > > why > > does it have 2 IPs? > > > > Hi the SD is on the same machine as the DIR (172.16.0.10) but when a vpn > connection is made the SD and DIR are known as 10.67.0.1. One solution could > be to do all backups over a VPN connection (so also for the machines in > office).
How about configuring routing on that system so attempts to contact 172.16.0.10 get routed to the correct interface? -- Bill Moran http://www.potentialtech.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
