On Tue, Mar 27, 2001 at 05:38:30PM -0500, Chris Hoover wrote: :I'm looking for some help. I need to install a new kernel on my nat machine, but I'm not sure which kernel to go for. I must have a kernel that can run pppoe (for my adsl) and I also need to be able to nat vpn connections (I have a vpn client that I need to use to connect into work). : :What kernel should I use 2.2.x or 2.4.x (I know 2.2.x has a vpn patch, but what about pppoe. Also, 2.4.x has pppoe, but what about vpn masq)? Also, to accomplish this, will Ihave to add any additional patches?
To get vpn (free-swan) on either 2.2.x or 2.4.x you'll need to patch the kernel source, though it's as painless as kernel patches come. I'm running 2.4.2 with freeswan patches, using PPPoE and gatewaying a NAT'ed box or two. Trying to do "vpn masq" is darned near impossible (though not completely so) according to all the doc's I've seen. If you can do a "gateway to gateway" connection, that's you're best bet. this would mean making you're local subnet an extention or your work's IP range. Though unless you're in an academic environment *and* part of the IT staff, this probably isn't going to happen. Heck, I fit the bill on both counts and haven't bothered to do it. SSH is all the vpn I need most times, and usually I can tunnel what ever else I need through it... -Jon
