WOB wrote:
I use /usr/ports/net/pptpclient to connect to a MS VPN endpoint and
/usr/ports/net/rdesktop to "Remote Desktop" to my XP machine at the
office. Works great.
This sounded like what I needed to do.
When I run the pptp client, it doesn't appear to do anything. I did the
following:
cd /usr/ports/net/pptpclient
make install clean
cd /usr/ports/net/rdesktop
make install clean
rehash
I found these instructions at FreeBSD Diary and tried to follow them:
http://www.freebsddiary.org/pptp.php
My connection information is as follows:
My workplace's outside VPN Name: vpn.wobs-work.com
My workplace's outside VPN external IP: 100.200.300.16
My workplace Username: wob
My workplace Password: wobpassword
My Workplace's Windows XP Pro PC: 5.10.15.79
My Workplaces Internal Subnet: 5.10.15.x
My home FreeBSD's IP: 192.168.1.25
My FreeBSD's machine NIC: fxp0
My home router's IP: 192.168.1.1
So I made a /etc/ppp/ppp.conf file:
WORKVPN:
set authname wob
If you are authenticating against a domain change the above to
set authname domain\\wob
set authkey wobpassword
My auth key is in double quotes. Possibly due to enclosed punctuation I
forget. So try:
set authkey "wobpassword"
set timeout 0
set ifaddr 0 0
add 100.200.300.16/24 HISADDR
change the above add to:
add 5.10.15.0/24 HISADDR
Should be the subnet you will be given an IP address on. Use
appropriate mask.
alias enable yes
Then I ran it as root:
cd /etc/ppp
/usr/local/sbin/pptp vpn.wobs-work.com WORKVPN
The above is what I do.... although I use the IP address. Name 'should'
work assuming name resolution is good.
The program seems to run for about 5 seconds, then returns to shell
prompt. I then tried:
/usr/local/sbin/pptp vpn.wobs-work.com WORKVPN --loglevel 2
and:
/usr/local/sbin/pptp 100.200.300.16 WORKVPN --loglevel 2
But it still did not print out anything.
ifconfig tun0
displays:
tun0: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
I think I might have to add a route command once the "tunnel" is up. My
route should be taken care of for you.
understanding is, is that the pptp client is not supposed to return to
the shell prompt until I cancel it with a CTRL-C.
true enough. Or you can background it and kill it later. Though I had
mixed results (cores on occasion) killing it manually. But it always
ran fine while up and running.
I normally use my
home Windows XP Pro box to connect to my works VPN, and then use
RemoteDesktop to connect to my Work PC - so I know the connections work
under Windows. I want to get rid of my home Windows box.
Any suggestions? I'm kinda new, but I am trying to learn.
once its up and running, your rdesktop command will look like:
rdesktop -f -a 16 ip_address
- or if like me you run it on alt port -
rdesktop -f -a 16 ip_address:port
machine names of course work with functional name resolution.
--
Regards,
Eric
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