Help, cant see RH server behind hardware VPN router

James Wilkinson james at westexe.demon.co.uk
Sat Jul 3 23:41:52 UTC 2004


Billy Davis wrote:
> We have a Redhat server and multiple Windows XP PCs all attached to our
> internal network.  The network is also attached to the internet via a
> Linksys BEFVP41 VPN router that is connected to our DSL access point.
> 
> We have a remote location that also has an internal network with multiple
> Win XP PCs and it is also connected to the internet via an identical Linksys
> BEFVP41 VPN router and a DSL.
> 
> We have successfully created a VPN tunnel between the two BEFVP41 routers,
> and we can see and ping all of the XP PCs on both ends of the tunnel.  On
> the local end where the Redhat server is located, each PC can login to the
> Redhat server with a putty session. But the Redhat server is totally
> invisible to all of the PCs on the remote end.
> 
> What do we need to do to be able to access the Redhat server from any PC on
> the remote end, with a putty session?

Can the Linux box ping any of the XP boxes at the far end of the tunnel?

Do you have a default route set up (on the Linux computer)?

Can you send us the results of ifconfig and route?

Thanks,

James.

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