VPN Client in fedora 8 for Microsoft VPN server: routing problem?

[Paul Smith]

On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 9:59 AM, Zvi Kave <tzvik at razlee.com> wrote:
> I can not access the required IP behind the MS server.
> Seems that the VPN PPTP connection to MS  PPTP server is OK as from the
> /var/log/messages, but I can not access the required IP behind the MS
> server.
> (But from Windows XP , I have no problems to connect to desired IP)
>
> Here are the details:
>
> 1. Before starting my netstat -r
>
> (1.1.1.0 is my local network)
>
> Destination       Gateway         Genmask                Flags    MSS
> Window  irtt Iface
> 1.1.1.0               0.0.0.0           255.255.255.0       U           0
> 0                0 eth0
> 192.168.122.0   0.0.0.0           255.255.255.0       U           0        0
> 0 virbr0
> 169.254.0.0       0.0.0.0           255.255.0.0           U           0
> 0                0 eth0
> 0.0.0.0               1.1.1.254       0.0.0.0                   UG        0
> 0                0 eth0
>
> After command: pppd call vpn1
> I got the following messages in /var/log/messages
>
> Jul 22 14:21:14 razleefs pppd[2898]: pppd 2.4.4 started by root, uid 0
> Jul 22 14:21:14 razleefs pppd[2898]: Using interface ppp0
> Jul 22 14:21:14 razleefs pppd[2898]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/3
> Jul 22 14:21:20 razleefs pptp[2900]: anon log[main:pptp.c:276]: The synchro
> pptp option is NOT activated
> Jul 22 14:21:22 razleefs pptp[2917]: anon warn[ctrlp_disp:pptp_ctrl.c:955]:
> zero Async Control Character Maps are not supported!
>
> Jul 22 14:21:22 razleefs pppd[2898]: CHAP authentication succeeded
> Jul 22 14:21:22 razleefs kernel: PPP MPPE Compression module registered
> Jul 22 14:21:22 razleefs pppd[2898]: MPPE 128-bit stateless compression ena
> Jul 22 14:21:23 razleefs pppd[2898]: local  IP address 192.168.10.14
> Jul 22 14:21:23 razleefs pppd[2898]: remote IP address 192.168.10.12
> Jul 22 14:21:23 razleefs pppd[2898]: primary   DNS address 192.168.10.1
> Jul 22 14:21:23 razleefs pppd[2898]: secondary DNS address 192.168.0.5
>
> I understand that it means that connection is ready.
>
> netstat -r is now:
>
> Destination       Gateway         Genmask                Flags    MSS
> Window  irtt Iface
> 192.168.10.12   0.0.0.0           255.255.255.255   UH        0        0
> 0 ppp0
> 1.1.1.0               0.0.0.0           255.255.255.0       U           0
> 0                0 eth0
> 192.168.122.0   0.0.0.0           255.255.255.0       U           0        0
> 0 virbr0
> 169.254.0.0       0.0.0.0           255.255.0.0           U           0
> 0                0 eth0
> 0.0.0.0               1.1.1.254       0.0.0.0                   UG        0
> 0                0 eth0
>
> I need now to get connection to IP 172.25.9.64 behind the Windows VPN
> server.
> I understand that I can not do it without some route commands.
>
> I tried the suggested commands in vain:
> route add -net 192.168.10.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 dev ppp0
> route add -net 172.25.9.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 dev ppp0
>
> Now I tried ping 172.25.9.64 but it hanged up,
> and I got the message:
> ping 172.25.9.64
> PING 172.25.9.64 (172.25.9.64) 56(84) bytes of data.
> ping: sendmsg: Operation not permitted
> ping: sendmsg: Operation not permitted
>
> telnet 172.25.9.64   hangs up
>
> I am looking for correct route commands to make it working.

Have you tried pptp client:

http://pptpclient.sourceforge.net/

?

You can install it with yum.

Paul