----- Original Message ----- From: "AMIT GIROTTEE" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Dayalan Manohar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 10:12 AM Subject: Re: [LIH] VPN configuration
> Dear Manohar , > > Thanx for the answer. But i need a bit of your help in > understanding the steps and the concept. > > 1.install the cipe rpm in both machines which have an > external ip connected to the internet. > > Q. what is the name of the cipe rpm in 7.1 and 7.2, I > have two computers where i have installed Linux 7.1 in > one machine and Linux 7.2 in the other. look for cipe*.rpm in the redhat cds.install them with "rpm -ivh cipe.rpm" I have > configured modem in both of these. And am holding a > VSNL a/c. So i can connect to the internet directly. > Without any External IP. (If i understood ur meaning > of external IP correctly) your external ip would reported by issuing the command "ifconfig" when connected to the net.it probably would be the ip for ppp0 > > 2.put your 128bit key in /etc/options.cipcb0 - > generate it using "ps auxw | md5sum".same key at both > ends. > > Q What does the above command do. ps is used to know > the process status . what is auxw and md5sum. Or may i > say what exactly the above command is doing. a 128bit key will be generated and displayed on the screen.copy it into your options.cipcb0 file at both ends. > > 3.in both machines edit > /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-cipcb0 which is > self explanatory. > > Q What do i have to edit in these files. have you looked at the file? if you did you would get the idea. > > 5.edit /etc/sysconfig/static-routes to add routes for > the networks you > want > to reach.e.g > "cipcb0 net 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 gw > 192.168.6.2" > 192.168.1.0 is the remote network i want to > reach.192.168.6.2 is the > PTPADDR > i.e virtual address i chose for the remote end of the > cipe tunnel. > > Q What should i do incase i have a scenario as i > mentioned in Q of step 1. say one computer has an > internal IP 192.160.147.150 and the other is > 192.160.147.151. > those are not internal ips you have chosen.there could be hosts on the internet with which those ips would clash. 192.168.147.150 and 192.168.147.151 would do niocely. > Q How can i test if at all VPN is set up. What all > will i be able to do once this is set up and how. > once you have the vpn up you would be able to access the remote lan by tunneling thru the internet. > I 'll be grateful to u if u could come on yahoo > messenger and help me on the same. > My id is [EMAIL PROTECTED] > you also posted this on blug-tech so i guess you too are in bangalore.you can phone me up if you want. > > > Looking forward for a positive reply. Pls do a cc to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . I need to clean up my > yahoo a/c a bit. > > Regds. > > Amit > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > --- Dayalan Manohar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Hi Amit, > > To set up a VPN you have many options in linux.You > > can use cipe,vpnd,ipsec > > or ssh.vpnd has some disadvantages when compared to > > cipe.ipsec is not as > > easy so your best bet would be cipe. > > http://sites.inka.de/bigred/devel/cipe.html > > cipe rpm is there in the redhat 7.2 cd.you need to > > 1.install the cipe rpm in both machines which have > > an external ip connected > > to the internet. > > 2.put your 128bit key in /etc/options.cipcb0 - > > generate it using "ps auxw | > > md5sum".same key at both ends. > > 3.in both machines edit > > /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-cipcb0 which is > > self explanatory. > > 4.enable ip forwarding - in redhat put > > FORWARD_IPV4="yes" in > > /etc/sysconfig/network and in /etc/sysctl.conf put > > net.ipv4.ip_forward=1. > > 5.edit /etc/sysconfig/static-routes to add routes > > for the networks you want > > to reach.e.g > > "cipcb0 net 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 gw > > 192.168.6.2" > > 192.168.1.0 is the remote network i want to > > reach.192.168.6.2 is the PTPADDR > > i.e virtual address i chose for the remote end of > > the cipe tunnel. > > 6.restart the network > > /etc/rc.d/init.d/network restart. > > note the same method can be used with redhat 7.1 > > too.in redhat 7 the cipe > > rpm is a snapshot which may not work with a late 2.2 > > kernel.also the > > configuration for redhat 7 is slightly different. > > hth, > > manohar > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "AMIT GIROTTEE" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Monday, January 14, 2002 5:36 PM > > Subject: [LIH] VPN configuration > > > > > > > Dear Friends , > > > > > > I need to demonstrate VPN between 2 Linux > > computers > > > connceted with a modem. How do i do this. > > > > > > > > > Regds. > > > > > > Amit > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! > > > http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > linux-india-help mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > linux-india-help mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! > http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
