Steve Cohen wrote:
> Thanks for replying. I will tell you what I know. I can probably find
> out more about the internal implementation of the VPN if necessary, but
> I was hoping I would not have to. This VPN is NOT set up as some I've
> seen are, to allow browsing of the internal LAN using Windows Explorer.
> Rather, all it does is allow you to access machines inside the firewall
> by IP address. So you can telnet to machines by their local IP
> addresses or, if the machines have web servers, connect to them by their
> local IP addresses. In other words, you have to know what you are
> looking for. I have no problem with this; this is why I am interested
> in accessing it from Linux - since there are no windows-specific
> benefits to be had, why not?
>
> To connect to this VPN using Win98, all I had to do was install the
> Microsoft VPN adapter driver, and set up a driver providing the IP
> address of the VPN and a few other parameters. Then I simply connected
> and I was in. It was all very simple.
>
> If this is not enough information to enable an answer to my question,
> can you provide me with what questions I need to ask about the VPN's
> internals? Thanks.
>
Steve -
I believe this means that you will need a pptp client, I have never done this
but A quick google search found this.
http://poptop.lineo.com/setup_pptp_client.html
I hope this gets you going in the right direction. Seems like the version of
ppp is very important so pay attention to that sort of thing.
Maybe some one with recent experience will chime in :-)
Bret
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