Quoting James Gray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Amanda wrote: > > I need someone to point me in the right direction here. > > > > I need to VPN from my home machine into the network at work. > > The work server is running Windows Server 2000 with a static IP. > > My machine at home, which is on a network, behind 2 firewalls, connects > with > > ADSL & a static IP. It runs Mandrake 9.0, & I've installed FreeSwan 1.98b. > This > > machine also dual-boots to windows ME. I've installed the windows vpn > client, > > and can connect with work just fine. So the basic networking works just > fine. > > > > Is Freeswan the right tool to use. Will FreeSwan connect to a Windows > Server. > > The documentation I've read so far doesn't make this clear. Should I be > > upgrading to a more recent version of FreeSwan. Do I need to upgrade the > Kernel? > > > > I really need to get a handle on this, because soon I need to connect an > e-smith > > server on the Lan at work to several similar servers in our remote > offices. > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > Amanda > > Have a look at http://pptpclient.sourceforge.net/ > > Your office network is more than probably using PPTP (aka. VPN without > "real" security) in which case you need to follow the steps at the URL > above. This will include a kernel patch and recompile so make sure > you're comfortable with that. I could send you a precompiled package > for Debian but you are using Mandrake - still, if you need help either > contact the SLUG group or me directly :) > > Good luck. > > --James > > >
I'm gonna invent a new Law; like Murphy's Law. It's called "Amanda's Law of Serendipity". Google will magically find the needed information, 5 minutes after posting a dumb question to the Slug list. Irrespective of how much one has searched prior to posting. I did eventually find http://pptpclient.sourceforge.net; and now my Mandrake box can connect to the Lan at work.:-) Amanda -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
