John Hiemenz wrote:
> On Monday 04 June 2001 08:37 am, Dan Swartzendruber wrote:
> > On Mon, 4 Jun 2001, Paul Abrahams wrote:
> > > Nigel & Michelle Cunningham wrote:
> > > > Don't forget to enable IP masquerading on Linux and set up Windows to
> > > > use Linux as a gateway if you're using PPP.
> > >
> > > I was wondering about that. I'm connected to the Net via a router and,
> > > behind that, a cable modem. No PPP at all, and the firewall is the
> > > router, an entirely separate box. My impression was that IP masquerading
> > > needs to be enabled only if the box running Win4Lin is serving as a
> > > firewall. It's not clear why IP masquerading would be relevant at all
> > > in my case since my Win4Lin box has no firewall protection itself.
> >
> > correct.
> >
> >
>
> This is an area where I am struggling. I've trying to get my MS VPN client
> to connect through the linux firewall. I've been able to get as far as
> connecting, sending name and password, and then it says verifying name and
> password, then gives up. I am assuming the firewall is blocking something
> coming back in to me from the VPN server, but do not know enough. This is an
> a box running linux that acts as a router/firewall as well.
>
> At home, I have a hardware router/firewall and do not have this problem. The
> VPN connections just worked right away. Here Win4Lin runs ontop of a linux
> box, but the router/firewall is another device on the network.
If you happen to be running a dual-boot machine, you might try doing the same
thing from native Windows. That would at least show whether the problem has
anything to do with Win4Lin.
Paul
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