Can't talk between VPN'd client and Linux server.

Can't talk between VPN'd client and Linux server.

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Can't talk between VPN'd client and Linux server. thenighthawk 06-28-2005
Posted by on June 28, 2005, 8:22 am
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Hello,

I have two Linux servers running the latest AS Redhat.

My VPN server is a basic Windows 2003 machine, supporting pptp, (I
don't have certificate installed yet for l2tp)

Client machine is Windows XP.

All patches/updates have been applied to all machines.

These machines are all running on the same departmental level subnet.

Client attaches to VPN without issue, makes pptp connection, and I can
see all windows based resources on the local network. I can ping other
windows machines, I can connect to shares, I can access web pages which
are ordinarily blocked by the firewall...

With the exception of my two Linux machines.

>From my VPN machine, I can ping/connect to the web services/ssh to the
two linux machines, I can do the same from any local windows client.
>From the linux machine, I can ping all the local windows
servers/clients.

However, I cannot ping the VPN client from the linux machines (I can
ping, and as I write this, I am connected to the VPN client via remote
desktop, from this local machine), nor can I pull up the web page
hosted on the linux machine.

Now here it gets even worse.

If I connect to the main campus VPN connection, then I CAN see the web
page hosted on the linux machines (I cannot ping though, as ICMP is
blocked at our department firewall...)

Any help would be greatly appreciated!!



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Posted by Dusty Harper on June 28, 2005, 12:09 pm
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This forum is for Windows Firewall Discussion. You may wish to post this to
microsoft.public.win2000.networking.

And to try to be of help, you may want to sniff on the Linux servers, see
if they are even getting the packets from the VPN client. Your entire setup
is not clear, and you may be experiencing a simple route issue ( if the
Linux boxes don't know where to send packets to the VPN client's subnet
etc. ) A sniff of a simple PING should help you determine where to look.
Post back in the appropriate forum and I'll try to help more.

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> Hello,
>
> I have two Linux servers running the latest AS Redhat.
>
> My VPN server is a basic Windows 2003 machine, supporting pptp, (I
> don't have certificate installed yet for l2tp)
>
> Client machine is Windows XP.
>
> All patches/updates have been applied to all machines.
>
> These machines are all running on the same departmental level subnet.
>
> Client attaches to VPN without issue, makes pptp connection, and I can
> see all windows based resources on the local network. I can ping other
> windows machines, I can connect to shares, I can access web pages which
> are ordinarily blocked by the firewall...
>
> With the exception of my two Linux machines.
>
>>From my VPN machine, I can ping/connect to the web services/ssh to the
> two linux machines, I can do the same from any local windows client.
>>From the linux machine, I can ping all the local windows
> servers/clients.
>
> However, I cannot ping the VPN client from the linux machines (I can
> ping, and as I write this, I am connected to the VPN client via remote
> desktop, from this local machine), nor can I pull up the web page
> hosted on the linux machine.
>
> Now here it gets even worse.
>
> If I connect to the main campus VPN connection, then I CAN see the web
> page hosted on the linux machines (I cannot ping though, as ICMP is
> blocked at our department firewall...)
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated!!
>




Posted by on June 28, 2005, 12:25 pm
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Unfortunately there's no routing being done by the Linux boxes at all,
they are on the private side of the VPN Server's network (both
physically and logically).



Posted by Dusty Harper on June 29, 2005, 4:07 pm
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They still need to perform a route lookup to see which router to send the
traffic ( unless the VPN client is handed an IP on the locl subnet )


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Dusty Harper
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> Unfortunately there's no routing being done by the Linux boxes at all,
> they are on the private side of the VPN Server's network (both
> physically and logically).
>




Posted by on June 30, 2005, 7:23 am
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That is the case, the VPN client gets an address from within the local
subnet.

Once the VPN client is connected, I can remote desktop to the client
using the local address, the client can see all my windows boxes, but
these two linux boxes are invisible, I can't ping, ssh, ftp, or pull up
the web page, whether I try to do so using the IP address of the linux
box, or the name.

I am at such a loss as to why all the windows machines are visible, but
the linux are not.



Dusty Harper wrote:
> They still need to perform a route lookup to see which router to send the
> traffic ( unless the VPN client is handed an IP on the locl subnet )
>
>
> --
> --
> Dusty Harper
> Microsoft Corporation
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> This posting is provided "AS IS", with NO warranties and confers NO rights
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> > Unfortunately there's no routing being done by the Linux boxes at all,
> > they are on the private side of the VPN Server's network (both
> > physically and logically).
> >



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