Q-tip Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 Straight to the point: I can connect into my VPN server, but I have no Internet access after that. I've seen numerous posts on Google saying "Oh, you're stupid, don't use the default gateway. Just uncheck the box at [such a location] in Windows." Problem is, one of my clients is Ubuntu, and the other is an iPod Touch. Plus, I want my traffic to use the VPN as a gateway as a security measure on open networks. I've become quite frustrated with Google trying to figure this out, so I came to the source. HALP! EDIT: A recap of my replies in this thread: I'd like to reiterate that I have no problem connecting to the VPN server, even from a remote network. My VPN clients get an address from the range I specified in the VPN server. If I change it to give addresses from DHCP, VPN clients cannot connect at all. The firewall on the VPN server is down. It sits behind a router with only the necessary ports forwarded. And a side note: The WRT54G v8 is capable of running Micro DD-WRT, which (correct me if I'm wrong) doesn't support running a VPN server on the router itself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaser48 Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 do you have the pptp server set to forward http traffic onto the server isp? I tried to do the same thing but i could not get the remote conection to get http traffic to pass though the pptp connection. I gave up and came back later and discovered a great feature in DD-WRT pptp server. Sorry i can't help you more with setting up the ubuntu server (i assume) to be you pptp gateway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q-tip Posted October 3, 2009 Author Share Posted October 3, 2009 It's a Windows XP server using the stupid simple method Darren covered in episode 6x04. It's behind a WRT54G v8, which isn't very compatible with 3rd party firmware. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h3%5kr3w Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 ... did you open the proper ports on your switch? I noticed you said it was a V.8. so I do not think you would be using DD-WRT.. Those linksys firmwares can be kind of finicky on the wrt models... lest as far as I have known. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 Do the connecting clients get the IP address assigned by the DHCP server on the remote network or the XP machine? If they do get IP addresses from DHCP you need to make sure that your default gateway is specified as the routers/gateways IP address not the computer running the VPN server. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q-tip Posted October 5, 2009 Author Share Posted October 5, 2009 ... did you open the proper ports on your switch? I noticed you said it was a V.8. so I do not think you would be using DD-WRT.. Those linksys firmwares can be kind of finicky on the wrt models... lest as far as I have known. I have no problem connecting to the VPN server. Do the connecting clients get the IP address assigned by the DHCP server on the remote network or the XP machine? If they do get IP addresses from DHCP you need to make sure that your default gateway is specified as the routers/gateways IP address not the computer running the VPN server. The VPN clients get the IP's from the VPN server, which is a 10.10.*.* address. My LAN addresses are 192.168.*.* addresses. The intuitive thing for me would be to turn on Internet Connection Sharing, but Incoming Connections isn't on the list of NIC's I can share with. I'm out of ideas. Has anyone gotten what I've described to work or have another solution that does what I'm trying to do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-Stress Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 I too have ran into the same issue using public networks. Being assigned the usual 192.168.x.x then connecting to VPN at home and assigned by the VPN server 10.10.x.x also out of idea's what to try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 Change the VPN incoming connection settings so that IP addresses are assigned by DHCP and not a custom range. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q-tip Posted October 5, 2009 Author Share Posted October 5, 2009 Change the VPN incoming connection settings so that IP addresses are assigned by DHCP and not a custom range. No dice. Can't connect to the VPN server at all now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 Just for fun disable the firewall on the XP machine (as long as it does not have a public IP). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q-tip Posted October 6, 2009 Author Share Posted October 6, 2009 Just for fun disable the firewall on the XP machine (as long as it does not have a public IP). It's been disabled the whole time. BTW, thanks, everyone for the quick replies and not letting this thread die. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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