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hey. maybe u worked this out, man. i have to try this as i get home tonight. it could really work. (i say could just because i'm so skeptic after all the tries). i'm not a network expert, but i'll do my best. thanx for the reply. i'll let everybody know about the results ciao.ubi On May 26, 2004, at 11:19 PM, C. Falconer wrote: > {ISP > gateway}---[Speedtouch]----------------firewall------------internal > network > 1.2.3.4 SomeIP 10.0.0.138 10.0.0.1 192.168.1.1 > 192.168.1.x > > When I put my old Speedtouch DSL modem into PPTP mode it became more > like > this > > {ISP > gateway}---[Speedtouch]----------------firewall------------internal > network > 1.2.3.4 10.0.0.138 10.0.0.1 192.168.1.1 > 192.168.1.x > ppp0: someIP > > In fact - I was quite lazy and did it this way... All the internal > hosts > used 10.0.0.2 > as their gateway: > {ISP gateway}---[Speedtouch]----+-------firewall eth0 10.0.0.2, ppp0 > someIP > 10.0.0.1 +-------internal network 10.0.0.3 to > 254 > > Sorry for the linux slant on this, but it was years ago. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Fred Wright [mailto:fw at well dot com] > Sent: Thursday, 27 May 2004 7:35 a.m. > To: m0n0wall at lists dot m0n0 dot ch > Subject: RE: [m0n0wall] many problems with... - could somebody please > clear > this? > > On Wed, 26 May 2004, C. Falconer wrote: > >> I thought the speedtouch (at least the old speedtouch home I used to >> have) had PPTP functionality. >> >> So that the external IP could be given to the NIC that the speedtouch >> is plugged into. > > If by "external IP" you mean "WAN IP", then that's not how PPTP works > in > this context. The physical NIC needs a "local" IP in the same subnet > as the > modem's "local" IP, and usually both are private network IPs. This > provides > IP connectivity to support the PPTP tunnel, which is then used for a > "virtual dialup" via PPP. The WAN IP is assigned to the *virtual* > NIC, not > the physical NIC. > > Some PPTP-capable modems have a built-in DHCP server which can assign > the > lower-level IPs automatically. I'm not sure about the SpeedTouch, but > in > any case m0n0wall doesn't appear to support this, so you need to > configure > those IPs statically. The factory default IP for the SpeedTouch is > 10.0.0.138. I'm not sure whether the default netmask is /8 or /24, but > in > any case (if nothing else is on that physical link) it should be safe > to > pick a 10.0.0.x address for the m0n0wall side, where x is something > other > than 0, 138, or 255. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: m0n0wall dash unsubscribe at lists dot m0n0 dot ch > For additional commands, e-mail: m0n0wall dash help at lists dot m0n0 dot ch > |