I wrote a while back ago about the problem I was having using a dial-up
connection to my cable modem connection via PPTP.  I can ping the client
machines just fine but the problem is I get dropped packets.  Any
insight as to what is causing this?  I have yet to try another broadband
connection to the VPN.


> This however is where things stop working, I cannot ping any
192.168.1.x
> addresses (including 192.168.1.1) I can ping 192.168.1.80 which is
both
> the VPN assigned gateway and the IP address.
>
> Any thoughts?

Yes. Did you read the little red note on the bottom of the PPTP server
setup page that says "don't forget to add a firewall rule to permit
traffic from PPTP clients!"? Something like interface: PPTP, protocol:
any, source: PPTP clients, destination: any should fit the bill.

HTH,

Manuel