I am not familiar with iptables syntax, but you need to open ports 1723 and port 43 through to your pptp server. cory -----Original Message----- From: Kevin Buhr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 12:26 PM To: Greg MATTHEWS Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: pptp client behind firewall
Kevin Buhr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Greg MATTHEWS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > I have a linux server setup with pptpd which appears to be working ok (port > > 1723 is definitely open) but i'm having trouble connecting to it from behind > > my firewall - a debian pentium running stable using iptables. > > You have my sympathies. Someone pointed out to me in email that there's a userspace "pptpproxy" daemon (not Debianized yet) that you can run on the firewall to tunnel PPTP connections. I've never tried it myself, but it would undoubtedly be much simpler to set up if it does what you want. -- Kevin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]