On 12/1/13, Ron Leach <ronle...@tesco.net> wrote: > On 30/11/2013 20:22, François Fayard wrote:
Francois, it might be useful if you let us know what software you are using to set up the vpn. To set up NAT ("ICS") I use a little nat-enable shell script: --- #!/bin/sh wan=eth2 echo "NOTE: external/WAN Internet facing device is set to:" echo " $wan" echo "1" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o $wan -j MASQUERADE #iptables -A FORWARD -i $wan -o eth1 -m state \ # --state RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT #iptables -A FORWARD -i eth1 -o $wan -j ACCEPT echo "NAT enabled for $wan" --- So after establishing your vpn as ppp0, you would probably need to re-run the above script (on the vpn gateway host) with "wan=ppp0" line in the above script. However, we are kind of grasping at straws here, because we don't know how you're setting up NAT, or your VPN. > I think the problem is a routing gateway; and I am suspicious of the > '*' entry on the default line. My guess is that the default route > should not be *, should not be 192.168.1.anything, but should be > something like the ppp0 far end address, which is 173.255.189.129 . Yes. But, is ppp0 likely to include the "private" part of VPN? I would with eg OpenVPN expect tun0, not ppp0. Which Linux-based VPN software encrypts over ppp0 device? > Also, be clear what > (a) the address is that the other machines use to reach your Debian > system (that is the 'gateway' address for them), and > (b) it should be a different gateway address from the 'gateway > address' that your Debian machine uses for its gateway > (c) and the gateway address that your debian machine uses > should be on the default route line in the route table, I believe. This sounds ambiguous. Let's say: After establishing your VPN on your local-LAN gateway host, it's default route should be the address of the far-end of the VPN link; and that routing table will still need specific routes (the VPN software/config should set this up). > (d) and your VPN should be on a different IP address subnet from the > local LAN subnet Definitely. e) be clear on the difference between PTPP tunnelling link, unencrypted, which looks acts and quacks like a VPN-duck to the other machines on your local LAN, as compared to a true VPN, which also encrypts the tunnel. f) also, make sure you update your NAT firewall rule after bringing up your VPN Good luck Zenaan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAOsGNST71O=zS3=How-ZW1s=0oekk-yw2rtvxlhmnsb6ctd...@mail.gmail.com