Topic: Site to Site VPN with 4.1.2

[Marco Ranieri]

With the upgraded VPN Masquerade features of e-smith 4.1.2, is it possible to establish a site to site VPN (one e-smith box to another)? This would allow clients behind each e-smith box to see each other as if they were on a single LAN.

How, or what exactly, does VPN masquerading, as it relates to e-smith do?

Thanks.

[Darrell May]

Marco Ranieri wrote:
>
> With the upgraded VPN Masquerade features of e-smith 4.1.2,
> is it possible to establish a site to site VPN (one e-smith
> box to another)? This would allow clients behind each e-smith
> box to see each other as if they were on a single LAN.
>
> How, or what exactly, does VPN masquerading, as it relates to
> e-smith do?
>
> Thanks.

Currently there is no built-in 'server to server' solution however you can open a VPN from a client <--> e-smith <--> Internet <--> e-smith <--> client.

Darrell

[Gerald Jansen]

OK, so if I am on a W2Kpro workstation behind an e-smith server (4.1.2) and I want to take over a W2Kpro workstation behind another e-smith server(4.1.2)  using  VNC I should be able to do it if the remote workstations has a static non routable ip such as 192.168.1.67 ?

[Jonathan Chan]

Yes, it is possible. I did it this afternoon.  After VPN client was connected, I ran vncviewer and pointed to the win2kpro machine.  It was kinda slow since I tested over dialup but it is definitely working for me.  Thanks, E-smith.

[Darrell May]

Gerald Jansen wrote:
>
> OK, so if I am on a W2Kpro workstation behind an e-smith
> server (4.1.2) and I want to take over a W2Kpro workstation
> behind another e-smith server(4.1.2)  using  VNC I should be
> able to do it if the remote workstations has a static non
> routable ip such as 192.168.1.67 ?

Yes and it works with NetMeeting as well

Darrell

[Mike]

I am essentially trying to do the same thing, except substitute second esmith with NT box.  If I take esmith out of loop, I can connect fine.  With 4.1.1, first client would 'say' VPN tunnel connected, but VNC would not connect to non-routable IP address on other end.  Upgraded to 4.1.2.  Now I don't even get VPN tunnel.  Any ideas?

Thanks in advance for any help.
Mike