Topic: Can I ping through VPN

[Jon]

I have an e-smith 5.1.2 server @ work and I connect through to it by vpn from home.
Home is an XP pro box
I can ping the server no problem.
I know some of the other Ip's for boxes behind the server ,but when I try to ping them through the vpn I get a "destination host unreachable" returned from the ip of the server
Is this correct behaviour?

Jon

[ryan]

Are the machines you are pinging set to use the SME VPN server as a gateway?  Also verify with ipconfig that you have an IP address assigned from your work LAN after VPN is connected.

[Jon]

Hi Ryan,
Yes they are set to use the SME server as a gateway. 192.168.1.1
The home machine is getting an ip on the vpn of 192.168.1.248 (from memory)

Jon

[ryan]

What is your home IP network address and subnet?  If your home LAN is also using 192.168.1.x, then try changing it to a different subnet such as 192.168.10.x.  

RS

[Jon]

Ryan,
Thanks for trying to help.
This was only one of a number of problems we were having with 5.1.2. In the end we had to to do a fresh install and reverted to 5.0
I can now ping, print, and access files like I should be able to. I feel, from browsing around here, there are some issues that will take a little time to sort out in 5.1.2 be fore I'll try it again.

Jon

[ryan]

Thanks for the info.  I was going to give 5.1.2 several months prior to doing an upgrade.  It appears people in the forum are having enough problems with 5.1.2 that I am going to hold off until the next final release.  

Besides, there is so much more in the how-tos and the forum regarding version 5.0, allowing a newbie like myself to do more with 5.0.

RS

[ryan]

I would be very happy if I could simply add the quota tool in server manager 5.1.2 to SME 5.0.  Anyone know if an RPM is available to install this utility?

[Darrell May]

Jon wrote:
>
> Ryan,
> Thanks for trying to help.
> This was only one of a number of problems we were having with
> 5.1.2. In the end we had to to do a fresh install and
> reverted to 5.0
> I can now ping, print, and access files like I should be able
> to. I feel, from browsing around here, there are some issues
> that will take a little time to sort out in 5.1.2 be fore
> I'll try it again.
>
> Jon

This might be samba related.  I've just posted a HowTo for upgrading samba to the latest stable release.  Give this a  try and report back if this solves your SME Server 5.1.2 issues.

http://myezserver.com/downloads/mitel/contrib/samba-2.2.3-a/samba-howto.html

Regards,

Darrell