Topic: VPN Concept Help

[eiceic]

Can someone please give me a little tutorial overview...

Say I have the following network layout:

    Chicago SME Server 6.0.1 Fresh Install
       - External IP 24.1.2.3
       - Internal 10.0.0.###

    New York SME Server 6.0.1 Fresh Install
       - External IP 24.4.5.6
       - Internal 10.0.0.###

Questions:

    - Do I need additional rpm downloads to get New York & Chicago to be connected all the time.

    - If I'm inside the Chicago network at 10.0.0.50, how would I see 10.0.0.50 in New York's network?  Is there a way to remap and say that if I'm in Chicago, then New York's network appears to be 10.1.0.###?

    - If I'm on the road and I vpn into Chicago, would I also be able to access Net York without connecting to New York's vpn?


Thank you for your patience with me -- still learning

Chris Buechler

[briank]

Hi Chris
Have a look at http://forums.contribs.org/index.php?topic=24038.0
and post again if you need help setting it up.
Cheers
Brian

[eiceic]

Hi Brian,

I have been following it, and that's why I had posted my question.  

I have about 20 different customers running SME server - they have the VPN feature turned on and I connect into their networks via the VPN + VNC to support them.   Works great..  However, when I'm on my SME local network and I have a 10.0.0.x IP, I can't VPN out to my other clients on 10. networks - so I have to change my IP to an external 24.x.x.x. and bypass by SME gateway.

I'm hoping I can set it up so that my office SME could just establish permenant links with all 20 customers sites and virutualize their IP schemes for me - so 10.0.0.1 at customer #1 becomes 10.1.0.1 and 10.0.0.1 and customer #2 becomes 10.2.0.1

The link you pointed me to tells me how to accomplish the VPN/VPN link, but it doesn't tell me if I can do that virtualization thing - or if I need to change all their IP schemes to be unique.

Thanks

Chris Buechler

[crazybob]

Can you give an example of the cron jobs that you use? I like to go with something proven rather than re-invent the wheel.

Thanks

Bob

[eiceic]

Bob,

Either you posted to the wrong thread, or I'm more confused that I thought  
Confused

What would Cron have to do with VPN?

Chris

[crazybob]

I am not sure how it happened, but I think it did wind up in the wrong thread. The orignal thread had to do with openvpn using dynamic IPs, and a couple of cron jobs were needed to re-establish the links.

Bob