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Title: Site to Site VPN with 4.1.2
Post by: Marco Ranieri on April 24, 2001, 06:48:26 PM

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.

Title: Re: Site to Site VPN with 4.1.2
Post by: Darrell May on April 25, 2001, 02:21:20 AM

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

Title: Re: Site to Site VPN with 4.1.2
Post by: Gerald Jansen on April 25, 2001, 02:33:41 AM

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 ?

Title: Re: Site to Site VPN with 4.1.2
Post by: Jonathan Chan on April 25, 2001, 08:29:48 AM

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.

Title: Re: Site to Site VPN with 4.1.2
Post by: Darrell May on April 25, 2001, 10:24:22 AM

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

Title: Re: Site to Site VPN with 4.1.2
Post by: Mike on April 26, 2001, 11:59:31 PM

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