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Title: server-manager by vpn
Post by: sidney on June 18, 2002, 07:33:37 PM

Hello,

I am trying to access my server-manager by vpn.
I will vpn in to my network and open a browser and type the address of my server
192.168.1.2.
It will respond slowly!
About 1-2 min. before the primary web site comes up.
Then I will type server-manager and it will get an error
 "Forbidden you don't have permission to access /server-manager on this server"
This use to work. I moved my server to a different site and a different connection.
My data line used to be a cable modem. Now I am using DSL.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.


Thanks

Title: Re: server-manager by vpn
Post by: Sidney on June 18, 2002, 08:42:36 PM

Hey Again,

On my win98 mechine that I am trying to get it to vpn. I check the winipcfg setting and the submask doesn't look right maybe this is it?

submask: 255.255.255.0
ip: 192.168.1.250
gateway: 192.168.1.250

My internal setting is
submask: 255.255.255.192
ip range 192.168.1.x -192.168.1.62
gateway: 192.168.1.2

Title: Re: server-manager by vpn
Post by: Serge Dutremble on June 18, 2002, 10:01:30 PM

I was never able to use VPN in my case so I had to use an alternate means:

I use the new version of the putty ssh client.  It allows port forwarding.

Just connect to your sme server using ssh and forward local port 80 to the internal IP of your sme at port 80.

Then access your server-manager using http://localhost/server-manager

Works great for me with no slowdown.

Serge.

Title: Re: server-manager by vpn
Post by: steve on June 19, 2002, 03:08:55 AM

I use this all of the time
works like a charm
connect via vpn (pptp)
http://ipaddressofmyserver:980
login admin and admin password
check your config again, but I am using win2k from my work and vpn into home and it works great

steve

Title: Re: server-manager by vpn
Post by: Lazo on June 19, 2002, 10:03:53 PM

I use server-manager under vpn over dial up and it works great!! it has to be a setting error!

Title: Re: server-manager by vpn
Post by: Kelvin on June 20, 2002, 01:36:51 AM

Sidney,

Check the following :

If your SME server's LAN IP is 192.168.1.xxx

make sure that if your remote Windows PC has an IP address, it cannot be on the same network (ie. it cannot have an IP like 192.168.1.zzz). You must use a different network range like 192.168.2.zzz.

Kelvin