Topic: PPTP VPN Remote IP Address

[danfulton]

Hi All,

Is it possible to specify the IP address a remote vpn connection will be assigned by the SME Server?

I have a vigor router connecting via PPTP VPN to the SME Server, but in theory each time it connects it could receive a different IP address, which would cause a problem in the Local Networks setup.

Ideally I would like to assign a fixed IP to the MAC address of the router.

Any thought welcome...

Dan

[CharlieBrady]

Is it possible to specify the IP address a remote vpn connection will be assigned by the SME Server?

No.

I have a vigor router connecting via PPTP VPN to the SME Server, but in theory each time it connects it could receive a different IP address, which would cause a problem in the Local Networks setup.

No it won't, since PPTP remote IP addresses assigned by the server are all within the local network range.

[danfulton]

I've found this in bugzilla

http://bugs.contribs.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1230

Which appears to do what I'd like.

The reason I want to assign a fixed ip, is that the vigor router is at a remote site, with about 5 computers behind it.

In local networks at the sme server, I need to enter the IP address assigned to the vigor as the Router to enable the different networks to communicate.

I've got it working now with the info in bugzilla.

[bossies]

Just found this on another thread

Howto Setup VPN to use specified IP addresses
1. Choose the IPs that you want.
2. Make the custom template fragments:
mkdir -p /etc/e-smith/templates-custom/etc/pptpd.conf
3. Create the template fragment needed:
touch /etc/e-smith/templates-custom/etc/pptpd.conf/remoteip
4. Edit the fragment with your favorite editor and insert these contents:
remoteip <ip-range>

ip-range will be the range of IPs that you want to use. It must be in this format:

10.0.0.230-240 would specify IPs 230 through 240 are usable

5. Save the file and expand the template:
/sbin/e-smith/expand-template /etc/pptp.conf
6. Restart the pptpd service:
service pptpd restart
7. Test the VPN by making a connection and check your IP.

Tested on 7.3 and works fine - I just set one ip address and not a range as i will be the only one connecting for support so my range is
remoteip 10.10.10.10