Hi guys!
First of all sorry for my English 8)

I connect to internet via lan through VPN server. The problem is that when I establish the connection with VPN server (192.168.1.1) using pptp-command (pptpclient.sourceforge.net) I cant ping any of the internet sites. So, as I understand, the problem is in the proper routing. I looked through the routing howto (pptpclient.sourceforge.net/routing.phtml) but couldn't find the answer.
Somebody help me, please.

What's the ouput of netstat -r before and after you start your vpn client?

Here is it
before..

[root@myrth myrth]# netstat -r -n
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt Iface
192.168.255.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 40 0 0 eth0
127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 40 0 0 lo
0.0.0.0 192.168.255.9 0.0.0.0 UG 40 0 0 eth0

and after..

[root@myrth myrth]# netstat -r -n
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt Iface
10.10.0.1 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 40 0 0 ppp0
192.168.255.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 40 0 0 eth0
127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 40 0 0 lo
0.0.0.0 192.168.255.9 0.0.0.0 UG 40 0 0 eth0

I also post my ifconfig as it may be useful..

[root@myrth myrth]# ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:60:08:7C:F8:51
inet addr:192.168.255.204 Bcast:192.168.255.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:287 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:166 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
RX bytes:25369 (24.7 Kb) TX bytes:17637 (17.2 Kb)
Interrupt:11 Base address:0xdc00
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:3 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:3 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:230 (230.0 b) TX bytes:230 (230.0 b)
ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
inet addr:10.10.0.23 P-t-P:10.10.0.1 Mask:255.255.255.255
UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1000 Metric:1
RX packets:3 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:3 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:3
RX bytes:42 (42.0 b) TX bytes:48 (48.0 b)

I'm having the same issue.

Users on my network can connect to my VPN server and that's it.
They can't ping any of the other computers on the LAN nor can they SSH to them.


Additionally, when a user is connected to the VPN server, all of their other internet-related connections (browsers, instant-message clients, etc..) are automatically disconnected. I don't know how to fix this. I guess it's a mute point since the users aren't able to connect to the LAN machines anyway.


Any suggestions?