VPN on IPcop - in English.

[Anonyme]

Hi everyone!
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<BR>Just to post an update on my personall testing of smoothwall & IPCop...And as always, there is the question as well. First of all, I hate smoothwall and you all know why - Not software related. As for the IPCop, it's great. Had no problem with any feature, except.....(HA!). VPN set without any problem from my home lab to the work. From work (my workstation) I'm able to ping & search my home network (5 workstations). But from home I can only access green on IPCop and one workstation at work (ping & gui)- My workstation only. My workstation at work is the only one that uses IPcop as a gateway. Is There any way to access other workstations - That aren't using ipcop as a gateway? Have I messed up something?
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<BR>Thanks in advance

[zbouby]

Hi,
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<BR>unfortunately I've not your answer right now... I just wanted to tell you it was funny to see an english message here!
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<BR>But it's great too because it proves kesako is growing fast!!!
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<BR>I hope that somebody will be able to help you soon <IMG SRC="images/smiles/icon_wink.gif">
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<BR>Anyway, don't hesitate to share your impressions on Smoothwall and IPCop, the more we learn, the more features we can use...
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<BR>C U
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<BR>Zbouby
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[Denis]

Hi Trbonja, <BR> <BR>I experienced the same. ONLY workstations which are using the firewall's green adress as Gateway can be reached by the remote network. It just seems to be the normal way for a VPN to work behind a firewall. <BR> <BR>Bye, <BR>Denis <BR>

[schlouf]

It seems to me just a matter of routing. Because your home network on the other side of the vpn tunnel is a remote network, the workstations at your work try to reach it via their default gateway. Now, if you modify the routing table on the workstations (under windows, with the 'route add' command) they will likely go out throu IPCop and will be able to see your home net. For example, if your home net is 192.168.10.0/24 and the IPCop IP address is 192.168.20.1, the command would be: <BR> <BR>route add 192.168.10.0 MASK 255.255.255.0 192.168.20.1 <BR> <BR>I hope this will work