Re: Hooking Debian to a Windows VM VPN connection

[Cassiano Leal <cassianoleal@gmail.com>]

Joe, thanks for your comments. See my own below:

2009/11/14 Joe <joe@jretrading.com>:
> Cassiano Leal wrote:
>>
>> Hi list,
>>
>> I would like to know if it is possible to achieve what I am trying to.
>>
> You just say 'VPN', which is becoming a generic term for any kind of remote
> access protocol. Do you actually mean a VPN such as OpenVPN, PPTP, L2TP or
> IPSec, or do you mean a remote desktop system such as provided by X, Windows
> RDP or Citrix? The default Windows true VPN, obtained without any
> third-party software or certificate configuration, is PPTP.

The VPN I am referring to is a CISCO VPN that's provided by a
vpnc-compatible "dialer" and that provides access to the corporate
network of the company I work for.

> If what you are using really is a Windows VPN, then look for this tickbox in
> the configuration dialog box and untick it. The Windows client will then
> only route traffic intended for the remote LAN through the VPN. Make sure,
> as always with routed networks, that physical network addresses at both ends
> of the VPN are different. By default, the VPN itself bridges from the client
> VPN endpoint to the remote VPN server, but routes between the client's
> physical LAN and that VPN endpoint.

By Windows VPN I mean the VPN connection that I have established on Windows.

Thanks