[plug] Linux VPN Router

[Chris Watt]

Hi Guys,

The reason I want to use the Linux box is it means I can have the
temps who come and go have direct access without needing individual
accounts and junk.

Also, this is the output of route -n:
osx-cwa:~ Chris$ route -n
usage: route [-dnqtv] command [[modifiers] args]

Not at all what I think you where expecting!

Cheers
Chris






On Jan 8, 2008 11:08 AM, Richard Meyer <meyerri at westnet.com.au> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 2008-01-08 at 09:55 +1100, Chris Watt wrote:
> > Hi Guys,
> >
> > I have an old Linux box laying around that I want to try and put to
> > good use as a bit of a router for my ADSL in my office.  My company
> > have a VPN that connects us to the server in Germany for access to the
> > intranet, file servers, etc. etc.
> >
> > However, at the moment when I connect to that VPN I can not use
> > anything else (Using OSX with built in VPN software) as the DNS times
> > out trying to route through Germany.  Unfortunately, as far as I can
> > tell, there is no way to tell OS X to use the VPN *only* for certain
> > web addresses and let all else use the normal gateway setup.
> >
> > So what I want to do is have the linux box (that I also want to use as
> > a wiki/cal server and stick some files on there) route this VPN
> > traffic for me.  I would like to have the Linux box either create the
> > connection on demand or keep it alive permanently for the web
> > addresses that need to connect through it.  Basically I want the linux
> > box to route all *.mobotix.net and etc. through to the VPN and ensure
> > that all other data is router through the DSL connection as per
> > normal.  This will allow me to use the VPN and the internet at the
> > same time, making my life about 3.000 times easier!
> >
> > IF anyone can point me in the direction of a good
> > tutorial/walk-through/etc. for this, I would be greatly appreciative.
> > I have not settled on an OS yet, but preferably something easy to
> > maintain and update.
> >
> > Cheers
> > Chris
>
> Not directly related, but I have to do something similar on TWO
> different networks with 2 different VPN agents, (both windows-only) and
> I ended up creating two M$ VMs under VMWare. Only way I could get both
> working together.
>
> This may or may not be useful to you .....   ;-)
>
> --
> Richard Meyer <meyerri at westnet.com.au>
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>
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