Mondo strange problem: linux firewall, NT PDC

Gregory Leblanc GLeblanc at cu-portland.edu
Tue Sep 28 00:13:35 GMT 1999


Is this a problem that showed up because you changed something, or a problem
that you're having getting something to work?
	Greg

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hazel [mailto:hazel at onebox.com]
> Sent: Monday, September 27, 1999 5:08 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list SAMBA-NTDOM
> Subject: Mondo strange problem: linux firewall, NT PDC
> 
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Thanks for all the interesting posts I have read on this list already.
> 
> Here is what is going on:
> 
> Win95 or Win98 client calls ISP, establishes connection.
> 
> Then, launches a PPTP connection to the Linux box acting as firewall.
> 
> The NT PDC authenticates logon.  (If type wrong password, it 
> will deny it.)
> 
> The connection shows up looking good under RAS-->Active Users 
> and Event Viewer.
> 
> But --  and this is a big but -- the client cannot ping the 
> RAS server!  And the RAS server can't ping client!!  Client 
> can't ping anybody on local network.  (Needless to say, 
> Network Neighborhood is totally deserted.)  It's like the 
> client gets authenticated into the domain, but ends up in its 
> own separate domain.
> 
> Any ideas at all much appreciated.  Thanks in advance!
> 
> -- 
> Hazel  
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> 
> 
> 
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