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gbrandt
Asked: 2010-02-20 18:59:53 +0800 CST

OS X server VPN local ip

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I have 10.6.2 server on the internet. I want to vpn into it to get access. I start VPN and it gives me an address in the range I have set 192.168.2.100-192.168.2.105.

However the server itself does not have a local ip of 192.168.2.x so I cannot ping it or ssh into it or anything.

The machine VPNing gets an ifconfig entry that looks like this:

ppp0: flags=8051<UP,POINTOPOINT,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1280
 inet 192.168.2.100 --> 70.72.xxx.xxx netmask 0xffffff00

Where I think it should get:

ppp0: flags=8051<UP,POINTOPOINT,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1280
 inet 192.168.2.100 --> 192.168.2.1 netmask 0xffffff00

I can't find anywhere to set the local vpn IP address. And I can't find a pptpd.conf file either.

Any help is appreciated.

vpn mac-osx-server

2 Answers

  1. I 'solved' this by using ssh tunnels instead. Picked up Meerkat to help create the tunnels and advertise services via Bonjour.

    Never figured out what was wrong with the VPN. Sorry.

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  2. Where I think it should get: inet 192.168.2.100 --> 192.168.2.1 netmask 0xffffff00

    Nope. Point-to-point connections don't need this. It can be 1.2.3.4 to 4.3.2.1 easily.

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