Can't talk between VPN'd client and Linux server.

thenighthawk_at_gmail.com
Date: 06/28/05 

Date: 28 Jun 2005 08:22:47 -0700

Hello,

I have two Linux servers running the latest AS Redhat.

My VPN server is a basic Windows 2003 machine, supporting pptp, (I
don't have certificate installed yet for l2tp)

Client machine is Windows XP.

All patches/updates have been applied to all machines.

These machines are all running on the same departmental level subnet.

Client attaches to VPN without issue, makes pptp connection, and I can
see all windows based resources on the local network. I can ping other
windows machines, I can connect to shares, I can access web pages which
are ordinarily blocked by the firewall...

With the exception of my two Linux machines.

>>From my VPN machine, I can ping/connect to the web services/ssh to the
two linux machines, I can do the same from any local windows client.
>>From the linux machine, I can ping all the local windows
servers/clients.

However, I cannot ping the VPN client from the linux machines (I can
ping, and as I write this, I am connected to the VPN client via remote
desktop, from this local machine), nor can I pull up the web page
hosted on the linux machine.

Now here it gets even worse.

If I connect to the main campus VPN connection, then I CAN see the web
page hosted on the linux machines (I cannot ping though, as ICMP is
blocked at our department firewall...)

Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

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