[Vpn-help] Windows client to Linksys and network shares

[Matthew Grooms]

HIP-HiPpO wrote:
>   The client is running XPSP3 in a natted env in the subnet 
> 192.168.0.0/24.
> 
>   The Linksys (RV-082) LAN subnet is 10.7.4.0/24.
> 
>   Using group VPN, I can establish the tunnel and pass packets.  I can 
> connect to web servers and ssh servers in the 10.7.4.0 subnet.  I cannot 
> browse the SAMBA server which is configured with WINS.
> 
>   The address method used by the Shrew client is set to "Use an existing 
> adapter and current address".  
> 
>   When I make a request to a web server or ssh service, the logs show my 
> request sourcing from 192.168.0.5, the natt'ed IP of the client.
> 
>   When I set Shrew with a Local Host Address Method of "Use a Virtual 
> Adapter and assigned address", selecting Obtain Automatically, then the 
> tunnel does not fully establish.  If I configure a free address in the 
> 10.7.4.0 subnet, a tunnel becomes enabled, however I cannot pass any 
> packets to the 10.7.4.0 subnet.
> 
>   Any suggestions?  Thanks

Yes. If you want to use a virtual adapter and assigned address with a 
gateway that doesn't support modecfg ( ike push/pull ), then you need to 
select a client virtual IP address that doesn't exist in the remote 
network. In other words, don't use a free address from the 10.7.4.0/24 
range, try using one from another 10 network like 10.254.1.1/24 instead.

Hope this helps,

-Matthew