[vpn] Raptor mobile on Win 98 machine

[Tina Bird]

But if the problem was routing, then the WinNT boxes as
well as the Win98 boxes would be having the same problem.
I'm not entirely clear on what "ping the network" means.
This sounds to me like the Win98 boxes don't know how to
>browse< the remote network, which implies a WINS or
LMHOST issue.

On Sat, 8 Sep 2001, Carl Friedberg wrote:

> Date: Sat, 08 Sep 2001 00:21:05 -0400
> From: Carl Friedberg <friedberg at exs.esb.com>
> To: Home Kip <KipH at oldmutual.bm>, vpn <vpn at securityfocus.com>
> Subject: RE: [vpn] Raptor mobile on Win 98 machine
> 
> The usual explanation is that you have a routing problem, although I
> have a hard time explaining why that would be if an nt machine worked
> and yours does not.
> 
> In general, assuming you are running the AltaVista Tunnel product, or
> something newer, there is an endpoint at a tunnel server, behind the
> firewall. You can "reach out" to other nodes on that internal network,
> but each node with which you want to communicate must know how to return
> packets: back to the tunnel server, which will then forward them back to
> your remote machine.
> 
> So, for instance, if your remote machine running the Raptor Mobile
> client has an IP address of 10.1.1.1, and the tunnel server has
> 10.2.2.2, you can ping 10.2.2.2 with no problem. However, (assuming a
> class C here, all of 10.2.2.0), you will not be able to ping any other
> node in 10.2.2.x. Suppose you want to communicate with 10.2.2.222. 
> 
> Your network administrator (you??) will need to put a route on that
> machine -- 10.2.2.222, similar to the following:
> 
> route add 10.1.1.1 MASK 255.255.255.255 10.2.2.2
> 
> [note! this route is NOT permanent; once you have the correct route,
> place the
>  -p switch right after the add command]
> 
> there are additional arguments (this is for windows nt anyway), but you
> should get the idea. You will need a specific route (like the above)
> placed on each machine to which you want to establish a session from the
> tunnel server. Perhaps the routes added for the nt machine(s) are in a
> different IP subnet, which would explain why those worked, and yours
> doesnt.
> 
> Faced with these kinds of problems, I keep a very simple batch file on a
> server which, when run on a workstation, will apply all necessary
> routes.
> 
> Clear?
> 
> Carl Friedberg
> carl at comets.com
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Home Kip [mailto:KipH%oldmutual.bm at fwd.com]
> Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 1:40 PM
> To: vpn
> Subject: [vpn] Raptor mobile on Win 98 machine
> 
> 
> HI,
> 
> I am trying to connect to our network using raptor mobile on a Windows
> 98
> laptop.  I am able to successfully negotiate the firewall and get a
> connection but I cannot access the network.  I can successfully ping the
> IP
> address but cannot ping the network.  
> 
> We have been able to successfully connect from a Windows NT workstation.
> 
> Has anyone had this problem and can anyone provide a solution?  Please
> bear
> in mind that I am a newbie to this and less technical explanations would
> be
> greatly appreciated.
> 
> Thanks in advance for the help.
> 
> Kip Oden Home, C.A.
> Fund Accountant
> Old Mutual Group Services Ltd.
> 441-296-1207
> kiph at oldmutual.bm
> 
> 
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