From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Michael Gale Subject: Re: Multiple PPTP connections from same public IP ? Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2007 13:38:32 -0600 Message-ID: <46B0E138.6040505@pason.com> References: <46AFAB54.5020602@pason.com> <46AFB3E3.4050505@plouf.fr.eu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <46AFB3E3.4050505@plouf.fr.eu.org> List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: netfilter-bounces@lists.netfilter.org Errors-To: netfilter-bounces@lists.netfilter.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: Pascal Hambourg Cc: netfilter@lists.netfilter.org Hey, Thanks for the reply, I will look into upgrading this kernel. Michael Pascal Hambourg wrote: > Hello, > > Michael Gale wrote : >> >> Am I correct that mutliple GRE (proto 47) tunnels would be a problem >> when the clients have the same IP address ? > > Yes, unless the NAT in "firewall A" has PPTP support. > >> We are running the standard kernel 2.6.9-42.0.3.EL. > > On "firewall A" ? If so, can't you use a more recent kernel ? PPTP > conntrack and NAT support, formerly in the patch-o-matic-ng, was added > in the mainline kernel in version 2.6.14. > -- Michael Gale Red Hat Certified Engineer Network Administrator Pason Systems Corp. "Life is not easy for any of us, but what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted in something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained." Marie Curie French (Polish-born) chemist & physicist (1867 - 1934)