[YLUG] NetworkManager pptp vpn and routes?

mike cloaked mike.cloaked at gmail.com
Wed Jul 15 14:00:46 UTC 2009


On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 12:42 PM, Arthur Clune<arthur at clune.org> wrote:

> It does. While it is annoying, it also saves a lot of problems with
> infected windows machines.
>
> Also, this is wrong:
>
>> 172.16.0.0 with netmask 255.255.0.0
>
> The rfc1918 address range is 172.16.0.0/12 (255.240.0.0). We currently
> mostly use the 172.16 range but there is some stuff on campus that
> uses the higher bits so it's better to get it set correctly.
>
> Arthur

Many thanks Arthur - I'll fix that this evening when I get home. By
the way I can easily do some screen shots if someone wants to add a
"how to" for Linux VPN connections to the university's web page advice
- currently it has XP, Vista and MAC step by step instructions but
nothing for Linux. I'll be happy to oblige if it would be useful?

-- 
mike



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