Re: question on tunnels (VPN)

From: Julian Elischer (julian_at_elischer.org)
Date: 09/22/04

  • Next message: Mikhail P.: "Re: question on tunnels (VPN)"
    Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 14:26:46 -0700
    To: miha@ghuug.org
    
    

    Mikhail P. wrote:

    >Dear users,
    >
    >I have been experimenting with simple gif tunnels (no IPSec) in local network
    >(192.168.0.0/24). I have used the following scenario between two hosts (both
    >running FreeBSD-5.2.1):
    >
    >HOST_A [192.168.0.1]:
    >ifconfig gif0 create
    >ifconfig gif0 tunnel 192.168.0.1 192.168.0.2
    >ifconfig gif0 10.0.0.1 10.0.0.2 netmask 255.255.255.255
    >
    >and on -
    >
    >HOST_B [192.168.0.2]:
    >ifconfig gif0 create
    >ifconfig gif0 tunnel 192.168.0.2 192.168.0.1
    >ifconfig gif0 10.0.0.2 10.0.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.255
    >
    >The above works well for me, and I can send traffic on 10.0.0.1 and 10.0.0.2.
    >
    >The next thing I wanted to implement is to create similar tunnel from our
    >local router (which is FreeBSD too) to remote server, however there is small
    >problem which stops me - router has no public IP, and it sees internet
    >through DSL router, so basically that router is NAT'ed behind DSL router.
    >As far as I understand, it appears to be that I won't be able to create such a
    >simple tunnel, unless my router gets public IP address.
    >
    >What I tried next was MPD pptp link (which is known to work behind NAT, unlike
    >above example), but something (ISP? DSL router?) cuts GRE packets on their
    >way, so MPD can't establish LCP connection with remote host.
    >
    >I'm now in loss as to what to try next - could someone please advise what
    >other techniques will work in my scenario (where I want to connect machine
    >which is behind NAT and no GRE packets will go through)?
    >

    I use MPD using the "UDP" transport.

    in other words packets get sent as udp packets.

    I then set up IPSEC to encrypt the UDP packets..

    when I had a NAT in the way I did further encapsulate the GRE packets in
    UDP again :-)

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