[Openswan Users] dhcp over ipsec

[John A. Sullivan III]

Assuming that you have some other network on the other side of your
gateway, you could try something like:

( RW w/ routable IP - e.g. 131.123.35.179 ... ) ---------------
131.123.35.3(VPN GW)192.168.100.1  ---------- (DHCP srv giving
192.168.100.155-159 -   


On Tue, 2004-05-18 at 06:36, Radu Brumariu wrote:
> Well, I just wanted to test it out from the perspective of a machine 
> with a regular IP.
> I will try it from an outside network ... see what that does. I used 
> that IP since, it's easy for me to test having the machines easily 
> accessible ...Anyhow, I will try that and let you know how that goes.
> 
> Thanks,
> Radu
> 
> >>
> >>There may be something really easy that I am doing wrong, but please advise.
> >>    
> >>
> ><snip>
> >Now I really am confused :-)
> >So you are having the DHCP server assign addresses that are on the same
> >network as the originating address and you are trying to establish a
> >tunnel through a routing gateway but to communicate on the same subnet?
> >
> >If so, that sounds like trouble from a fundamental routing perspective.
> >
> >Where does the 192.168.1.100 fit into the picture?
> >  
> >
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