PPTP - General Settings

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To enable PPTP you need to configure the basic configuration.

 

Local IP (with netmask): The local IP address in CIDR notation which is used by Gibraltar to handle PPTP connections. The initialization of the PPTP connection must of course take place with a public IP address. Intern, the remote connections handle with this local IP address. Enter the adequate routing entries in the module Network, if the remote users are not in the same subnet.
Remote IP from and Remote IP to: The clients get one of these IPs if they connect to Gibraltar via PPTP. In the textfield Remote IP from enter the first IP address and in the textfield Remote IP to enter the last IP address from the range of IP addresses, that a remote user should get.
Domain: The domain the remote users get assigned.
DNS server: The DNS server the remote users get assigned. The DNS server is important to enable a correct address resolution.
WINS server: The WINS server the remote users get assigned. Windows clients might need a WINS server for correct NETBIOS name resolution.

 

TIP: Don´t forget to set packet filter rules for both the TCP-protocol at port 1723 and the GRE-protocol with the action ACCEPT to allow a PPTP connection to the firewall from outside.