[H-GEN] VPN and QUT, with SUSE linux

[Christopher Preston]

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"R.B" wrote:
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> I am looking for help with what is needed to set up a VPN client on a
> Linux box (SUSE 6.3- 2.2.13 kernel)
> 
> Has anyone successfully managed to get a VPN connection with QUT. They
> have a download file for Win95/98/NT, but they don't support Linux.
> 
> Any help is greatly appreciated.


Actually, some negative info unfortunately. I compiled a 2.2.16 with the
vpn patch to provide ip masq for a windows box in my network here. The
windows box has the qut extranet access client installed. The vpn patch
is supposedly the way to go to get this setup working (and also for
configuring the linux host as a vpn client I believe). 

Unfortunately, the kernel with this patch behaved rather badly,
resulting in kernel null pointer dereferences thingies [-1]. The 2.2.16
kernel without said patch works as expected (ie. no vpn support, but at
least the kernel behaves itself). 

Perhaps try pre 2.2.16 with vpn patches [0,1]

cheers
Chris

[-1] (TM)
[0] see
ftp://ftp.rubyriver.com/pub/jhardin/masquerade/VPN-howto/VPN-Masquerade.html
for the VPN howto, and
[1] http://www.wolfenet.com/~jhardin/ip_masq_vpn.html for the patches.
-- 
Christopher Preston
Chemistry Department, The University of Queensland
St. Lucia, 4072
Australia

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