VPN problem

[igotnoluck]

Hi,

i'm trying to connect to my ISP using PPTP connection.

i've configured the following files / settings:

 

1. i've installed the pptp-linux package

 

and i've done steps 2-5 in this thread:

Problem with VPN

 

now my ifconfig is:

[root@localhost peers]# ifconfig
eth0	  Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:16:17:BC:2C:84
	  inet addr:172.21.13.46  Bcast:255.255.255.255  Mask:255.255.224.0
	  inet6 addr: fe80::216:17ff:febc:2c84/64 Scope:Link
	  UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
	  RX packets:247543 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
	  TX packets:25100 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
	  collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
	  RX bytes:42039565 (40.0 MiB)  TX bytes:4021366 (3.8 MiB)
	  Interrupt:23 Base address:0x2c00

lo		Link encap:Local Loopback
	  inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
	  inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
	  UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
	  RX packets:67 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
	  TX packets:67 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
	  collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
	  RX bytes:5206 (5.0 KiB)  TX bytes:5206 (5.0 KiB)

ppp0	  Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
	  inet addr:89.0.32.175  P-t-P:212.29.206.206  Mask:255.255.255.255
	  UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
	  RX packets:9748 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
	  TX packets:9805 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
	  collisions:0 txqueuelen:3
	  RX bytes:7002604 (6.6 MiB)  TX bytes:1534588 (1.4 MiB)

 

using the pptp command:

pptp pns.barak.net.il call barak

 

and i've routed as following:

route add -host pns.barak.net.il gw 172.21.13.46
route add -net 172.0.0.0/8 gw 172.21.13.46
route add -net default ppp0

 

now the thing is that the network is working fine BUT

the connection is realy slow, i think its the DNS server, but how can i config the DNS for the ppp0 connection ?

and the second thing is: can i change the 172.21.13.46 to eth0 ?

 

thanks,

noluck

[tyme]

DNS info is always held in /etc/resolv.conf, not matter what connection (eth0, ppp0, etc.) you're using (IIRC). I would suggest setting up OpenDNS, it's faster and does a lot of nice little extras.

 

and the second thing is: can i change the 172.21.13.46 to eth0 ?

I don't understand what you're asking here...could you clarify?

[scarecrow]

+1 for OpenDNS. It's very fast, and I'm using it since a long time ago as my primary DNS server, keeping one of my ISP's DNS servers as secondary. My net speeds have improved considerably (and I don't think its a placebo effect).