Lab Setup Help

frede

I have an issue trying to setup an RRAS practice lab . Here's the config:

HARDWARE
Multihoned W2K3 server:
NIC1=192.168.1.2 NIC2=10.176.10.2
2 DHCP scopes
192.168.1.0 and 10.176.10.0

2 routers:
1 Netgear=192.168.1.1, Linksys=10.176.10.3

1 W2K3 RRAS server
10.176.10.4

1 W2K Server
using DHCP

1 Simple 4 port switch

Connectivity
NIC #1 (192.168.1.2) plugged into router 192.168.1.1
NIC #2 (10.176.10.2) plugged into router 10.176.10.3
RRAS server and W2K servers plugged into simple switch
Simple switch plugged into router 10.176.10.3

My goal was to create a VPN on the 10.x subnet using the W2K box as the client and have it get pick up an IP (running RRAS DHCP relay on the 10.176.10.4 box) from the 10.x scope. This did not work. Troubleshooting found that I am unable to ping the 10.176.10.3 router from the multihoned server. However, i am able to ping the 192.168.1.1 router from the multihoned server. I can also ping the 10.176.10.3 router fron the RRAS box. I tried every combo of gateways on the 10.176.10.2 and 192.168.1.2 nics and noted the warning regarding multiple gateways. Also tried a static route on router 10.176.10.3. Even tried a static route on the Multihoned server using RRAS.

Is it a case where a multihoned server with each nic plugged into a seperate router does not work??? Is this a no-no......what is up.....seems so simple that it should work.

Thanks for any help you can offer, or suggestions on how you set up your learning lab.
Fred

eurotrash

Ok I'll give it a shot.

I believe you already did this or something similar, but here it is again:

route -p add 10.176.10.0 mask 255.255.255.0 10.176.10.3 if 10.176.168.2

And that really should work.

Also/or, as you are essentially turning your multihomed computer into a router (by having it connect the two subnets), you'll probably have to install RRAS on it.
From there you can configure lots of stuff, not least of which are the options to "Enable this computer as a: Router" and "Enable IP routing".