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pptpd VPN: assign random IP address on connect

Posted by chatmasta, 10-15-2012, 02:28 PM

Hey, I'm setting up a VPN server with pptpd. It works great, except it always assigns me the same IP when I connect. Say I have 128 IPs on the box. How can I configure pptpd to assign a random IP from the pool to each connecting client? It also needs to support having more than 128 connected clients. What I've found online says I need to edit the pptpd scripts in /etc/ppp, but I can't figure out exactly what I need to do. Any help would be appreciated.

Posted by CrystoneHosting, 10-15-2012, 02:55 PM

Here is a related post on WHT that may help, http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=1090633

Posted by chatmasta, 10-15-2012, 06:50 PM

Thanks. I found that thread while searching as well, but unfortunately it didn't help me.

Posted by BestServerSupport, 10-16-2012, 09:02 AM

Please make sure that you have put your local IP address range in localip field of PPTPD configuration file [/etc/pptpd.conf] file.

Posted by chatmasta, 10-16-2012, 09:18 AM

Yeah, I've done that. I'm able to connect just fine. The issue is that when I connect I am assigned the main server IP instead of one from the pool of all IPs (which are listed under remoteip).

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