FVS336Gv2 impossible to enable PPTP on same subnet !
Hello,
We installed a FVS336Gv2 in a company, yesterday we did the firmware upgrade from 3.0.9-2 to 4.3.3-6, and here is our problem :
Our FW ip is 192.168.1.1 with mask 255.255.255.0 , our subnet is 192.168.1.0... and here is our big problem :
We have a dedicated server in France, and we use it to print some Datas on the servers (we print the datas to a printer located in our Subnet in Switzerland), we had the PPTP server enabled before the firmware update with these configurations :
Re: FVS336Gv2 impossible to enable PPTP on same subnet !
Hi Amoniks,
Welcome to the community!
This is expected behaviour in firmware 4.3.3-6, I have tested other ProSafe models (SRX5308 and FVS336Gv3) running firmware 4.3.3-6 and the same message is observed.
You will need to specify a different subnet in the PPTP IP settings in order to use it. Using a different subnet on the FVS336Gv2 PPTP settings will mean the PPTP client will pickup a new IP address when connecting to the PPTP VPN so you may just need to re-map to the new IP address picked up by the PPTP client.
As this change in the firmware is intended, it is not seen as a bug and will not be changed.
Re: FVS336Gv2 impossible to enable PPTP on same subnet !
Hello,
thank you for your reply.
But i just setup the subnet 192.168.4.1 in the PPTP Server, i can connect my French Server through PPTP to my FVS336Gv2, but i can not ping my FVS336Gv2 or any device inside the subnet 192.168.1.0, can you please explain me how can i re-map my 192.168.4.1 ip address (French Server) to my LAN subnet (192.168.1.0) ???
Re: FVS336Gv2 impossible to enable PPTP on same subnet !
when the French Server connects the vpn and receive IP address 192.168.4.1, the fvs336gv2 should update it's routing table to include the 192.168.4.x network so the local lan clients and the VPN client (French server) can communicate.
Can you go to Monitoring - Diagnostics. From the Ping section see if it is possible to get a reply from the ip address 192.168.4.1
In relation to mapping, what i was referring to is if you had mapping on your LAN client to the IP address the french server used to receive when the PPTP function work in the 192.168.1.200-205 range.
The mapping from local LAN 192.168.1.x to the PPTP VPN range 192.168.4.1 should happen automatically by the fvs336gv2
Re: FVS336Gv2 impossible to enable PPTP on same subnet !
Amoniks,
Sorry to hear the issue is not resolved and now you see other issues also. How was it possible that you could now setup the ip of the client on the same subnet (french server = 192.168.1.201)?
What steps did you take on the FVS to make this possible?
The IP address used in the PPTP VPN configuration is now intentionally different so as to eradicate possible strange routing behaviour when the LAN subnet and the subnet of the PPTP VPN client are the same. This could explain why you see strange LAN to WAN behaviour when the PVN is active.
At this stage I recommend you also log a support ticket through the contact us page as your issue may need to be diagnosed further via the support team. Contact us page is available here http://support.netgear.com/general/contact/default.aspx
