Re: PPTP server and Windows 8.1

On Mon, Feb 16, 2015 at 12:47:10PM +0000, Al Ramsay wrote:
> Is there a way of getting the PPTP server to force a default gateway
> to be set when I log on?

In other words, somehow force the client to execute instructions
supplied by the server.  ;-)

It isn't part of the RFC 2637 for PPTP.

But there appear to be prepared methods for this feature, which you
can find in the Microsoft documentation:

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc779919%28v=ws.10%29.aspx#w2k3tr_vpn_how_dkma

Mentioned are DHCP scope option 249, which you may be able to simulate
by configuring a DHCP server on your PPTP server host.

Googling "pptp dhcp option 249" reveals corresponding discussion about
this technique, and option 121.

Hope that helps.

If you do a write-up of how you make it work, I'm happy to add it to
the source tarball, if it isn't too long and doesn't go into
non-technical detail.

-- 
James Cameron
http://quozl.linux.org.au/

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