connect lan and pptp

Dear list

I have the following problem

I have a LAN with ip 192.168.1.1/255.255.255.0

I also connect to a pptp windows server in order to create a vpn, and I get
an ip of the form 169.254.xxx.xxx/255.255.255.255

How is it possible that I connect my lan and my pptp connection in order to
see the other network in my lan ?

It is probably a newbie question, but just learning

Yours

Alex

In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, (E-Mail Removed) says...
> Dear list
>
> I have the following problem
>
> I have a LAN with ip 192.168.1.1/255.255.255.0
>
> I also connect to a pptp windows server in order to create a vpn, and I get
> an ip of the form 169.254.xxx.xxx/255.255.255.255
>
> How is it possible that I connect my lan and my pptp connection in order to
> see the other network in my lan ?
>
> It is probably a newbie question, but just learning
>
> Yours
>
> Alex
>


Do you have a dhcp server on your lan ?
it seems that your workstation can't get an address via dhcp, so windows
assign itself an address.

Doff