sorry for the re-post...

But I usually get a good response when I post under this alias. I shall
post again.

To start from the top I have configured a superscope on my network to
contain 192.168.48.x and 192.168.47.x because I started running out of
addresses in my poorly configured DHCP pool on the 192.168.48.x network.
When someone grabs an IP from the 47.x network all is well and it can
communicate with everything on the 48.x network.

I have setup a VPN server and now when someone grabs an IP from the 47.x
network they have no idea about how to get to the 48.x network. That is,
unless the client has the "use default gateway on remote network" then there
is a default route for all traffic. This isn't what I want, though. The
client must use their own connection to surf the internet because of
bandwidth constraints.

My question is how do I give the client a static route to reach the 48.x
network if they grab a 47.x address?

My situation is similar to a off-subnet situation. Maybe I am doing
something wrong in the 47.x subnet child-scope. Would it be safe to play
with option 249 in there? Or would that muck up my local users? How can I
selectively give static routes to certain people (sorry for the typing out
loud).

I will buy a beer (or six) for the person that has a good solution for this


TIA...
-Steven-

Hello,

Thank you for posting in the Microsoft newsgroup!

From your post, my understanding on this issue is: your VPN clients have
route problem with 47.x subnet. If I'm off base, please feel free to let me
know.

I suggest you to configure a static route for VPN clients and don't use the
DHCP option 249.

You can add a static route by the "route" command. The explanation of the
command parameter can be found by the command "route /?" or in the
following article:
Manage Routes
http://technet2.microsoft.com/Window...6-856f-4344-8f
d9-24aced4fb1e61033.mspx

You can add a route by the following command as a test:
route ADD <x.x.48.0> MASK 255.255.255.0 <the remote gateway>
If the test is successful, you may add a "-p" parameter to set the route
permanently.

I hope the information above can address your concerns. If anything is
unclear, please feel free to let us know.

Sean Cai, MCSE2000
Microsoft Online Partner Support

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Thanks for the reply. I should have told you that I already tested your
solution to work for my situation but there is a problem with it still.
When I add the static route I have to use the PPTP address assigned by the
DHCP server as the gateway. The problem with this is that the gateway
changes every time the client grabs an IP address. I know I could create a
batfile or something where the user would have to execute the batfile
everytime they connect to the VPN but this is one extra step I would like to
eliminate.

As I see it when you have the "use default gateway on remote network"
unchecked you are assigned a static route like this:

If you get an address from the RRAS server like 192.168.47.123 you will have
a static route like:

route ADD 192.168.47.0 MASK 255.255.255.0 192.168.47.123 METRIC 3

As you can see this still doesn't tell me how to get to the 192.168.48.0/24
network. What I need is another static route that says something like:

route ADD 192.168.48.0 MASK 255.255.255.0 192.168.47.123 METRIC 3

And since this gateway is dynamic it isn't really possible to use the -p
option. Is there another way you can think of to do what I need?


Thanks,
-Steven-

"Sean Cai [MSFT]" <v-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> Thank you for posting in the Microsoft newsgroup!
>
> From your post, my understanding on this issue is: your VPN clients have
> route problem with 47.x subnet. If I'm off base, please feel free to let
> me
> know.
>
> I suggest you to configure a static route for VPN clients and don't use
> the
> DHCP option 249.
>
> You can add a static route by the "route" command. The explanation of the
> command parameter can be found by the command "route /?" or in the
> following article:
> Manage Routes
> http://technet2.microsoft.com/Window...6-856f-4344-8f
> d9-24aced4fb1e61033.mspx
>
> You can add a route by the following command as a test:
> route ADD <x.x.48.0> MASK 255.255.255.0 <the remote gateway>
> If the test is successful, you may add a "-p" parameter to set the route
> permanently.
>
> I hope the information above can address your concerns. If anything is
> unclear, please feel free to let us know.
>
> Sean Cai, MCSE2000
> Microsoft Online Partner Support
>
> Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security
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> that others may learn and benefit from your issue.
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> rights.
>

Hello Steven,

Sorry for the slow response, I wasn't in office in the last few days.

By my experience, the only way to configure a dynamic gateway is scripting.
However, newsgroup doesn't support scripting issues. I suggest you to find
help in Microsoft Script Center. Here is the link:
Script Center
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scr...r/default.mspx
Sorry for the inconvenience and thanks for your understanding.

Best Regards,

Sean Cai, MCSE2000
Microsoft Online Partner Support

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I finally found what I have been looking for. However I can't find in the
MS docs how to do it. I am using CMAK to customize a connection file. In
this wizard I am at a step that asks me to provide a "routing table update."
It allows me to browse to a .txt file that contains routes I want to provide
to my clients. I cannot find what the format of this file should be. Can
you help me locate how to format this file?

TIA.
-Steven-
"Sean Cai [MSFT]" <v-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hello Steven,
>
> Sorry for the slow response, I wasn't in office in the last few days.
>
> By my experience, the only way to configure a dynamic gateway is
> scripting.
> However, newsgroup doesn't support scripting issues. I suggest you to find
> help in Microsoft Script Center. Here is the link:
> Script Center
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scr...r/default.mspx
> Sorry for the inconvenience and thanks for your understanding.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Sean Cai, MCSE2000
> Microsoft Online Partner Support
>
> Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security
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Hi,

The Connection Manager Administration Kit belongs to Windows Server 2003
Resource tool kit. Since newsgroup doesn't support questions come from
resource tool kit, I couldn't help you on this specific issue.

However, I found some guide on CMAK. Hope it can help you.
Connection Manager Administration Kit
http://technet2.microsoft.com/Window...7-109e-49bc-94
3e-6595832d57611033.mspx?mfr=true

Sean Cai, MCSE2000
Microsoft Online Support

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