PPPoE on BM 3.8/Netware 6.5 server I'm lost!!!

Question

We just picked a new ISP that offers fiber but uses PPPoE. I am using a
router that supports PPPoE, mtu modifications, etc. Have a static IP.
My server (thank goodness it is a new 'test server' I have set up with all
of the up to date patches, etc,) is running Netware 6.5 and BM 3.8. I
configured it has private 192.168.1.100 private board and a 64.x.x.x
public board, set up just like the existing server on TCP/IP broadband
connection but need to connect to the internet using PPPoE.
How do I modify the server/router settings for the server to use PPPoE.
I have NAT capabilities in the router as well as the server.
Floundering in the PPPoE/BM 3.8 fog
JohnB

Answer 1

Thanks!!! Getting clearer (I hope) but I still must be a potato head
I have the private and public cards on th BM server set up on 2 different
networks as you suggested and the router is accepting a PPPoE assigned
public IP address. ( I can tell this from connecting the router to
another non-server/non-lan connected computer I can hook up directly to
the router.
However, when I run the server through the router, in the NAT translation
table for the public card in the BM server, what is the IP for that public
card under the translation table. The NAT table asks for the 'private
address' and the 'public address. For the 'private address, do I just use
the IP address I assigned it on the 192.168.10.0 IP segment? And then,
what do I put for the 'public Address'. The help screen says usually the
static IP from the ISP, but that doesn't work and it seems like I should
be pointing it to the router. Also, do I need to change the 'next hop'
setting in the LAN Static Routing Table?
Thanks always.
JohnB
> hi John,
>
> > When I enable NAT at the router, do I keep the public card on the
server
> > set as the static IP or set as a new internal 192.168.1.xx address and
> > then point the router to it (the server public card)? I get confused
on
> > the router when it asks for the 'Destination LAN IP', 'subnet mask'
> > and 'Default Gateway. Also, do I change the 'next hop' in the LAN
static
> > routing Table in inetcfg
>
> ok, if you want to use BM for what it's supposed to be (i.e. proxy and
> firewall) you'll need two NIC in the BM server, as well.
> Essentially:
>
> Internet----router---BM---your network.
>
> you will need two "private" networks, one between the router and BM (if
> the router does NAT) and behind BM, where your network resides.
>
> Let's make an example.
> Let's say that your router established a PPoE connection and gets the
> public IP address of 1.2.3.4, and you've NAT enabled on your router.
> The private NIC of the router will have to be configured with a private
> IP segment. Let's say that this segment will be
192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0.
> In this case the LAN card of the router will be 192.168.1.1 and the
> "public" interface of the BM server will be 192.168.1.2.
> Enable NAT on the public binding of your server, so the router won't
> know that there is actually a LAN behind the BM server.
> The private interface of your BM server, as well as all the other
> machines in your LAN, will have an IP address in a different network,
> for instance 192.168.10.0/255.255.255.0. I recommend that you use
> 192.168.10.1 for the private interface of the BM server, and this
> address will be the default gateway of the devices in your LAN.
>
> The default gateway of the BM server, on the other hand, will be the
> private IP address of the router, i.e. 192.168.1.1
>
> If you make a little drawing and you write down the IP addresses it's
> actually clearer :-)
>
> Does this help?
>
>
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > JohnB
> >
> >> John,
> >>
> >> Bm cannot establish the PPoE session, therefore this has to be
> >> established at the router. If you do that you must enable NAT at the
> > router.
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