Connect to SAMBA shares

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uge

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Post by uge » Fri Jul 03, 2009 1:05 pm
Hi,

I'm really not an expert so this might be simple but I can't figure it out myself.

So Open VPN is installed on my Ubuntu Server at work.

Lots of people can connect using Windows VPN clients.

I'm the only MAC user, so I got Viscosity.

Entering my connection information and trying to connect is fine.
Viscosity shows me as connected and gives me a client IP.

Now the way I usually connect to my SMB shares is using the Finder, with "Connect to" and typing in :
smb://10.0.1.250
which is the internal IP of the SMB server
I also tryed the external IP of the server.

None work.

I also noticed that Viscosity displays that my client IP is 10.0.2.10 (I would expect something in the 10.0.1.X range) - I don't know if this is relevant.


Please Help !

James

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Post by James » Sun Jul 05, 2009 11:49 am
Hi uge,

It sounds possible you might have a routing issue on your hands. When you setup Viscosity, did you set it up manually yourself, or did your administrator give you a config file to import?

You could try the following:

1. Edit your connection in Viscosity (under Preferences)
2. Click on the Networking tab
3. Click the small "+" button in the Routing section
4. Enter "10.0.1.0" as the Route/IP (no quotes)
5. Enter "255.255.255.0" as the Mask
6. Enter "vpn_gateway" as the Gateway
7. Click the Add button. Click Save, and then try connecting again.

Cheers,
James
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