Laptops, virtualisation, and networking

[Mario Guenterberg]

On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 01:55:56PM +0200, Mogens Kjaer wrote:
> On 04/29/2010 08:33 AM, Dan Irwin wrote:
> ...
> > When I VPN in, I'm connected via pptp or ipsec. I can't see the same
> > bridging/dhcp working on these interfaces as wlan0 or eth0.
> 
> I use NetworkManager to handle my wireless and VPN.
> 
> It connects to our Cisco ASA box.
> 
> If I start VPN from NetworkManager my virtual machines
> also get access to the company network so that I can
> map shares on the company's samba server from Windows XP
> running virtualized.
> 
> Mogens

That's the point, you use wireless _and_ VPN not _PPTP_ and VPN.
I'm also looking forward for hints or howtos about PPTP/PPP and VPN
and bridging to a virtaul machine, esp. VirtualBox.

Greetings
Mario Guenterberg

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