Accessing the OnBoard and Connected Devices > Creating a VPN Tunnel > PPTP VPN Connections

PPTP VPN Connections
An authorized user can create PPTP VPN connections on Linux, Windows, or Macintosh operating systems.
To Create a PPTP VPN Tunnel
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To Enable Native IP Access Through a PPTP VPN Tunnel
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See To Create a PPTP VPN Tunnel.
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Enter the ifconfig or ipconfig command on the user’s workstation to discover the PPTP address assigned from the OnBoard’s IP address pool in the PPTP connection.
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If a virtual network is configured, a network route to the virtual network where the device resides via the PPTP-assigned address for the OnBoard
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Enter the PPTP address either in a browser or with ssh on the command line to access the OnBoard.
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See To Access a Native Web Application When a VPN Tunnel Exists or
To Access a Native Web Application When a VPN Tunnel Exists
This procedure only works when a VPN tunnel exists. See To Bring Up a Native Web Application When an SSH Tunnel Exists when an SSH tunnel exists.
Perform one of the following steps, according to which access method you wish to use.
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To use a browser to launch the native web application from your workstation, enter the IP address of the device in the browser’s location field.
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To use the ssh command your workstation’s command line, enter the ssh command in the following format entering the name/alias of the device along with the IP address of the OnBoard.
For example, the following ssh command line gives the user named “allSPs” access to a device called “sp2” using the OnBoard’s virtual IP address 172.20.0.1.
To Access a Native Management Application
This procedure only works when a VPN tunnel exists. An SSH tunnel does not provide access to a native management applications.
A management application may be accessed in various ways, depending whether the application is a client on the user’s workstation or resides on the service processor:
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If the management application resides on the service processor and is an executable that can be invoked on the command line, do one of the following to access the service processor’s console.
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Invoke ssh with the spconsole command on the command line of your workstation in the following format
ssh -t allSPs:sp2@172.20.0.1 spconsole
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Caution! When finished, always disable the native IP access before terminating the IPSec VPN connection.

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