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From: Iain Buchanan <iaindb@netspace.net.au>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] PPTP connection to Windows server 2003 vpn
Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2007 09:01:53 +0930	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1183678313.6798.17.camel@orpheus> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <468A8C73.8070305@karlhaines.com>

On Tue, 2007-07-03 at 12:50 -0500, Karl Haines wrote:
> I've been following the guide at:
> http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_PPTP_VPN_client_%28Microsoft-compatible_with_mppe%29
> 
> Trying to get my vpn to work going from my linux laptop. That would
> really make the boss jealous!

heh, vpn from my linux laptop to our windows servers worked for me over
a bad modem, and my boss who was travelling with me couldn't get his
working from his windows laptop!

>  Anyhow, when i run my ifconfing ppp0,
> after doing /etc/init.d/net.ppp0 start, it looks like this:

[snip]

hmm, looks like you haven't got an ip address for the connection...
Personally, I use pon to start my vpn link.  what do you see in your
syslog?  try pon and see if the output tells you anything.


> I see no inet entries like i think i should, and if i do:
> 
> route add -net 192.168.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 dev ppp0
> 
> is says the interface doesn't exist!!

yeah, that won't work unless you have an ip address...

HTH,
-- 
Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au>

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      reply	other threads:[~2007-07-05 23:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-07-03 17:50 [gentoo-user] PPTP connection to Windows server 2003 vpn Karl Haines
2007-07-05 23:31 ` Iain Buchanan [this message]

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