From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1I6ay2-0004SZ-My for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 05 Jul 2007 23:42:35 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l65NePs7026968; Thu, 5 Jul 2007 23:40:25 GMT Received: from mail.netspace.net.au (mail-out1.netspace.net.au [203.10.110.71]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l65NVWAW013031 for ; Thu, 5 Jul 2007 23:31:33 GMT Received: from [172.16.0.52] (ppp246-231.static.internode.on.net [203.122.246.231]) by mail.netspace.net.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id 744A04381A for ; Fri, 6 Jul 2007 09:31:28 +1000 (EST) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] PPTP connection to Windows server 2003 vpn From: Iain Buchanan To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <468A8C73.8070305@karlhaines.com> References: <468A8C73.8070305@karlhaines.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2007 09:01:53 +0930 Message-Id: <1183678313.6798.17.camel@orpheus> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.10.2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 7450171c-9def-421d-813d-05806a78a4b8 X-Archives-Hash: 07e5c9fc4426dc75266643242641a35d 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 You don't sew with a fork, so I see no reason to eat with knitting needles. -- Miss Piggy, on eating Chinese Food -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list