[gentoo-user] PPTP connection to Windows server 2003 vpn

[gentoo-user] PPTP connection to Windows server 2003 vpn

[Karl Haines]

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

ppp0      Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
          POINTOPOINT NOARP MULTICAST  MTU:1400  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:3
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

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!! What am I doing wrong here? I'd be
glad to talk to someone on IRC (I'm karleeto 24/7) and in a return
email. Thanks in advance for the help!


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Re: [gentoo-user] PPTP connection to Windows server 2003 vpn

[Iain Buchanan]

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,
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