Re: Fw: PPTP Problem with 2.6.20-rc1 >=

[Michael Gale <michael.gale@pason.com>]

Hey,

Check out the pptp site for more info:

http://pptpclient.sourceforge.net
http://pptpclient.sourceforge.net/howto-diagnosis.phtml#mppe_kernel

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Check MPPE in kernel Support
Make sure the MPPE module can be loaded:

# modprobe ppp-compress-18

If this module loads without error, then all is well with it. If errors are generated, you must find the cause and fix it. There are numerous causes of a failure to load. 
Some of the causes are;

    1. depmod -a was not run after loading a kernel-mppe rpm,
    2. the MPPE module cannot be found in the appropriate /lib/modules directory,
    3. the MPPE module that was found cannot be loaded because of version conflicts,

    4. an old mppe.o file was left around after an upgrade that provided an ppp_mppe.o file (which results in "init_module: File exists" error if the mppe.o module is 
loaded somehow),

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    5. the ppp_generic module cannot activate the MPPE module when it finds it needs it, because you are using PPP-MPPE 2.4.0 and the /etc/modules.conf file does not have 
an entry for alias ppp-compress-18 mppe,
    6. the PPP modules were compiled into the kernel statically (they must be modules for MPPE to work as a module),
    7. the ppp_async module cannot be loaded (although pptp does not use a serial port, the ppp_async module is required for data transfer with the psuedo-tty device).
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Jorge Bastos wrote:
> Hum...
> Well i don't use iptables-save, i just have all rules and the modprobe's in
> a startup file.
> Anyway Linus isn't talking about a solution, is there one already?
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "TheGesus" <thegesus@gmail.com>
> To: "Jorge Bastos" <mysql.jorge@decimal.pt>
> Cc: <netfilter@lists.netfilter.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 9:02 PM
> Subject: Re: PPTP Problem with 2.6.20-rc1 >=
> 
> 
>> On 1/16/07, Jorge Bastos <mysql.jorge@decimal.pt> wrote:
>>> Hum... Yes
>>>
>>> There's changes now?
>>>
>>
>> http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/1/9/217
>>
> 
> 

-- 
Michael Gale

Red Hat Certified Engineer
Network Administrator
Pason Systems Corp.