ppp interface

ppp interface

[maimam]

Hi 

I am having a hard time getting PPTP to work in a lab environemnt. I have
two linux systems connected directly. I have installed one of them as server
and the other one as client from the directions given at sourceforge.

My problem:

since i dont have a modem i dont have a ppp interface. pptp tries to use
ppp0 as a tunnel interface. so when i try to start a pptp connection it
gives me something like this. 

[root@localhost ppp]# pppd pty 'pptp 1.1.1.101 --nolaunchpppd' call pptp1
debug dump logfd 2 nodetach 
pppd options in effect:
debug           # (from command line)
nodetach                # (from command line)
logfd 2         # (from command line)
dump            # (from command line)
noauth          # (from /etc/ppp/options.pptp)
refuse-chap             # (from /etc/ppp/options.pptp)
refuse-mschap           # (from /etc/ppp/options.pptp)
refuse-eap              # (from /etc/ppp/options.pptp)
name netscreen          # (from /etc/ppp/peers/pptp1)
remotename PPTP         # (from /etc/ppp/peers/pptp1)
                # (from /etc/ppp/options.pptp)
pty pptp 1.1.1.101 --nolaunchpppd               # (from
/etc/ppp/peers/pptp1)
mru 1490                # (from /etc/ppp/peers/pptp1)
mtu 1490                # (from /etc/ppp/peers/pptp1)
ipparam pptp1           # (from /etc/ppp/peers/pptp1)
nobsdcomp               # (from /etc/ppp/options.pptp)
nodeflate               # (from /etc/ppp/options.pptp)
using channel 9
Using interface ppp0
Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/3
Child process pptp 1.1.1.101 --nolaunchpppd (pid 26619) terminated with
signal 15
Modem hangup
Connection terminated.

Although i have pppd in the processes i dont have any ppp interface. pppd
version 2.4.2. What should i do?

Appreciate your help...

maimam



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Re: ppp interface

[James Cameron]

On Mon, Apr 16, 2007 at 09:17:17PM -0700, maimam wrote:
> I am having a hard time getting PPTP to work in a lab environemnt.

Works for me every time.  I last checked it yesterday with the release
of pptpd 1.3.4.

> since i dont have a modem i dont have a ppp interface. pptp tries to use
> ppp0 as a tunnel interface. 

This is entirely normal.  If you did have a modem interface, pppd would
use ppp1 as the tunnel interface.

> [root@localhost ppp]# pppd pty 'pptp 1.1.1.101 --nolaunchpppd' call pptp1
> Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/3
> Child process pptp 1.1.1.101 --nolaunchpppd (pid 26619) terminated with
> signal 15

This suggests that pptp has failed with a SIGTERM.  There is no sign
there of any pppd problem.

> Although i have pppd in the processes i dont have any ppp interface. pppd
> version 2.4.2. What should i do?

Contact the PPTP Client mailing list.
http://pptpclient.sourceforge.net/contact.phtml

Have you tried OpenVPN yet?

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