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#1 2007-07-16 01:25:25

xnooby2
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Registered: 2007-07-15
Posts: 104

How to use pptpclient and rdesktop to connect to work PC?

I am have been trying to follow the pptpclient arch wiki, and I am not having much luck.  There is "theServer" and "my.vpn.server". It's also not clear where the directories need to be created and by which user.  I'm looking for example that I can just plug my values in to.  Its hard for a nooby when directions give you too much flexibility.

Are there step-by-step instructions on how to do this if I know the basic connection information?  For example:
Company VPN is:  vpn.corp.com (resolves to 10.10.10.10)
Company VPN external IP is 10.10.10.10
Company Work PC's internal IP: 192.168.1.100
Company Work PC is running Windows XP with RemoteDesktop running
Company domain name is WORKDOM
Company username is WORKUSER
Company user password is WORKPASS
Home PC running Arch Linux IP is 192.168.0.5
Home Linksys router is internal IP 192.168.0.1
Home Linksys router external IP is 20.20.20.20
Software installed on Arch via:  pacman -S pptpclient rdesktop
Arch username is ARCHUSER
Arch user password is ARCHPASS
Arch users home dir is /home/ARCHUSER

Given this information, what exactly would I have to do in order to connect to my Work PC using rdesktop?  The pptpclient website doesnt have an Arch Linux session, and I got lost in the other Unix docs.

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#2 2007-07-16 12:39:15

mrunion
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From: Jonesborough, TN
Registered: 2007-01-26
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Re: How to use pptpclient and rdesktop to connect to work PC?

Here is the command I use when using rDesktop:

rdesktop -u <USERNAME> -p - -g 1024x768 <SERVERIP/NAME>

In this example the password is passed as a DASH which means "prompt for the password".  Using your information the following should work I would think:

rdesktop -u WORKUSER -p - -g 1024x768 192.168.1.100

I've not used PPTP to get connected to a VPN, so once you tackle that issue, the above should hopefully work for you.


Matt

"It is very difficult to educate the educated."

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#3 2007-07-22 06:21:16

xnooby2
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Registered: 2007-07-15
Posts: 104

Re: How to use pptpclient and rdesktop to connect to work PC?

Thanks for the help, I will be giving this another shot shortly!

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