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cpcnw2

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Registered: 2009-12-01

Posts: 26

PPTP as per Wiki [SOLVED]

Hi - just made a start with trying to login to my work network using pptp as per the wiki here

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PP … pptpclient

Ive installed 'pptpclient' and fell at the first hurdle after passing over my details to pptpclient

# pptpsetup --create work --server workipaddrress --username remote --password mypass --encrypt

sh: strings: command not found
/usr/bin/pptpsetup: couldn't find MPPE support in pppd

Ive googled this error and am gone dizzy....

Anyone got pptp working with pptpclient?

Last edited by cpcnw2 (2014-03-15 18:27:06)

karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: PPTP as per Wiki [SOLVED]

$ pkgfile strings
core/binutils
extra/bash-completion
community/9base
community/plan9port

Do you have binutils installed?

cpcnw2

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Registered: 2009-12-01

Posts: 26

Re: PPTP as per Wiki [SOLVED]

Hi - I installed binutils - now this command works!

# pptpsetup --create work --server workipaddrress --username remote --password mypass --encrypt

and followed by ;

# ip route add 192.168.1.0/24 dev ppp0

gets me through to the remote network

I have put both in a script so that its easy to 'connect' when I need to and also one to disconnect / delete the tunnel ie

# ip route del 192.168.1.0/24 dev ppp0
# pptpsetup --delete work

Delete work lol if only!

Last edited by cpcnw2 (2014-03-15 18:20:17)

cpcnw2

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Registered: 2009-12-01

Posts: 26

Re: PPTP as per Wiki [SOLVED]

spoke a little too soon ... the connection keeps dying on me.... how to log / diagnose?

Oddly what seems to trigger the dropped / stale connection is accessing the server manager page of an SME Server at the site or an Nas4Free server webmin page.

SSH connections stay up fine....

What I have noticed is that when creating the tunnel I get this message;

cannot determine ethernet address for proxy ARP

not sure what that really means but tried netsurf and midori so far and use of both for remote admin resluts in a stale connect.

Last edited by cpcnw2 (2014-03-15 19:27:30)