Justin Hart <justinhart <at> gmail.com> writes: > I recently upgraded my kernel to 2.6.15, enabling MPPE so I could > connect to my campus network's VPN.
> I'm using pptpconfig to set up the connection. It's plain-vanilla, > name of the server and such with the require_mppe box checked. > I'm connecting via 802.11g, using ndiswrapper to by Broadcom 3150 > wireless adapter. > If I have this configuration, as it is now, on my campus network, the > connection drops after a few minutes. It also drops my wi-fi > connection. I kill dhcpcd and restart it to re-acquire an IP, and > life is good again. The wi-fi connection is stable unless I do this. from: http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Set_up_a_vpn_client_with_mppe_encryption It contains this line: You will have to install or recompile ppp with the mppe-mppc USE flag. The aforementioned wiki also has other suggestions that might be relevant to your setup,, particularly in the attached scripts. If not, consider posting a new wiki, as I have been 'tagged' to setup a gentoo laptop for a friend with secure wireless access on a university campus...... Are you happy with the performance of your BC 3150 card? Any other pc-card hardware recommnedations as it'd be nice to get one card that works well with Gentoo and winDoz on a dual-boot laptop? Lots of interlopers and curious talent on those university grounds.... hth, James -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
