On Tue, 2007-07-03 at 12:50 -0500, Karl Haines wrote:
> I've been following the guide at:
> http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_PPTP_VPN_client_%28Microsoft-compatible_with_mppe%29
>
> Trying to get my vpn to work going from my linux laptop. That would
> really make the boss jealous!
heh, vpn from my linux laptop to our windows servers worked for me over
a bad modem, and my boss who was travelling with me couldn't get his
working from his windows laptop!
> Anyhow, when i run my ifconfing ppp0,
> after doing /etc/init.d/net.ppp0 start, it looks like this:
[snip]
hmm, looks like you haven't got an ip address for the connection...
Personally, I use pon to start my vpn link. what do you see in your
syslog? try pon and see if the output tells you anything.
> I see no inet entries like i think i should, and if i do:
>
> route add -net 192.168.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 dev ppp0
>
> is says the interface doesn't exist!!
yeah, that won't work unless you have an ip address...
HTH,
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