Microsoft's VPN implementation of PPTP does **not** use TCP, but a protocol
called GRE, with the protocol # 47. That's what the patch is for. Documentation
about VPN is somewhere on Microsoft's website, but I forgot exactly where.
I only tried one VPN connection, and it works without problems (using kernel
2.0.33). I only have one site to connect to, so I have no idea about multiple
connections, but this should be an issue for the PPTP endpoints only, not the
Linux box. Linux just passes the data through.
-Joe
Luigi Giacobbe wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I need to realise several PPTP connections trough a masquerading linux
> machine.
> I read that I need a PPTP patch and actually it can made only one
> connections at a time.
>
> I dont understand why a patch is needed.
> PPTP is a TCP connection where the data are crypted or something like that.
> Is somebody can give more explanation about that ?
> will the patch be soon available for several simultaneous PPTP connections ?
>
> Thanks
>
> Ing. Luigi Giacobbe
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