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From: Drew Tomlinson <drew@××××××××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Help With pptpclient -- SOLVED
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:19:40
Message-Id: 4991B722.8080107@mykitchentable.net
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Help With pptpclient by Drew Tomlinson
1 Drew Tomlinson wrote:
2 > I'm trying to connect to a Cisco 3650 VPN Concentrator at work. On
3 > Windows clients, I use the included dialup networking client and connect
4 > without issue using pptp. This is not a L2TP/IPSEC VPN. I want to do
5 > the same on a Gentoo client.
6 >
7 > I've Googled and found that pptpclient should do what I want. I've
8 > followed this guide:
9 >
10 > http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Microsoft_VPN_client_setup_with_pptpclient
11 <snip>
12 > Any ideas on what I'm missing? I've been at this for two days but can
13 > not figure out my errors. In cases where the guide indicates using a
14 > VPN server name, I have tried with both a made up (but common) server
15 > name and the actual IP address as this VPN server does not have a
16 > resolvable name.
17 >
18 >
19
20 Never mind. I found the problem. The VPN concentrator still had a
21 connection registered for my IP address. Once that was cleared, I was
22 able to connect.
23
24 Sorry for the noise.
25
26 Drew
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