Adding a VPN

["Paulo J. Matos" <pocm soton ac uk>]

Hello all,

Right now I'm able to connect to VPN using the following lines:
pptp staffvpn.ecs.soton.ac.uk user <username> password <password>
hide-password noauth require-mppe
/sbin/route add -host staffvpn.ecs.soton.ac.uk gw 10.242.51.21
/sbin/route add -net 152.78.0.0/16 dev ppp0
/sbin/route del default
/sbin/route add default dev ppp0

I just found out about NetworkManager so I got it and installed also
the pptp plugin.

There are several issues now. One is that the plugin only requires the
VPN name (user custom), the gateway and that's it. Doesn't even ask
for the server or any routes to add/delete. How does it work?

Moreover, how is it possible that in Mac I only need to setup the
server and connection type (PPTP) and I don't need the gateway to make
it work and every single linux program asks me the gateway which
depends on where I am at the moment with my laptop?

Cheers,

-- 
Paulo Jorge Matos - pocm at soton.ac.uk
http://www.personal.soton.ac.uk/pocm
PhD Student @ ECS
University of Southampton, UK