Re: pptp

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Thu, 2008-09-25 at 08:46 +0200, Bjorge Solli wrote:
> *doh*
> 
> It works if I don't use the domain field and set user domain in the user
> field. I guess @domain is a part of the username in our setup.

Can you try r4107 of the pptp plugin?  I added code that, when a domain
is given, sends username domain instead of just username.

> If I set mtu in gconf for the connection, will NM change the mtu?

Yes, it will set the MTU on ppp0; the key is 'mtu' and it should go in
the "ppp" setting in GConf.

Dan

> Regards
> Bjørge
> 
> Bjorge Solli wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I'm trying to ditch an old script and use NM instead. The old script can
> > be dl from http://www.uib.no/People/nmabs/vpn/uib-vpn.tar
> > It's commented in norwegian, but should be understandable by reading the
> > code. (ansatt=staff)
> > 
> > I need to set these variables in /etc/ppp/options.cpptp
> > noauth
> > crtscts
> > lock noauth nobsdcomp nodeflate
> > local
> > asyncmap 0
> > mtu 1392
> > lcp-echo-interval 0
> > lcp-echo-failure 40
> > idle 0
> > maxfail 40
> > noipx
> > 
> > and set the secrets in chap-secrets, but this is what I would like to
> > avoid using NM.
> > 
> > I use pptp-on in the tar-file to start the connection, but basically I
> > use something like this:
> > 
> > /usr/sbin/pptp $VPNSERVER name $USER defaultroute noauth
> > 
> > And I also need to set the gw for the $VPNSERVER so it uses the standard
> > device (not the pptp device).
> > 
> > Is it possible to use NM to set all these settings? I have tried a lot,
> > but can't get it to work and I don't get any error messages other than
> > that the connection failed.
> > 
> > I have used NM to connect to an unencrypted vpn (also pptp), but I would
> > like to use the encrypted one.
> > 
> > The script in the tar-file works both on the local wireless lan
> > (10.0.0.0/8) and from everywhere else. 129.177.0.0/16 is our local lan.
> > 
> > Regards
> > Bjørge Solli
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