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Failure to connect to PPTP VPN in Ubuntu: VPN plugin failed: 1
I used network-manager-pptp under Ubuntu 12.04 to configure the vpn.
IPv4 Settings:
Automatic
VPN:
Gateway - set
User name - set
Password - Always Ask
PPTP Advanced Option:
PAP, CHAP, MSCHAP, ...
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Configuring cisco as VPN client
I need to configure 857W as PPTP client. PPTP is officialy not supported (there is no such protocol in request-dialin group) but it could be enabled with "service internal".
Any way, my questions are ...
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PPTP VPN and Untangle Device
I have a question regarding PPTP VPN with encryption. I work in an office that uses this untangle device (http://www.untangle.com/). It is a firewall, that also has web blocking, virus blocking, web ...
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Linux Distro with PPTP/L2TP client support and IP Forwarding
I'm looking for a lightweight linux distro with a nice web based front end that I can throw on a VM to act as a secondary gateway out of my network through a VPN. I currently have a debian VM with ip ...
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How do I make servers visible on my VPN?
I'm tinkering with web servers on Rackspace, trying to figure out if I can set up a website with public parts and also private parts that are visible only via a VPN connection.
I have 2 servers ...
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Make a VPN connection only for RDP
I am connecting to a cisco VPN router via PPTP on my windows 7 Ultimate machine. Like most VPN's, it connects just fine but also redirects all of my traffic through the VPN. I really only need RDP ...
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Two VPN connections from the same IP address
I have set up a server running Windows Server 2008 which two remote users can dial into using a VPN connection. It works fine unless they are both in the same location, in which case only one of them ...
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Making PPTP VPN Secure
I've been reading about the security, or lack of, with regards to a PPTP VPN. The specific things mentioned over and over are the fact that DNS can leak and the encryption is insecure. Is this a ...
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Privacy, VPN and routers
Ever since this ACTA push-up the things are starting to heat up around torrents and privacy.
I am using Tribler now, but this is not secure enough for me. Not enough privacy.
I've been using in the ...
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ssh tunnel via specific interface
Client -ssh-> Server --> Internet
Normally I initiate an ssh tunnel with: ssh -D 1337 admin@nas
On the server I have two interfaces: eth1 and ppp0. Right now it uses eth1 when tunneling, but ...
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Conflict of VPN allocated IP address
In my work place, my allocated private IP is 192.168.2.10, and I need to use VPN (PPTP) to another network, which also allocate IP in the same subnet, e.g. (192.168.2.20).
What are the best way to ...
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How secure PPTP is?
I use my own VPS to serve as a PPTP gateway for my personal PC/laptop/android. It uses 128bit encryption, and MS-CHAPv2 for authentication.
The questions are: is it enough to secure my connection ...
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Set linux routing tables to route F5 vpn and internet traffic
I'm having trouble understanding how my VPN client works, and how to set up my routing tables to do what I would like.
Here is the output BEFORE connecting to my vpn
Kernel IP routing table
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Change PPTP control connection's TCP port number
I have some Windows 7 clients that connect via PPTP to a CentOS server, but I would like them to use a port other than 1723 for the control connection as that port is not available.
Is there some way ...
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pptpd VPN server to behave like SSH tunnel
I've got pptpd running on an openwrt router that's in client mode, connected to another AP. The wired interface has a static IP address (192.168.1.242) and is connected to my main network, which is a ...
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How to connect to VPN through firewall
Our admins had blocked all outgoing ports except few like 80, 443, 110 etc. I want to use some software that utilizes other ports. So I decided to make a VPN connection to my dedicated server.
So we ...
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pptp limit simultaneous connections per user
I'm running pptpd on a Debian Lenny box and I'm just wondering whether it's possible using poptop pptpd to limit the maximum number simultaneous VPN connections per user.
eg. john smith can only ...
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Linux PPTP VPN and gateway woes
I have an Amazon Linux machine running in an Amazon EC2 instance.
I am connecting to my office's VPN as follows:
sudo pppd pty "pptp pptp.<DOMAIN>.com --nolaunchpppd --loglevel 2 --debug" file ...
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pptp connections from command line
I'm using a lot of vpn connections daily for my work and I want to program a pptp dialer in python to ease my job a little bit by automating things. I usually go with network-manager-pptp to setup my ...
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Issue while running PPTP client on Windows 7
I am using the built-in Windows 7 pptp client to connect to some vpn server. The issue is - while it's connected, all my internet traffic goes through that connection, not just the network specific. ...
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VPN with D-Link DIR-600 Wireless Router
I just bought a D-Link DIR-600 Wireless Router and was hoping to setup a VPN client using the DD-WRT firmware.
But unfortunately my hardware version of DIR-600, known as C1, is not supported by ...
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PPTP is allowing any username – even blanks?
I have a PPTP VPN server on my network. I have setup the username and passwords for clients in the chap_secrets file.
However when testing with any username or even a blank one, the server accepts ...
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Can't enable VPN on linux error: VPN connection failed
I have a sony vaio laptop, with ubuntu 11.04 and windows 7 on it. I have configured a VPN connection on ubuntu, in order to connect to my computer at work but it keeps not working, and I get the error ...
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Lion built-in VPN client times out connecting to Windows 2003 PPTP server
I have a new iMac with OS X 10.7 (Lion) on it that refuses to connect to a PPTP-based VPN server (running Windows 2003 SBS).
To shortcut past a lot of questions: There is a Dell workstation running ...
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Why can't I connect to a private VPN Network set up on my local machine?
I am connected through a router to the internet. In Windows 7 Enterprise I set up a private VPN server to connect to, but I can only connect to the default gateway and no further.
Everything is on ...
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PPTP VPN: External computers can access network, but internal computers can't access external
I've recently set up a VPN for my home (using an Ubuntu host and PPTP, see links at bottom) so I have access to my servers where ever I am, and so far it's worked how I wanted it to. I've got it set ...
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How can I automate proxy configuration based on whether the IP of the VPN is present in ipconfig?
I am hosting a PPTP VPN on a Windows 7 machine at my house. I am running both the VPN and Privoxy behind a firewall. The firewall is properly configured, and the VPN and Privoxy are both working fine. ...
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Unable to connect to VPN PPTP Ubuntu 11.04
I'm actually able to connect to VPN, but then unable to ping any of the machines local on the network.
Here are the results of when i run
sudo pon
using channel 7
Using interface ppp0
Connect: ppp0 ...
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pfSense 2.0 - Can PPP L2TP be used to be an L2TP tunnel?
i noticed in pfSense 2.0 (RC3) that my PPPoE interface is now a PPPoE tunnel assigned to my WAN NIC (Network Interface Card):
where the PPPOE0(xl0) - ianboyd@superuser.com network port is defined ...
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VPN connection fails in virtual machine with error 619, but works in host
I have 2 VMs running Windows XP Pro x86 SP3 under VMWare 7.1.4. I tried to set up a VPN connection in each of them to a Linux server running pptpd. They both get stuck on "Verifying username and ...
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Is it possible to force Windows 7 VPN client to ignore the local network?
I have a PPTP VPN server which I connect to using Windows 7's built in VPN client. I was hoping that the behavior of the VPN client would be such that it would appear that I am physically connected to ...
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How can I specify what traffic uses a VPN connection with Windows 7?
Using Windows 7 Professional 64bit
PPTP VPN (using the built in networking client)
I'm connecting to my home VPN server from my work computer. This previously worked without issues using Windows XP, ...
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VPN client configuration on Windows using a config file
Is it possible to create a configuration or batch file that will initiate a VPN connection using the built-in Windows PPTP client? I want to build a scripted method that all my external users can use ...
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How to log username logging into ubuntu PPTP service
I need to log every connection made into our PPTP daemon. I can find the IP address of the client connection from /var/log/daemon.log, but can't find the username that is used to login.
When using ...
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Does the username have any function when you use VPN over PPTP?
You need to provide a username and a password if you want to connect to a Windows server through VPN using PPTP. Does the provided username have any function?
Let's say you use the user name "John" ...
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Windows 7 PPTP VPN can ping and HTTP to servers but not Windows Explorer
I just started working from home connecting to the office network over PPTP VPN (I'm using Windows 7 Pro). I have my hosts file set up with the internal IPs of all the servers I need to connect to ...
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PPTP: Use LDAP or PAM as authentication backend
I'm using pptpd and pppd on a Debian linux host to provide VPN capabilities to mobile phones. I would like to use my OpenLDAP server for authentication and authorization purposes (instead of keeping ...
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OpenVPN Alternative for connection over unreliable line
OpenVPN works great when you're connecting two tunnels over a stable, reliable connection. However, when one of the nodes is connected to the internet via an unstable internet connection (unstable: ...
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PPTP alternative windows 7
Can't set up a new vpn connection (I only get "Wizard cannot connect" error message) so I'm looking for an alternative client to connect to my pptp vpn server. Anyone got one? I can't find one.
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How can I access blocked sites while in China?
I have some colleagues who need to go to China for work, however while they're there, they can't access a lot of sites. One of which is GMail (Google Apps), which they need for work.
We have a UK ...
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Are openvpn and pptp mutually interchangeable?
I mean, can I use openvpn client to connect to pptp server, or vice versa: pptp client to connect to openvpn server?
I'm building a virtualized mock-up of an ISP infrastructure, which uses the VPN ...
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Problem with 2 PPTP VPN connections
I have a problem with my network-manager in Ubuntu 10.10.
When I dial one of my VPN connections, my other VPN connections be disabled and I can't use them!
I tried to restart network-manager and ...
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VPN - PPTPd server setup under Fedora 14?
I've been using Debian as my main server for a while, and have pptpd (PoPToP) allowing me to connect my iOS devices and Windows laptop to my home network.
I have switched to Fedora 14 as a learning ...
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Set PPTP Passthrough in Mac OS X Snow Leopard
Dear Friends,
I have a big problem with VPN PPTP connections in Mac OS X SL and the problem exists in all my computers that I work with. When I connect to a PPTP connection, the connection is good for ...
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Persistent routes for DD-WRT PPTP VPN client
My home network in the USA is behind a Buffalo router (G300NH) running their version of DD-WRT. I use the built-in PPTP VPN client to connect to a VPN provider in the UK. I route certain traffic over ...
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why does “ipconfig getifaddr ppp0” fail?
I am trying to find my IP on VPN (PPTP) so I tried "ipconfig getifaddr ppp0" but it gave me "get if addr ppp0 failed, (os/kern) failure." Why does it fail and what should I do instead? ifconfig shows ...
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Access Windows VPN DNS from Ubuntu
I am using Ubuntu 10.04 to access a Windows VPN. I connect to the VPN from Ubuntu, and when I open a Windows 7 virtual machine (VirtualBox), everything works great ... I can access local network ...
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Unable to connect to PPTP VPN with Ubuntu 10.04
I'm trying to connect to my corporate VPN using a laptop running Ubuntu 10.04. It's a company laptop but as I have chosen to run Linux rather than "a proper" OS, I'm mostly on-my-own as far as getting ...
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Creating stable, automatically reconnecting PPTP connection in Ubuntu
I've been using network-manager-pptp to create a PPTP VPN connection in my Ubuntu virtual machine for a while now, but I have constant problems with random disconnects. I don't know what the cause of ...
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pfSense: Have router connect, and route, to a PPTP server?
i have a main office running a PPTP VPN server (Microsoft Remote Access Services). Is it possible for the pfSense router at a satellite location to automatically route traffic destined for the main ...
