Ricardo <ricardo@hasst-spam.de> wrote: > I want to use VPN Connections, but this doesn't work. > I tested KVpnc, and it could connect, and I see a symbol in the task > from the connection, but it is not used by Iceweasel or Opera. > Then I made this file at /etc/ppp/peers/swiss: > emotename swiss > linkname swiss > ipparam swiss > pty "pptp --loglevel 1 connect.swissvpn.net --nolaunchppp$ I would use the IP address for connect.swissvpn.net to avoid any problem that might be associated with DNS lookup. > # domain and username, used to select lines in secrets fi$ > name swissvpntest > # **dns von swiss** > usepeerdns Be aware that the usepeerdns option may get DNS server addresses but pppd puts them in the file /etc/ppp/resolv.conf, not in /etc/resolv.conf . However, some distributions put scripting (or a call to another script) in /etc/ppp/ip-up that writes a new /etc/resolv.conf with the addresses. > # **oder eigender dns** > #ms-dns 10.21.5.1 > # use MPPE encryption > require-mppe > nomppe-stateful > # require the use of MPPE, with 128-bit encryption > require-mppe-128 > # we do not require the peer to authenticate itself > noauth > # we want to see what happen > nodetach > # lock the device > lock > # Use BSD compression > bsdcomp 9,15 > # Use deflate method > deflate 9,15 IMHO you shouldn't try to use bsdcomp or deflate compression even if the swiss site is not using M$. In fact it would be better to use nobsdcomp and nodeflate as in the tunneling example found in man pptp. > # userdefined MTU > mtu 1300 > # **gateway von swiss nutzen?** > defaultroute Do you really want a default route through the PPP interface? If so then should a default route already exist it will have to be removed, otherwise pppd won't set a default route even with the defaultroute option. > and my /etc/ppp/chap-secrets looks like this: > Secrets for authentication using CHAP > # client server secret IP addres$ > swissvpntest swiss swissvpntest * > (You may test it with this data, it is only a public test account from > SwissVPN.net) > If I start it now with > pppd defaultroute call swiss > Again I see a connection at the task, but I does not work :(! That really doesn't help much in determining what causes the problem. When you "see" that what does "route -n" show? Can you ping the IP address of connect.swissvpn.net ? Is there a firewall to contend with? If so then this link may help: http://pptpclient.sourceforge.net/routing.phtml > Can you help me to solve this problem? To be honest, probably not - I've never actually used PPTP. But if nothing I've said here helps then you can add the pppd "debug" option and the pptp "--loglevel 2" option, and then look in the logs for clues. And even post any log lines that appear related to your problem. Regards- -- Clifford Kite