[pptp-server] Kernel 2.2.16-12 and inability to get PPTP working

[Tom Eastep]

Thus spoke Michael Smith:

> 	I just put pinstripe(linux beta 7) on a machine because it had both
> ip_gre and ip_masq_pptp modules compiled into the kernel but I still can't
> get pptp to work correctly.  I have a win2k machine behind my firewall that
> uses masquerading to connect through the new server to a pptp machine on the
> net.  There is really nothing distinct about the messages in the syslog but
> here they are:
> 
> Aug  9 22:18:44 hercules kernel: ip_masq_pptp_tcp(): OUT_CALL_REQUEST
> 192.168.1.2 -> XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX CID=0 MCID=EE51
> Aug  9 22:18:44 hercules kernel: ip_demasq_pptp_tcp(): OUT_CALL_REPLY
> 192.168.1.2 -> XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX CID=0 MCID=EE51
> Aug  9 22:19:21 hercules kernel: ip_masq_pptp_tcp(): CALL_DISCONNECT_NOTIFY
> 192.168.1.2 -> XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX CID=0 MCID=EE51
> 
> If anyone has successfully used the ip_masq_pptp, I would appreciate some
> help.  

I've used it for 18 months now.

> 
> I don't see any packets being sent over GRE via ifconfig -a and I definitely
> have port 1723 open.  I also have the ip address of the pptp server in my
> hosts.allow.  Do ip_gre or ip_masq_pptp take some parameters?
> 

Are your ipchains rules on your firewall admitting GRE (protocol 47) from
your pptp server?

-Tom
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