[pptp-server] Error 650 ...

[Nehali Neogi]

Hi,
I spent quite some time digging the mailing list
archives, reading FAQs and what not but still no luck
getting pptpd to work correctly

I'm trying to tunnel into my home network  from from
my windows 98 machine at work but it gives me the
infamous 650 Error!!

Here is my setup at Home (typical in linux world)

Linux Box (RedHat 6.0)
  Also a firewall, masq server, pptpd server
  External IP (provided by my cable modem ISP)
  Internal IP 192.168.1.1
  Home Lan : 192.168.1.x

My Windows 98 client at work:
Connects to my Home Linux Box (External IP) using VPN
adapter.


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Questions: 
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1.  Can someone verify my localip and remoteip
configuration in attached /etc/ppp/pptpd.conf? I'm not
sure if I have it right! 

2. Also attached see the /var/log/pptpd.log:

GRE: read(fd=4,buffer=804d3e0,len=8196) from PTY
failed: status = -1 error = Input/output error

On the 98 client side, I get the 650 error


What am I missing?

PS: I tried both ( pptpd-1.0.0-1.i386.rpm and the
older verison pptpd-0.9.10-2.src.rpm)


Thanks in advance,
--Nehali

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tail -f /var/log/messages:
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Feb  1 15:15:05 localhost pptpd[15874]: MGR: Manager
process started
Feb  1 15:15:23 localhost pptpd[15875]: CTRL: Client
205.181.228.253 control connection started
Feb  1 15:15:24 localhost pptpd[15875]: CTRL: Starting
call (launching pppd, opening GRE)
Feb  1 15:15:24 localhost modprobe: can't locate
module char-major-108
Feb  1 15:15:24 localhost pppd[15876]: pppd 2.3.10
started by root, uid 0
Feb  1 15:15:24 localhost pppd[15876]: Using interface
ppp0
Feb  1 15:15:24 localhost pppd[15876]: Connect: ppp0
<--> /dev/pts/6
Feb  1 15:15:24 localhost pppd[15876]: sent [LCP
ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <auth chap MD5> <magic
0x1178482e> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Feb  1 15:15:51 localhost last message repeated 9
times
Feb  1 15:15:54 localhost pptpd[15875]: GRE:
read(fd=4,buffer=804d3e0,len=8196) from PTY failed:
status = -1 error = Input/output error
Feb  1 15:15:54 localhost pptpd[15875]: CTRL: PTY read
or GRE write failed (pty,gre)=(4,5)
Feb  1 15:15:55 localhost pptpd[15875]: CTRL: Client
205.181.228.253 control connection finished
Feb  1 15:15:54 localhost pppd[15876]: LCP: timeout
sending Config-Requests 
Feb  1 15:15:54 localhost pppd[15876]: Connection
terminated.
Feb  1 15:15:54 localhost pppd[15876]: tcflush failed:
Invalid argument
Feb  1 15:15:54 localhost pppd[15876]: Exit.
Feb  1 15:18:47 localhost pumpd[207]: renewed lease
for interface eth0

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/etc/ppp/options
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debug
name myserver
auth
require-chap
proxyarp

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/etc/ppp/chap-secrets
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# client        server  secret                  IP
addresses
myname myserver mypasswd *

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/etc/pptpd.conf
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speed 115200
localip 192.168.0.234-238,192.168.0.245
remoteip 192.168.1.234-238,192.168.1.245




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