[pptp-server] ADSL line pptp client not connecting.

[awilliam at whitemice.org]

>       I use to run a pptp connection with MPPE encryption over a
> standard phone line with ppp protocol and everything works fine, but I 
got
> yesterday a dedicated ADSL line and when I try to establish the pptp
> connection over this ADSL line there is just no response from the 
other
> side. I am able to ping the machine to which the connection is 
supposed to
> be established, but it does not return the LCP configuration requests. 
The
> ADSL line implements ethernet protocol.
>       I run pptp-linux 1.0.2 with some patches, thanks to Tom Eastep 
for
> the configuration help!
>       For now I keep both lines - the 33.6k modem only for pptp
> connection and the ADSL line for everything other. It messes my 
routing
> tables and is quite awkward to have to drive an old chevy if you have 
new
> Mercedes.

Yep.  They installed my ADSL line today, and PPTP stopped working.  It 
does connect and start but then the whole thing dies (ppp has a read 
error)