[pptp-server] LINUX PPTPD VS NT PPTP

[Sean Godsell]

Hello Yan,

One major pro/con is the price difference, and total control when using linux!
With NT who really know's what is going on underneth the covers of NT.

Also I am attaching a few script commands that might help you.

Good Luck, and have fun!!!

Sean Godsell    sgodsell at comsrvinc.com

Yan Seiner wrote:

> See inline.
>
> Sergio Dominguez wrote:
> >
> > Hi:
> >
> >  I have a working PPTP server with Linux. I was told to do
> > VPN with PPTP at my work and I did it with LInux, simply cause
> > I didnt want to get into problems with NT.
> >
> >   Thing is, now my boss is asking pros and cons about using
> > Linux instead of NT for PPTP, so I dont know ir for sure.
> >
> >  I know the big pros about Linux as an OS ( thats why I used
> > it in the first place ) but what I want is a more precise list
> > of pros in the PPTP server area.
> >
>
> Pros:   more stable than NT RAS (I have had absolutely horrible luck
> with RAS)
>         Easier to administer remotely (I have diagnosed a network failure from
> half a world away on a borrowed computer)
>         Rock reliable once configured
>
> Cons:   Takes a while to get configured (NT is quicker out of the box)
>         NT account management is more integrated (but see my response to
> another thread)
>
> >  the first thing that comes to my mind is that an NT server
> > can handles only three PPTP processes at atime, is it right?
> >
>
> Actually, it will handle as many as you configure AFAIK.  There may be
> some resource starvation with RAS, though.  RAS is the most buggy piece
> of commercial software I have ever encoutered.
>
> --Yan
>
> >  TIA for your comments.
> >
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