[pptp-server] GRE: discarding out of order packet

[Terrelle Shaw]

Well at least in my case.. everyone who's connecting to my VPN server are doing so via DSL or  ethernet
connected machines versus dialup modems.
Not sure what this means tho..
Terrelle


Eric B Powell wrote:

> Here's a thought....
>
> Maybe the culprit on these boxes is the modem or modem driver. I had the
> client remove the entire network stack including LAN and modem drivers,
> run regclean and then re-install the whole shooting match because of one
> symptom dhe reported: after making a PPTP connection, none of his
> DUN functions worked until he rebooted the computer.
>
> I'll let everyone know what the outcome is.
>
> I will also submit some detailed "Win 9x client" instructions once I get
> the documnet finalized and stress tested. Perhaps if several people
> contribute a version of these instrctions we can narrow down what works
> and what doesn't into a "Win 9x PPTP How-To" or some such idea.
>
> In the near future I'll also be working on getting the users who use AOL
> for their connectivity connected via the tunnel...this oughta really suck
> ;)
>
> E-
>
> Eric B Powell
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> On Thu, 9 Mar 2000, Terrelle Shaw wrote:
>
> > In short, YES! i have started to see this very same thing. 1 MS client i have is getting this when they
> > are trying to loggin and its throwing this error. It is generated when they are being authenticated
> > though. Problem is there username and password hasn't changed, and they were able to get in before with
> > no problem. They are running NT with service pack 6a. Not sure whats the deal with that 1 client tho..
> >
> > Eric B Powell wrote:
> >
> > > Hello All!
> > >
> > > Been reading the list for a couple of months while getting our PPTP server
> > > up and running. So far so good, but...One client (Win98) using Mindspring
> > > is generating "GRE: discarding out of order packet" errors out wazoo when
> > > he connects. Three other clinets (all three Win98 on different ISP's
> > > (Quest Internet, Netpath and Bellsouth)) can all successfully connect
> > > without problems. I am inclined to believe the problem is on the one
> > > machine or in Mindsprings set-up. Has anyone encountered anything similar?
> > >
> > > The last time the client connected, he reported being able to transmitt
> > > data but that the connection was extremely slow (even though it showed a
> > > conenct speed of 48000kbs). Any thoughts?
> > >
>

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