[pptp-server] Help me figure this out

[Vern H. Gill]

After having spent WAY too many nights trying to figure out why my 98 box
wouldn't even hit the linux box, then realising that it was my own stupidity
with my ipchains commands, I finally am getting somewhere. Now that I can
hit the box, this is the result. Can anyone help me, PLEASE!!!

This is from my 98 box at 192.168.5.52 to my linux box at .1
May 31 19:27:12 linus pptpd[2497]: CTRL: Client 192.168.5.52 control
connection started
May 31 19:27:12 linus pptpd[2497]: CTRL: Starting call (launching pppd,
opening GRE)
May 31 19:27:12 linus kernel: ip_demasq_gre(): 192.168.5.52 -> 192.168.5.1
CID=0 no masq table, discarding
May 31 19:27:12 linus pptpd[2497]: GRE: read(fd=6,buffer=804d7c0,len=8196)
from PTY failed: status = -1 error = Input/output error
May 31 19:27:13 linus pptpd[2497]: CTRL: PTY read or GRE write failed
(pty,gre)=(6,7)
May 31 19:27:13 linus pptpd[2497]: CTRL: Client 192.168.5.52 control
connection finished
May 31 19:27:13 linus pptpd[2499]: CTRL: Client 192.168.5.52 control
connection started
May 31 19:27:13 linus pptpd[2499]: CTRL: Starting call (launching pppd,
opening GRE)
May 31 19:27:14 linus pptpd[2499]: CTRL: Error with select(), quitting
May 31 19:27:14 linus pptpd[2499]: CTRL: Client 192.168.5.52 control
connection finished

And this is from the 98 box going out to the net, then coming back in
through masq'ing.
May 31 19:30:06 linus pptpd[2505]: CTRL: Client 192.168.5.52 control
connection started
May 31 19:30:07 linus pptpd[2505]: CTRL: Starting call (launching pppd,
opening GRE)
May 31 19:30:07 linus kernel: ip_demasq_gre(): 192.168.5.52 -> 63.205.45.224
CID=0 no masq table, discarding
May 31 19:30:07 linus pptpd[2505]: GRE: read(fd=6,buffer=804d7c0,len=8196)
from PTY failed: status = -1 error = Input/output error
May 31 19:30:07 linus pptpd[2505]: CTRL: PTY read or GRE write failed
(pty,gre)=(6,7)
May 31 19:30:07 linus pptpd[2505]: CTRL: Client 192.168.5.52 control
connection finished
May 31 19:30:08 linus pptpd[2507]: CTRL: Client 192.168.5.52 control
connection started
May 31 19:30:08 linus pptpd[2507]: CTRL: Starting call (launching pppd,
opening GRE)
May 31 19:30:08 linus pptpd[2507]: CTRL: Error with select(), quitting
May 31 19:30:08 linus pptpd[2507]: CTRL: Client 192.168.5.52 control
connection finished

Any ideas? Suggestions? Really need to get this going to get the approval
for switching to linux from NT. Thanks in advance.

Vern H. Gill