[pptp-server] pptp client, Win2k server - problems!

[Adam Lang]

That ppp options script... is it being used for the server or the client?
That is probably why I was wrong... i was referencing the server script for
it.

Adam Lang
Systems Engineer
Rutgers Casualty Insurance Company
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jerry Vonau" <jvonau at home.com>
To: "Elijah Smith" <eli at rocketvox.com>
Cc: <pptp-server at lists.schulte.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2000 7:51 PM
Subject: Re: [pptp-server] pptp client, Win2k server - problems!


> Hi All:
>
> This is my ppp options:
>
> lock
> noauth
> debug
>
> user USER                              >required for
> password PASSWORD          >MS chap and above  (sorry Adam, I was right)
>
> noauth
> +chap
> +chapms
> +chapms-v2
>  mppe-40
>  mppe-128
>  mppe-stateless
>
> start the clint form the command line:
> /usr/sbin/pptp SERVERIP lock noauth debug user USERNAME +chapms-v2
> mppe-128  mppe-stateless noauth
>
> Replace the UPPERCASE with your info.
>
> Jerry Vonau
> Network Administrator
> Winnipeg Motor Express\
> Ram Messenger
>
>
>
> Elijah Smith wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > To recap - I'm getting a "LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests" error
> > when trying to connect with a pptp client to a win2k server.
> >
> > there were several suggestions to change "AUTH" to "NOAUTH" in the ppp
> > options file.  So I did this.  Let me ask everyone, though - as a
> > client, should I include:
> >
> > +chap
> > +chapms
> > +chapms-v2
> > mppe-40
> > mppe-128
> > mppe-stateless
> >
> > or are those not useful as a client?
> >
> > Anyway, I'm still getting the same timeout problem, but now the
> > request being sent looks like this:
> >
> > ...sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0x409b73e3> <pcomp>
> > <accomp>]
> > ...last message repeated 9 times
> > ...LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests
> >
> > So, the <auth chap 81> bit is gone, but it's still dying.
> >
> > Thanks to everyone that responded, I really appreciate it!  Any other
> > suggestions?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > eli
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jerry Vonau
> > Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2000 7:12 AM
> > To: Elijah Smith
> > Cc: 'pptp-server at lists.schulte.org'
> > Subject: Re: [pptp-server] pptp client, Win2k server - problems!
> >
> > check your ppp options file if this is a client , change AUTH to
> > NOAUTH
> >
> > Jerry
> >
> > Elijah Smith wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi, everyone - I'm trying to connect to my Windows 2000 router at
> > work
> > > with my firewall/router Linux box at home.  I'm almost there - so
> > > close I can smell it - but I can't figure out this problem.  I've
> > read
> > > back through the archives of this list, as well, but haven't seen
> > any
> > > answers to this problem...
> > >
> > > my client is:
> > >
> > > RedHat Linux 6.2
> > > pppd 2.3.8 with all patches installed
> > > pptp 1.0.2
> > >
> > > and the server's Win2k.  I can connect with a Win98 client, no
> > > problem.  But when I try to connect using pptp, I get:
> > >
> > > ...Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttya0
> > > ...Sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <auth chap 81> <magic
> > > 0xe6251907> <pcomp> <accomp>\
> > > ...last message repeated 9 times
> > > ...LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests
> > >
> > > ...with no other interesting messages occuring.  Win2k just doesn't
> > > seem to be responding.  However, in the Win2k log file, I get a
> > > warning:
> > >
> > > "The user connected to port VPN3-4 has been disconnected because the
> >
> > > authentication process did not complete within the required amount
> > of
> > > time."
> > >
> > > So, I'm pretty stumped.  Has anyone else out there seen this happen,
> >
> > > or have any insight?
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance!!
> > >
> > > Eli Smith
>
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