[pptp-server] module present now, but same results on win2000

Lonnie Cumberland lonnie at outstep.com
Sun Mar 3 11:20:19 CST 2002


But isn't the point that we want the mppe encryption?

Or, is it really not needed?

Cheers,
Lonnie


> The config files for 2000 are tricky.  From the howto:
>
> 5.23    Q: I'm having problems with Windows 98SE/ME or Windows 2K
> running at the proper encryption level.  What's going on?
>
>        A: For Windows 2K, problems have been reported if you have
>        the
> line [mppe-40] in the options file.  Commenting it out seems to
> fix the problem.  You can also try the alterative options file
> listed above.
>
> On Sunday 03 March 2002 10:37 am, Lonnie Cumberland wrote:
>> Hi Steve,
>>
>> I appreciate you telling me about the patches and I was able to
>> compile them in an get the ppp_mppe.o in my drivers/net
>> directory.
>>
>> After rebooting and then trying to connect with my Win2000
>> machine again, I am still getting the same message.
>>
>> did I miss a step?
>>
>> cheers,
>> Lonnie
>>
>> >> Do I need to do a re-compile again?
>> >>
>> >> Actuall, I am now just getting an error message 741 on my
>> >> Win2000 that says that the local computer does not support
>> >> the data
>> >> encryption.
>> >
>> > You can either turn off data encryption in your pptp profile
>> > (at your W2K box) -or- you will have to apply the mppe patches
>> > to ppp and your kernel to support data encryption. Checkout:
>> > http://www.infohiiway.com/download/pptp/2.4.x/patches for the
>> > required patches.
>> >
>> > Steve Cowles
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