Topic: how to stop pptpd service ?

[steve288]

Im having this problem when I try to vpn from one sme to another.

May 15 12:53:58 mail pptpd[30066]: GRE: read(fd=6,buffer=80559a0,len=8260) from network failed: status = -1 error = Protocol not available

In reading posts that seem to indicate that I need to stop the PPTPD service on the sending client sme computer. (if by server they mean the one your trying to connect too)
see http://forums.contribs.org/index.php?topic=25781.msg104837#msg104837

The problem is that I cant seem to kill it. I try
/sbin/service stop, but then when I run it again its still there. I asume that it must be being restarted after its stopped.

The post says use the following command which does not seem to work at all.
>>I'm not talking about the IPSEC, only the PPTP. If you turn off your VPN services
>>serservices pptpd

Can anyone clarify this. If this is the resolution to this problem what is the right way to stop the process.

Thanks

[imcintyre]

Steve;

http://forums.contribs.org/index.php?topic=36779.0

If the problem is the same as I discovered/had (see above) and it sounds the same, you need to log onto the server-manager, go to security tab and set number of PPTP clients to 0. Then you will be able to vpn into the other sight from the one you set to 0.

Hope this helps.

Look at contribs list and openvpn contrib as that may have a solution.

[steve288]

Thanks for your response.

Well I have to adjust my comment a little, there are two of us working on this and somethings got a little mixed. It appears that we can vpn from the windows 2003 server through the sme to another sme server. What we cannot do is vpn from an xp computer through the windows 2003 through the sme to the sme server.

Some how the linux seems to be stopping the xp. the windows server is set up as dhcp. the sme as the firewall.

Any thoughts ?

[imcintyre]

Sorry, but I don't think I can be of further help. I'm not very bright re computers et al.  
 
Some suggestions:

It seems peculiar to be an XP problem. My problem was a problem for both xp home, xp pro, and W2k pc operating system. Do you have another system you could try?

It seems peculiar to be an SME problem, if you can vpn between them. Can you give your xp machine a fixed address and then take the 2003 server out of the loop.

Might there be an addressing conflict. Occassionally we have people whose home router happens to have the same address range as at work. Even if there is not a direct conflict (two devices, same address), it can act up. The usual symptom was that it would apparently connect but could not go any further.

There you have it, sum total of my expertise in the matter. Good Luck.

[steve288]

Thank you for your try.

Appreciate it.