Topic: XP vpn client set up

[Phil M]

OK I seem to be dense. I did a search on XP and VPNs and didn't come up with much. I looked in the manual and didn't see how to set up a single XP machine road warrior to VPN into the SME gateway. Is there a how-to somewhere that I am misssing? I am using SME version 5.5.

Thanks in advance for every ones answer.
-Phil

[Johnny]

Right click "My Network Places" > "Properties" > "Create a new Connection" > "Connect to the network at my workplace" > "Virtual Private Network connection" and .......

To use it Right click "My Network Places" > "Properties" select the connection you just created.

[Phil M]

I did as you described. However I am getting error 619 when I try to connect to the server and the server log looks like this:

Jul 31 01:19:01 www pptpd[1574]: MGR: Launching /usr/sbin/pptpctrl to handle client
Jul 31 01:19:01 www pptpd[1574]: CTRL: local address = 192.168.137.1
Jul 31 01:19:01 www pptpd[1574]: CTRL: remote address = 192.168.137.248
Jul 31 01:19:01 www pptpd[1574]: CTRL: pppd speed = 460800
Jul 31 01:19:01 www pptpd[1574]: CTRL: pppd options file = /etc/ppp/options.pptpd
Jul 31 01:19:01 www pptpd[1574]: CTRL: Client 206.55.6.70 control connection started
Jul 31 01:19:01 www pptpd[1574]: CTRL: Received PPTP Control Message (type: 1)
Jul 31 01:19:01 www pptpd[1574]: CTRL: Made a START CTRL CONN RPLY packet
Jul 31 01:19:01 www pptpd[1574]: CTRL: I wrote 156 bytes to the client.
Jul 31 01:19:01 www pptpd[1574]: CTRL: Sent packet to client
Jul 31 01:19:01 www pptpd[1574]: CTRL: Received PPTP Control Message (type: 7)
Jul 31 01:19:01 www pptpd[1574]: CTRL: 0 min_bps, 1525 max_bps, 32 window size
Jul 31 01:19:01 www pptpd[1574]: CTRL: Made a OUT CALL RPLY packet
Jul 31 01:19:01 www pptpd[1574]: CTRL: Starting call (launching pppd, opening GRE)
Jul 31 01:19:01 www pptpd[1574]: CTRL: pty_fd = 5
Jul 31 01:19:01 www pptpd[1574]: CTRL: tty_fd = 6
Jul 31 01:19:01 www pptpd[1574]: CTRL: I wrote 32 bytes to the client.
Jul 31 01:19:01 www pptpd[1574]: CTRL: Sent packet to client
Jul 31 01:19:01 www pptpd[1575]: CTRL (PPPD Launcher): Connection speed = 460800
Jul 31 01:19:01 www pptpd[1575]: CTRL (PPPD Launcher): local address = 192.168.137.1
Jul 31 01:19:01 www pptpd[1575]: CTRL (PPPD Launcher): remote address = 192.168.137.248
Jul 31 01:19:01 www pptpd[1574]: CTRL: Received PPTP Control Message (type: 15)
Jul 31 01:19:01 www pptpd[1574]: CTRL: Got a SET LINK INFO packet with standard ACCMs
Jul 31 01:19:01 www modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module char-major-108
Jul 31 01:19:01 www kernel: CSLIP: code copyright 1989 Regents of the University of California
Jul 31 01:19:02 www kernel: PPP: version 2.3.7 (demand dialling)
Jul 31 01:19:02 www kernel: PPP line discipline registered.
Jul 31 01:19:02 www kernel: registered device ppp0
Jul 31 01:19:02 www pppd[1575]: pppd 2.4.0 started by root, uid 0
Jul 31 01:19:02 www pppd[1575]: Using interface ppp0
Jul 31 01:19:02 www pppd[1575]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/0
Jul 31 01:19:32 www pppd[1575]: LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests
Jul 31 01:19:32 www pppd[1575]: Connection terminated.
Jul 31 01:19:32 www pppd[1575]: Exit.
Jul 31 01:19:32 www pptpd[1574]: Error reading from pppd: Input/output error
Jul 31 01:19:32 www pptpd[1574]: CTRL: GRE read or PTY write failed (gre,pty)=(6,5)
Jul 31 01:19:32 www pptpd[1574]: CTRL: Client 206.55.6.70 control connection finished
Jul 31 01:19:32 www pptpd[1574]: CTRL: Exiting now
Jul 31 01:19:32 www pptpd[1515]: MGR: Reaped child 1574

[Johnny]

first:
Go to the remote access menu option in Server-manager.  Set PPTP to allow at least 1 connection.

Remember to use Wan hostname/ipadress when you create the VPN tunnel
When you connect to etc. http://host.domaine/server-manager you have to use the Lan ipadress.

There are som howto's here
http://www.e-smith.org/cgi-bin/contrib.cgi

Try this !
http://www.surveyingresources.com/remotehowto/

Hope this will help you.