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Obsolete Releases => SME Server 7.x => Topic started by: akhilmathema on November 23, 2007, 03:56:59 AM

Title: Unable to make pptp connections
Post by: akhilmathema on November 23, 2007, 03:56:59 AM

Hi,
In  SME 7.2, I am not able to make a VPN connection using pptp from Windows XP.

I get the following errors in /var/log/messages
pptpd[5039]: CTRL: Client 1.1.1.1 control connection started
pptpd[5039]: CTRL: Starting call (launching pppd, opening GRE)
pppd[5040]: Plugin radius.so loaded.
pppd[5040]: RADIUS plugin initialized.
pppd[5040]: pppd 2.4.4 started by root, uid 0
kernel: divert: not allocating divert_blk for non-ethernet device ppp0
pppd[5040]: Using interface ppp0
pppd[5040]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/2
pptpd[5039]: GRE: read(fd=7,buffer=8056600,len=8260) from network failed: status = -1 error = Protocol not available
pptpd[5039]: CTRL: GRE read or PTY write failed (gre,pty)=(7,6)
pptpd[5039]: CTRL: Reaping child PPP[5040]
pppd[5040]: Modem hangup
pppd[5040]: Connection terminated.
kernel: divert: no divert_blk to free, ppp0 not ethernet
pppd[5040]: Exit.
pptpd[5039]: CTRL: Client 202.44.174.5 control connection finished

Kernel version: 2.6.9-42.0.10.EL
# rpm -qa|grep ppp
e-smith-pptpd-1.12.0-10.el4.sme
pptpd-1.3.4-1.el4.sme

Title: Re: Unable to make pptp connections
Post by: jester on November 23, 2007, 08:52:37 AM

Hi,
You're running an older kernel, have you updated lately?! I believe some bugs with pptp have been resolved recently.