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Obsolete Releases => SME Server 8.x => Topic started by: fpausp on July 07, 2014, 05:54:43 PM

Title: PPTP VPN not working ?
Post by: fpausp on July 07, 2014, 05:54:43 PM

I use pptp vpn on sme8 since a few days, today I got problems with the VPN, I can not dial in at the moement.

The Firewall port 1723 is open...

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Jul  7 17:47:37 sme8djf pptpd[3311]: CTRL: Client 178.xxx.xxx.xxx control connection started
Jul  7 17:47:37 sme8djf pptpd[3311]: CTRL: Starting call (launching pppd, opening GRE)
Jul  7 17:47:37 sme8djf pppd[3312]: Plugin radius.so loaded.
Jul  7 17:47:37 sme8djf pppd[3312]: RADIUS plugin initialized.
Jul  7 17:47:37 sme8djf pppd[3312]: pppd 2.4.4 started by root, uid 0
Jul  7 17:47:37 sme8djf pppd[3312]: Using interface ppp0
Jul  7 17:47:37 sme8djf pppd[3312]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/1
Jul  7 17:48:07 sme8djf pppd[3312]: LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests
Jul  7 17:48:15 sme8djf pptpd[3311]: CTRL: Reaping child PPP[3312]
Jul  7 17:48:15 sme8djf pppd[3312]: Modem hangup
Jul  7 17:48:15 sme8djf pppd[3312]: Connection terminated.
Jul  7 17:48:15 sme8djf pppd[3312]: Exit.
Jul  7 17:48:15 sme8djf pptpd[3311]: CTRL: Client 178.xxx.xxx.xxx control connection finished


Title: Re: PPTP VPN not working ?
Post by: Stefano on July 07, 2014, 06:03:59 PM

maybe you forgot:
- to open vpn passtrought in your firewall (you need protocol GRE also)
- to search the forums? :-)

Title: Re: PPTP VPN not working ?
Post by: CharlieBrady on July 07, 2014, 06:06:43 PM

Quote from: fpausp on July 07, 2014, 05:54:43 PM

I use pptp vpn on sme8 since a few days, today I got problems with the VPN, I can not dial in at the moement.

The Firewall port 1723 is open...

You also need 'GRE' protocol (protocol 47) open in both directions between client and server. "Timeout sending Config-Requests" indicate you don't have a bidirectional GRE path.

Title: Re: PPTP VPN not working ?
Post by: fpausp on July 07, 2014, 06:29:11 PM

There must be another Problem, I did a disaster recovery and this one week old machine is working ???

Can we debug this ?

Title: Re: PPTP VPN not working ?
Post by: CharlieBrady on July 07, 2014, 09:00:38 PM

Quote from: fpausp on July 07, 2014, 06:29:11 PM

Can we debug this ?

I don't think we can. You can. You will need to check the GRE path between client and server, both directions.

Title: Re: PPTP VPN not working ?
Post by: Drifting on August 08, 2014, 12:47:36 PM

Having beat my head against a wall for a while with this problem, your not running this as a VM are you? On Vmware ESX perhaps? If you are, I bet you are on 5.0! Update it to the latest version of ESX and it all starts working.

Just a thought.

Paul.