[Gllug] PPP/MPPE problem

[Alain Williams]

On Thu, Jan 17, 2008 at 11:58:35AM +0000, Juergen.Schinker wrote:
> Alain Williams schrieb:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I am trying to connect over dial-up modem using PPTP/MPPE ... to Royal Bank Scotland.
> > It works OK until I try to connect to a (sftp) server at which point I get protocol errors.
> > I attach the output of:
> > 	pppd call streamline logfd 2 nodetach debug dump
> > 
> > Anyone seen this before ?
> > 
> > Cheers
> > 
> > 
> Yes sure try this one in your options.pptp
> 
> mppe stateless,no40,no56
> 
> 
> 
> or find out what exact protocol they use and limit to that one
> 
> i also see alot of buffering in my logs but i filter them out thanks
> 
> t osyslog-ng

That didn't help.

For the record: I found that 3 people had experienced the same problems and reported
it to the ppp mail list in the last 3 years. None of them received a reply.

I pursuaded the bank to drop the mppe requirement since I would be sending files via sftp.
They agreed and it worked.

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