[YLUG] VPN

[pd520 at york.ac.uk]

Thank Mike,

Now, my pptp woks using the old method (pptpconfig), but I cannot make it 
work by using Network Manager ! With Network Manager, I try to configure 
the VPN with the same parameters, however, I cannot set the option: client 
LAN as I can do with pptpconfig (I do not set any routing). On the other 
side, I do not know how to set up the IPV4 setting, Automatic (VPN) ? The 
ppp0 connection never show up (I keep never for the VPN Network 
connection).

Any idea ?


>On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 12:21 AM, Patrick Dupre <pd520 at york.ac.uk> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> Before I updated from fc7 to fedora 10, I used to use pptpconfig
>> (pptpconfig-20060821-1.fc7.noarch) to make a vpn connection to
>> my machine on the campus. Now, in fedora 10, I also updated pptpconfig
>> (pptpconfig-20060821-1.fc10.noarch), but I cannot make the connection:
>> I get:
>> MPPE required, but MS-CHAP[v2] auth not performed.
>> Connection terminated.
>> Using interface ppp0pptpconfig: monitoring interface ppp0
>>
>> What do you recommand to make a vpn connection to vpn.york.ac.uk ?
>
>pptconfig is now somewhat obsolete for F10 (but see my last comment below).
>
>What you need is simply to ensure that you have NetworkManager-pptp
>installed using "yum install NetworkManager-pptp" if you are using
>gnome, or knetworkmanager-pptp if you are using KDE4.
>
>Then when you click on the NetworkManager applet in the running
>desktop you will find that you can create a vpn setup config direct
>from NetworkManager. Make sure that you are not blocking the vpn ports
>in any firewall on your machine and you will be good to go. When first
>testing I would suggest that you turn off your firewall temporarily if
>it then works but stops working when the firewall is back on then you
>know you are blocking essential ports in the firewall.  If so then you
>need to open the necessary ports for pptp - i.e. open pptp port 1723,
>and make sure that tcp type gre ("General Routing Encapsulation",
>which is 47 numerically, is allowed through.
>
>You will need to get all the vpn settings correct of course otherwise
>the vpn will not connect.  However if you were already using the vpn
>in F7 then you will be aware of the settings necessary in this new
>method.  Also make sure you have the correct routing set up - running
>a vpn requires both the correct security settings as well as a correct
>routing setup.  Networkmanager will automatically create a new
>/etc/resolv.conf once the vpn settings are configured.  When you click
>to open the vpn then the NetworkManager icon will show a double ring
>circulating on it and when it connects you will have the normal
>NetworkManager icon with an additional yellow padlock on it. At this
>point the vpn is connected - and right clicking should at that point
>say the vpn is connected.
>
>Of course if you have stopped the NetworkManager service and decided
>to use the network service instead then this method won't work and you
>will have to go back and use the pptpconfig stuff.  However it is
>actually rather easier using the new system.
>
>Good luck.
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