Subject: VPN & The Neverendig Pain
To: None <tech-net@netbsd.org>
From: orione <orione@fol.it>
List: tech-net
Date: 08/27/2001 12:51:14
Hi to all,
I'm trying to build up a VPN with a NetBSD-1.5.1 server and some win9x
client.
I've made a fresh install of the server and followed the steps i've
found in a mail from John Klos to this list of the 22nd February, but no
luck.
FYI, I'm using poptop and mppe and the suggested patch to the kernel,
all on a PII hardware.

Here follows the log messages:

Aug 27 11:45:17 cartesio pptpd[4062]: CTRL: Client 192.9.6.24 control
connection started
Aug 27 11:45:17 cartesio pptpd[4062]: CTRL: Starting call (launching
pppd, opening GRE)
Aug 27 11:45:17 cartesio pppd[4063]: pppd 2.3.9 started by root, uid 0
Aug 27 11:45:17 cartesio pppd[4063]: Using interface ppp0
Aug 27 11:45:17 cartesio pppd[4063]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyp1
Aug 27 11:45:47 cartesio pppd[4063]: LCP: timeout sending
Config-Requests
Aug 27 11:45:47 cartesio pppd[4063]: Connection terminated.
Aug 27 11:45:47 cartesio pppd[4063]: Exit.
Aug 27 11:45:47 cartesio pptpd[4062]: GRE:
read(fd=4,buffer=804daa0,len=8196) from PTY failed: status = 0 error =
No error
Aug 27 11:45:47 cartesio pptpd[4062]: CTRL: PTY read or GRE write failed
(pty,gre)=(4,5)
Aug 27 11:45:47 cartesio pptpd[4062]: CTRL: Client 192.9.6.24 control
connection finished

PS: the FAQ of poptop tell that there could be a problem with a
firewall, but server and client are on the same subnet in a lan, since
I'm making some research, and there is no firewall or modem or ISP in
the middle, only a little hub.

Thank You.
Marco Menichetti.