> > I'm trying to connect to my office's pptp-server from a RedHat 8.0
> > machine.
> > I've installed the pptp-client packages just as the readmes and other
> > documentation say to but I can't get the tunnel up.
> > My internet connection is via my cable provider, and I get a DHCP
> > address from them so my default route is to the outside ethernet port
> > on the machine. No authentication as they bind to MAC addresses when
> > they give you an address.
> > I can't find anything in the logs that helps. The pptp-server logs
> > never show that I tried to connect.
> > Do I need some kind of a pusedo PPP connection to get the pptp tunnel
> > to connect?
> Try changing the 'debug' option in you /etc/ppp/options file.
> rgrds,
> Bart
OUTPUT from /var/log/debug follows:
Dec 17 15:19:14 localhost pptp[1693]:
log[pptp_dispatch_ctrl_packet:pptp_ctrl.c:580]: Client connection
established.
Dec 17 15:19:15 localhost pptp[1693]:
log[pptp_dispatch_ctrl_packet:pptp_ctrl.c:708]: Outgoing call
established (call
ID 0, peer's call ID 15591).
Dec 17 15:19:15 localhost kernel: CSLIP: code copyright 1989 Regents
of the University of California
Dec 17 15:19:15 localhost kernel: PPP generic driver version 2.4.2
Dec 17 15:19:15 localhost pppd[1696]: pppd 2.4.0 started by root, uid
0
Dec 17 15:19:15 localhost pppd[1696]: using channel 1
Dec 17 15:19:15 localhost kernel: divert: not allocating divert_blk
for non-ethernet device ppp0
Dec 17 15:19:16 localhost pppd[1696]: Using interface ppp0
Dec 17 15:19:16 localhost pppd[1696]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/3
Dec 17 15:19:16 localhost pppd[1696]: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <mru
1000> <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0xdddb4157> <pcomp> <a
ccomp>]
Dec 17 15:19:16 localhost /etc/hotplug/net.agent: assuming ppp0 is
already up
Dec 17 15:19:19 localhost pppd[1696]: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <mru
1000> <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0xdddb4157> <pcomp> <a
ccomp>]
Dec 17 15:19:20 localhost su(pam_unix)[1709]: session opened for user
root by tpolzin(uid=500)
Dec 17 15:19:22 localhost pppd[1696]: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <mru
1000> <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0xdddb4157> <pcomp> <a
ccomp>]
Dec 17 15:19:43 localhost last message repeated 7 times
Dec 17 15:19:46 localhost pppd[1696]: LCP: timeout sending
Config-Requests
Dec 17 15:19:46 localhost pppd[1696]: Connection terminated.
Dec 17 15:19:46 localhost kernel: divert: no divert_blk to free, ppp0
not ethernet
Dec 17 15:19:46 localhost /etc/hotplug/net.agent: NET unregister event
not supported
Dec 17 15:19:47 localhost pppd[1696]: Exit.
Dec 17 15:19:47 localhost pptp[1691]: log[decaps_hdlc:pptp_gre.c:129]:
short read (4294967295): Input/output error
Dec 17 15:19:47 localhost pptp[1693]:
log[callmgr_main:pptp_callmgr.c:245]: Closing connection
Dec 17 15:19:47 localhost pptp[1693]:
log[pptp_conn_close:pptp_ctrl.c:307]: Closing PPTP connection
Dec 17 15:19:49 localhost pptp[1693]:
log[call_callback:pptp_callmgr.c:88]: Closing connection
Dec 17 15:32:10 localhost kernel: via82cxxx: timeout while reading
AC97 codec (0x9A0000)
by