VPN client with Linux

[jundalabee]

Hi,

I wish to VPN into my office from home without much luck so far.I have tried with Mandrake 10.1

I have tried the PPTP-client at pptpclient.sourceforge.net. and I get a, could not load mppe module error.

Can anyone tell me how to resolve this error, or point me in another VPN client direction. (keeping in mind I am pretty new to Linux).

Thanks in advance,
Tim.

 

[thedaver]

I recommend OPENVPN... cross-platform, dead easy.

http://openvpn.sf.net/

Good luck!

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[jundalabee]

Ok thanks I will give this a try.

Tim.

 

[jundalabee]

I still haven't had much luck using either pptpconfig or openVPN.

When running debug mode in pptpconfig I get the following two lines which I wouldn't mind being clarified.

"Using interface PPP3pptpconfig: monitoring interface ppp3
Connect: <--> /dev/pts/8"

I need to connect VPN with eth0, and from what I read it is trying to connect via a different device. I ran tcpdump while trying to connect and there was no activity.

Could someone please tell me if I am even close and if so how do I make it connect through eth0?

Much help needed,
Tim.

 

[thedaver]

The config files for OpenVPN specify the virtual interface. Your routing tables dictate the gateways and routes that the virtual interface from OpenVPN uses to reach the "other end".

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