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Point-To-Point Tunnelling Protocol is an insecure, obsolete networking protocol which exposes a layer 2 tunnel. It uses a TCP connection for control communications and a GRE tunnel for the actual data. It was historically used to create VPNs.

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What is my local address on the router when connected through PPTP?

I have just set up my very first VPN this week allowing me to connect to work (this way, I get to work from home, which was worth the effort). As through magic, it now works, and I'm sending this question over my company's network. I'm connecting to…
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puzzled by VPN, can not see machines in network

I have set up a VPN tunnel between office and rackspace, this all works and i can access my servers by there local IP. However i wish to remove ALL remote access away, so have created a VPN tunnel from home to the office. The strange thing is, I…
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VPN (PPTP with MPPE 128) + SMB2 -> plain text transmissions?

Setup: I have a simple test setup: PC (Win7) and Server (Win Server 2008) and I open a VPN tunnel between the two of them via PPTP (encrypted with MPPE 128). The server has a shared folder that the client can access and manipulate. Scenario: I now…
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PPTP won't connect error 628

vim /etc/ppp/chap-secrets # Secrets for authentication using CHAP # client server secret IP addresses #* pptpd 34fg3g93jgij3g * and vim /etc/radiusclient/servers #Server Name or Client/Server pair …
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Free vpn client for mac

I need an free vpn client for mac os x leopard that supports PPTP
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Unable to PPTP through NAT on Cisco 881

I'm trying to connect to a PPTP server which is sat behind a Cisco 881 NAT router. The server is running Ubuntu Server 12.04 and is running Poptop pptpd as the PPTP daemon listening for connections. As discussed in my other question, I'm trying to…
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Multiple Devices connecting to VPN on CentOS server

I am looking for a solution as to what would be the VPN software for multiple OSes and Devices. I currently have 15 systems to connect to a VPN. I was using Hamachi from LogMeIn but their lack of Android support really upsets me, and their limited…
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Debian PPTPD Misunderstanding

I have just installed pptpd on a debian server, configured the ip to 10.0.0.1 and started the service. The service appears to be running on eth0: gl.ob.al.ip:1723, which is as expected. However I thought that pptpd would create a new network…
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Setting up a VPN on Windows 2008 R2, should I use PPTP or SSTP?

I'm setting up a VPN test server, on Windows 2008 R2. I seem to remember that PPTP isn't ideal, as on a Cisco firewall you need to allow quite a large range of ports open (with the GRE protocol too?) Anyway, my vague memories of this aren't…
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Setting up Squid -> VPN connection

I recently purchased a VPS and am wanting to use it as a VPN server. However, it has bandwidth limitations. So, I figured since I already have a local Squid proxy caching things for me, I could have users connect to the proxy and the proxy connect…
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Accessing guests on virtual network when connected to host via PPTP

I'm setting up a development machine which runs Ubuntu 12.04 and KVM for virtualization. I have a guest running Ubuntu 12.04 which can be accessed from the host via its IP address which is assigned by libvirt. The guest can also access the internet,…
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PPTP VPN Not Working - Peer failed CHAP authentication, PTY read or GRE write failed

Brand-new install of CentOS 6.3. Followed this guide: http://www.members.optushome.com.au/~wskwok/poptop_ads_howto_1.htm And I got PPTPd running [v1.3.4]. I got the VPN to authenticate users against our Active Directory using winbind, smb, etc. …
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PPTP VPN server: two connections from the same IP address, but different devices?

I have two shops and the office. Shops are connected to the internet via same internet provider, but they are in the different parts of the city and use different connections of course. This internet provider uses NAT so my both two shops have the…
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cisco 2911/k9 pptp server limit clients

How to view, how much clients can connect to 2911/k9 by vpdn(pptp) at same time? Which ios is need to enable mppe on 2911/k9?
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Masquerading IP to get internet working on VPN

I set up a pptp VPN server on a debian-squeeze server just fine, I can connect to it from Windows 7, but pinging any external hosts (like google.com) fails. Pinging 10.0.0.1 or 10.0.0.10 works as expected. I have tried a lot so far but nothing has…
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