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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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Windows 7 VPN to OS X Server error 629, Tried a lot of options

I am having a hard time connecting to my office server in which I am the admin of. I have recently wiped the hard drive and re-installed os x yosemite with os x server. I use a Windows 7 machine at home which I am attempting to connect to my mac…
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Ping connected Clients to VPN tunnel PPTP

I have set up a vpn server on CentOS 6 (PPTP) following this guide... Server End ifconfig ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol inet addr:192.168.1.15 P-t-P:192.168.1.200 Mask:255.255.255.255 UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING…
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changing pptp client default port

I am trying to setup PPTP connections to 2 separate servers through a firewall. No problem for one server, just port forwarded ports 47 and 1723 on through to server 1. To connect to server 2 my strategy is to forward two different ports (not 47…
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Trying to change a custom VPN port back to the original on Fortigate 40C

We recently changed our firewall and bought a Fortigate 40C device. We wanted to use our old VPN settings. The Fortigate support technician told us that this model was new and he didn't know it in detail (or he was still learning networking, I'm not…
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Resolve avahi hostnames via DNS

I would love to resolve avahi hostnames via DNS: I connect to the office VPN via PPTP but Avahi refuses to run on POINTOPOINT interfaces. I just want to resolve avahi hostnames via the DNS configured when the PPTP link is up. I tried to do this…
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More than 254 client IPs in PPTP (PPTPD)

I'm trying to setup my PPTP to allow more than 255 client connections. I have added the connections param in pptpd.conf to allow the connections but I do not know how to set the remoteip specification to allow more than 255 addresses. Currently I…
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How to view pptpd clients?

I have installed pptpd in my linode vps, and setup a few client accounts. The problem is how could I view current connected pptpd clients in commandline?
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PPTP VPN connections stops working after period of time

I have a client with an SBS 2011 server which is acting as a PPTP VPN server that is having difficulty maintaining working VPN connections to their server for remote workers. Client machines are able to connect in to the VPN successfully and access…
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Possible to connect to VPN (pptp) with a host name

I have a few computers that I need to connect to a VPN. Right now, I have to manually check to see what IP address the VPN assigned each computer so that I can SSH into each later. Ideally, it would be better if each computer logged onto the…
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Routing traffic through PPTP VPN

I have a Windows XP SP3 with set up VPN PPTP server, and i need to make it available for the clients to access the internet via the VPN server, but i have a problem. Everything is set up corectly (I think), but the users are not able to browse web…
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PPTP installation on CentOS 5 not working (Kernel support for PPP?)

I am trying to get PPTP installation up and running on my VPS. I have followed various guides, however, I am unable to connect to the VPN once it’s setup. I checked my VPS’ /var/log/messages and I found this: 1832 Dec 2 23:38:55 server9987…
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PFsense VPN all types failing?

I am trying to configure a new PFsense router (64 bit) and am trying to to get the VPN functions working. I have enabled PPTP, L2TP and IPSec. I've added allow all rules to all LAN's, WAN's and each of the VPN types while I test it. L2TP Raw Logs …
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Windows VPN - NO internet access

I host a network of servers behind a Fortigate 200a firewall in the DC. I connect to those servers via a VPN connection. The problem is that when i connect to the VPN, I lose my internet connection on the local PC (windows 7). I would like to be…
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How do I make servers visible on my VPN?

I'm tinkering with web servers on Rackspace, trying to figure out if I can set up a website with public parts and also private parts that are visible only via a VPN connection. I have 2 servers running apache, the first has a mixture of public and…
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No internet access on VPN

I am trying to get PPTPD working on a dedicated debian-squeeze server. I can connect to the VPN just fine, but I do not have any access to the internet. Only the local network. This is a log file of a client connecting to the VPN, trying to ping…
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