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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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How to raise speed with PPTP?

I am using pptp to access internet, I find that, the speed is about 200k/s if use pptp, the speed is 1M/s without pptp. so how to raise the pptp speed? thanks!
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Debian firewall: Shorewall - VPN2VPN policy doesn't work

I have a problem with my shorewall policy. There are 4 zones configured in shorewall but the policy vpn2vpn:accept doesn't work. I want to establish connections between PPTP clients. They are dropped when using the current policy. However if I…
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How to capture packets of VPN

I hava 2 VPN servers, one is pptp, one is openVPN, I need to capture the VPN response packets for the VPN client, and later I need to forward these packets to vpn clients by another linux server. I want to know is it possible? if possible, how to…
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Can I route packets between PPTP clients?

I hava one pptp gateway(192.168.1.1), and one pptp linux client(192.168.1.2), and one pptp windows client(192.168.1.3), When gateway receives response packets of 192.168.1.3 , can i forward these packets to 192.168.1.2?
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Slow connections across VPN

I have a few databases located on a VPN. Whenever I establish a new connection to these databases across the VPN, it takes along time (3-4 seconds). Once established, everything seems to run acceptably quick. If I log into a box already inside the…
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Can radius interact with pptp beyond authentication?

I've managed to setup pptp to use Radius authentication - making it much easier to manage users in an sql database than the default password file. However, ideally I'd like to be able to get the status of these users and disconnect/manage them as…
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pptp vpn - Kill User Connection

I'd like to be able to terminate a user's connection to my pptp server from the server itself without interrupting anyone else's connection. Problem is - I have no idea how and have found no useful information via the usual channels (google,…
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Can't connect to PPTP server outside of network

I'm trying to configure my Cisco 881 running IOS 15 to allow pptp connections to servers outside of the network. I know the PPTP server is configured correctly, because a)it's a clients VPN, and b) it works when connection from outside of the 881. …
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Error 619 PPTP VPN on Windows 7

I have spent 3 hours trying to work this out but I'm all out of ideas. I have a 3G internet connection via a USB dongle and a Windows 7 laptop, I cannot connect to a PPTP VPN while connected to the 3G network. I keep getting error 619. When I use a…
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PPTP + Ubuntu + Windows XP: Cant ping Router

I have an ubuntu server with 2 network cards: eth0, with a samba server and eth1 bridged to a Virtual Box Machine running windows xp. When I connect to the network using VPN from another winxp computer, i can ping and access my samba sharings but I…
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Using PFSense to securely connect two networks

At our local office we have a WAN connection which we break off into two VLANs using a Cisco RVS4000 Router: Our main gigabit ethernet wired network 10.1.0.0/24 and a wireless network 172.16.1.0/24. Attached to both networks is a PFSense box. I…
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Ubuntu Server IPtables to Allow PPTP VPN Traffic

I am trying to setup a "simple" VPN server for my network so I can easily connect remotely to a few boxes in my network. I can access the VPN and register on the network. I get an IP but can not ping anyone. My local subnet is 192.168.10.0/24 I set…
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Linux PPTP client problems

I recently reinstalled my server from Debian Lenny to Squeeze and ever since the reinstall I'm unable to establish a PPTP connection to a remote site. The remote site is running Windows RRAS PPTP server. The PPTP connection worked from Lenny and…
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Export or Batch script Windows VPN Network Connection

We use a Windows PPTP VPN connection to get onto our network's VPN. Is there a way I can write a batch script or export my settings to add this VPN connection to another person's computer. I also need to be able to set certain things like "Do not…
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Can't RDP Into Windows Server After Windows Server Establishes VPN Session

I've setup a Windows 2008 Server in a Cloud Environment. I am able to RDP to this Windows Server ("aka CloudServer") in the Cloud Environment. When I establish PPTP VPN connection from the CloudServer back to our Windows Server ("aka OfficeServer"),…
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