PPTP VPN ---

[Paul Smith]

On 9/19/06, thierry itty <thierry.itty at besancon.org> wrote:
> >Guys could you please advise me what program to use
> >to CONNECT TO VPN USING PPTP? standard pptp from fedora-extras does not see to
> >be good, has no init scripts and a few documentation and I don't know how it
> >works? ....
> >
> >
> I think this could help :
> http://pptpclient.sourceforge.net/howto-fedora-core-4.phtml
>
> basically, you :
> - install the pptp package,
> - configure /etc/ppp/options.pptp (may not be necessary)
> - configure /etc/ppp/chap-secrets or pap-secrets (depending on server
> configuration) - contains auth info
> - create /etc/ppp/peers/<connectionname> - contains server and protocol info
> - launch the connection : "pptp call <connectionname>

It is much simpler if you use pptpconfig. You can install everything
with yum. Follow the HOWTO at:

http://pptpclient.sourceforge.net/howto-fedora-core-5.phtml

Paul