Questions tagged [pptp]
PPTP stands for "Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol" and is a method for implementing virtual private networks (VPNs).
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Windows 10 PPTP VPN No Internet
I know what you're thinking, "Just go to the VPN connection, right click and go to properties > Networking > IPv4 > Properties > Advanced > Uncheck 'Use default gateway on remote network'"
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Windows 7 default VPN - Single Click to Connect
The default way to connect to a VPN (standard includedd MS client) seems to be to click on the network icon in the system tray to expand it, then pick the VPN connection, and click the connect button. ...
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Error 619 when trying to connect with Windows VPN client
While trying to connect with the Windows VPN client, the client hangs at the "Verifying user name and password..." message for about 10 seconds, and then I get the following error message:
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OpenVPN Alternative for connection over unreliable line
OpenVPN works great when you're connecting two tunnels over a stable, reliable connection. However, when one of the nodes is connected to the internet via an unstable internet connection (unstable: ...
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Connecting Android to Windows VPN
I have set up a VPN on my Windows 10 computer by going into Control Panel\Network and Internet\Network Connections and hitting Alt and then going to File > New Incoming Connection... and setting up ...
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How do I use a PPTP/OpenVPN connection as a SOCKS/HTTP proxy?
I would like to use a PPTP or OpenVPN as a socks proxy, that way instead of funneling all traffic from my PC through it I would instead use that connection to create a SOCKS or HTTP proxy that I could ...
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iPhone PPTP cannot use VPN DNS server
My PPTP server allows my laptop to resolve internal domain names fine and I can see that the DHCP server is handing my PPTP client the proper DHCP settings.
When I connect through the iPhone, I don't ...
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How can I access blocked sites while in China?
I have some colleagues who need to go to China for work, however while they're there, they can't access a lot of sites. One of which is GMail (Google Apps), which they need for work.
We have a UK ...
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How to safeguard PPTP connection - Windows 7?
There is a computer connecting to a VPN. The network should remain offline, if the machine can't reconnect to the VPN. It should not ever use the normal connection. Only the VPN one.
Is there a way ...
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Routing IPv6 traffic through Debian pptpd into Hurricane Electric's IPv6 tunnel
I have set up a tunnel using Hurricane Electric's services on a Debian machine. It seems to work alright; I can ping6 ipv6.google.com and open it in links.
I've also set up a PPTP daemon on the ...
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Unable to connect to PPTP VPN with Ubuntu 10.04
I'm trying to connect to my corporate VPN using a laptop running Ubuntu 10.04. It's a company laptop but as I have chosen to run Linux rather than "a proper" OS, I'm mostly on-my-own as far as getting ...
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How can I specify what traffic uses a VPN connection with Windows 7?
Using Windows 7 Professional 64bit
PPTP VPN (using the built in networking client)
I'm connecting to my home VPN server from my work computer. This previously worked without issues using Windows XP, ...
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No browsing issue on PPTP VPN Server on CentOS 6 64bit
I am trying to setup a VPN server in CentOS 6 64-bit.
I used the first 4 steps of following document to setup the server in How-to-setup-your-own-vpn-with-pptp.
And I successfully managed to setup ...
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How do I setup my Ubuntu 12.04 PPTPD Server properly?
Ok so I have setup a PPTPD server and configured it appropriately.
Here is my pptpd-options:
name pptpd
require-mschap-v2
require-mppe-128
ms-dns 8.8.8.8
ms-dns 8.8.4.4
proxyarp
nodefaultroute
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Lion built-in VPN client times out connecting to Windows 2003 PPTP server
I have a new iMac with OS X 10.7 (Lion) on it that refuses to connect to a PPTP-based VPN server (running Windows 2003 SBS).
To shortcut past a lot of questions: There is a Dell workstation running ...
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Fedora 19 and PPTP
I'm having problems setting up VPN PPTP on Fedora 19. When I try to add new VPN I have only possibility to add openconnect or L2TP protocols.
After some googling I found out that you have to install ...
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Playing iPad to iPad Wifi games over PPTP VPN
I'm trying to use a VPN to play iPad to iPad Wifi (Local) games over the internet.
Normally you open the game on both iPad's, connect to the same Wifi point and they can "see" and speak to each other....
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Disappearing DNS resolution via VPN on SnowLeopard
Ever since upgrading to Snow Leopard, I find that my DNS lookups go pear-shaped after 2 minutes or so. To be precise, I stop being able to resolve names that are only resolved by the specific servers ...
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PPP - PPTP VPN drops connection with weird debug message
I'm trying to establish a link between a Win2008R2 PPTP Server and a Debian 8 client using PPP.
When connecting to the VPN server, authentication succeeds. After authentication it's negotiating the ...
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pfSense 2.0 - Can PPP L2TP be used to be an L2TP tunnel?
i noticed in pfSense 2.0 (RC3) that my PPPoE interface is now a PPPoE tunnel assigned to my WAN NIC (Network Interface Card):
where the PPPOE0(xl0) - [email protected] network port is defined on ...
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Automatically run script after connected to PPTP server
I'm using PPTP connection to connect to my office
And I want to add a static route after connected to PPTP server. My problem is my IP on this connection is automatic
Is there any way to run a ...
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Is an openVPN with ipv6 more secure than PPTP VPN with ipv4?
I have heard that using ipv6 in combination with a PPTP vpn can expose your true ip address, so I have been using a PPTP VPN with ipv4 for the past few months. I am considering switching to an openVPN ...
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Persistent routes for DD-WRT PPTP VPN client
My home network in the USA is behind a Buffalo router (G300NH) running their version of DD-WRT. I use the built-in PPTP VPN client to connect to a VPN provider in the UK. I route certain traffic over ...
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PPTP connection: Timeout sending config requests when in eduroam network
trying to connect to a pptp-vpn from within my university network ('eduroam' standard). connection cannot be established (LCP: Timeout sending Config-Requests). The connection works flawlessly from ...
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Make a VPN connection only for RDP
I am connecting to a cisco VPN router via PPTP on my windows 7 Ultimate machine. Like most VPN's, it connects just fine but also redirects all of my traffic through the VPN. I really only need RDP ...
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Change PPTP control connection's TCP port number
I have some Windows 7 clients that connect via PPTP to a CentOS server, but I would like them to use a port other than 1723 for the control connection as that port is not available.
Is there some way ...
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Error 800 connecting to VPN on certain networks on Windows 10
I have an interesting issue trying to connect to a client's VPN on Windows 10 Pro.
I can connect to the client's VPN while connecting through my phone (4G) but not the office network however other ...
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How can I solve Windows PPTP VPN issues?
I'm having persistent problems with Windows PPTP VPN connections. The VPN appears up whilst the tunnel won't transfer traffic (ping to a remote IP within the VPN works for a while, and then fails). ...
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VPN for Home to watch TV on the go
My ISP offers TV on tablets, phones, etc. where I have to use an app, but I still have to have that traffic flow through my modem. What would be the best solution to setting up a VPN for probably just ...
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VPN in Powershell
I am updating an old DOS script which is used to open a Windows PPTP VPN connection between two server, copy some files, then close the connection. I am wanting to rewrite the script in powershell, so ...
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Failure to connect to PPTP VPN in Ubuntu: VPN plugin failed: 1
I used network-manager-pptp under Ubuntu 12.04 to configure the vpn.
IPv4 Settings:
Automatic
VPN:
Gateway - set
User name - set
Password - Always Ask
PPTP Advanced Option:
PAP, CHAP, MSCHAP, ...
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Privacy, VPN and routers
Ever since this ACTA push-up the things are starting to heat up around torrents and privacy.
I am using Tribler now, but this is not secure enough for me. Not enough privacy.
I've been using in the ...
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Creating stable, automatically reconnecting PPTP connection in Ubuntu
I've been using network-manager-pptp to create a PPTP VPN connection in my Ubuntu virtual machine for a while now, but I have constant problems with random disconnects. I don't know what the cause of ...
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Why doesn't my PPTP VPN connection stay alive with RDP on WM6.1
I have my Windows Mobile 6.1 Device connecting to my home router via PPTP VPN. I am able to RDP into a machine at home and see the screen. This will last for no more than a minute. The VPN connection ...
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PPTP VPN works from Windows, not Linux
I can't connect to my work's PPTP VPN from Linux. But when I reboot to Windows, it works.
I'm using Ubuntu 16.04 and I try to connect using Network Manager and PPTP plugin.
nmap returns the ...
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How does a VPN connection reroute the tunnel when an attack is detected?
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Eli The Computer Guy says in the Youtube video "VPN - Virtual Private Networking" at 08:25 that a VPN tunnel was shut down and recreated with a different set of routers when an attack was ...
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Problem connecting to PPTP VPN in Ubuntu 9.10
I have a VPN client configured for using PPTP under Ubuntu 9.10 (the alpha version, but fully up to date). The configuration has everything enabled except for EAP (I found I had to uncheck that to ...
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Issue with PPTP VPN setup
My first intention to setup a PPTP VPN, via my Linksys E2000 router with DD-WRT firmware, was to use an iPhone app while being connected to my home network from anywhere I have an internet connection. ...
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Forcing Deluge traffic down ppp0 adapter?
Basically I have a PPTP VPN connection on my linux box (Raspberry Pi on Raspian) and I have Deluge installed with the WebUI. The client is fantastic, really love it and the functionality that comes ...
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Logging in using VPN in Windows 8
Just installed Windows 8 Enterprise on my work laptop.
I have configured my VPN connection (PPTP) like I had in Windows 7, but for some reason, I cannot find out where to select that I want to dial-...
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How secure PPTP is?
I use my own VPS to serve as a PPTP gateway for my personal PC/laptop/android. It uses 128bit encryption, and MS-CHAPv2 for authentication.
The questions are: is it enough to secure my connection ...
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PPTP VPN: External computers can access network, but internal computers can't access external
I've recently set up a VPN for my home (using an Ubuntu host and PPTP, see links at bottom) so I have access to my servers where ever I am, and so far it's worked how I wanted it to. I've got it set ...
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PPTP VPN on Windows 10 terminates with Event ID 20226 and termination code 829
I have Windows 10 (OS build 17763) where I have created the PPTP VPN connection to the QNAP device following this article. Unfortunately, the connection cannot be established.
In the App Event Log I ...
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Why does my image's quality go down when saving PPT to PDF?
In power point 2013, on the first slide I have this picture in PNG
Aftering saving the PPT to PDF it becomes
As you can see the image has became blurry around the edges of the letters.
Now this is ...
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Can't ping server itself after connected to PPTP VPN
I've set up a PPTP server on a CentOS 6.5 machine to use VPN from public networks and other miscellaneous scripts. Everything seem to be working OK except I can't ping the VPN server by its public IP ...
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Where is the log file for pptpd on Ubuntu?
I was running a working pptp server months ago. After tried and failed l2tp server, I wanted to go back to pptp. But for some reason it won't work any more. I cannot even find the data log for the ...
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how to pick addresses and DNSMasq server for PPTP VPN client (in DD-WRT)?
I must be confused about terminology for addresses my remote network uses, but I could not get my DD-WRT (build 20548) connect to the PPTP server. At least I could not even verify that I am connected (...
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Is PPTP VPN ever secure? Under DD-WRT? [closed]
PPTP is not an open, ratified standard the way that, for example, SSL/TLS is.
(see: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_Layer_Security#TLS_1.2 and http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/rfc5246/ )
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Trying to connect a Dlink DIR-615 router to a PPTP VPN from behind a Netgear WNDR3700
I have two routers: a Netgear WNDR3700 and a DLink DIR-615 (rev H2)
Both are using stock firmware.
The Netgear is my primary router (192.168.0.1/24). I'd like to set up the DLink (192.168.2.1/24) to ...
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Linux Distro with PPTP/L2TP client support and IP Forwarding
I'm looking for a lightweight linux distro with a nice web based front end that I can throw on a VM to act as a secondary gateway out of my network through a VPN. I currently have a debian VM with ip ...
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