kvpnc 7.04

[NoOp]

On 07/06/2007 07:12 PM, jack wrote:
> On Fri, 2007-07-06 at 19:53 -0400, NoOp wrote:
>> On 07/06/2007 03:32 PM, JD wrote:
>> > Ok.  I'm convinced that since no one else here knows about this,
>> I'll
>> > give the entire list a heads up.  Kvpnc on Kubuntu 7.04 is trash.
>> > Launching it from the menu, I currently 38 processes running all
>> > saying "/usr/bin/kvpnc"  and the number is climbing.  It doesn't
>> > connect to the vpn at work, although my xp box will connect to it
>> > without any problem. I have the router enabled for vpn accrss
>> > (obviously), so it's not that.
>> >
>> > Can someone on the list recommend a vpn client that I can install on
>> > kubuntu 7.04 that does work with a windows vpn server ?  Thanks.  I
>> > really need this for my job, so I appreciate the help.
>> 
>> VPN's can be configured in multple ways and there are many VPN
>> servers/clients. Perhaps if you give some details on what you are
>> trying
>> to connect to, and what you are doing to connect via your XP box
>> someone
>> can help.
> Fair enough.  I'm running Kubuntu 7.04 updated as of 7/6/07 via repo's
> only (no kernel mods).  The server I'm trying to connect to is a Win vpn
> server.  I made sure that my router (Linksys WRT54G) was configured to
> allow vpn access.  With the XP box (used for 'legacy' testing of things
> like this), I went into the network connections dialog, setup a vpn
> connection, asked it to connect, and it shows as "connected".  I didn't
> do much browsing around with it, as my main concern is to get the Linux
> machine to connect.
> 
> On the Kubuntu side, I have knetworkmanager installed, kvpnc, and the
> plugins.  I configured kvpnc to connect to the vpn at work, and once the
> 30th or 40th process started, promptly went to a command shell and sudo
> killall vpnc'd that whole lot...
>> 
>> I run many VPN's for my customers and even with hardware presets (I
>> only
>> use encrypted VPN routers) it can take some trial and error to get the
>> right combination so that both ends talk to each other. Given that you
>> are trying kvpnc I suppose that one can assume that you are running
>> kbuntu and that you've already visited
>> http://home.gna.org/kvpnc/en/index.html to ensure that you have
>> configured the software properly?
> 
> Yes, I did visit that link and followed through three others mentioned
> in the forums as well.  The end result of the trial and error is _not_
> using kvpnc (see above note)... I did install the pptpconfig from James
> Cameron.  When running that program (as root), this is what is in the
> pptpconfig tunnel dialog box - 
> 
> Using interface ppp0
> pptpconfig: monitoring interface ppp0
> Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/2
> Warning - secret file /etc/ppp/chap-secrets has world and/or group
> access
> CHAP authentication succeeded
> MPPE 128-bit stateless compression enabled
> Cannot determine ethernet address for proxy ARP
> local  IP address 10.1.25.129
> remote IP address 10.1.25.107
> primary   DNS address 10.1.3.25
> secondary DNS address 10.1.3.20
> 
> I do get the message "cannot determine proxy address for arp".  I cannot
> add the route suggested (route add -net 192.168.0.0 netmask
> 255.255.255.0 dev ppp0) unless pptpconfig is actually running.  When it
> is running and I do add the route, the status of the tunnel stays at
> "starting" in the pptpconfig dialog.
> 
> Any suggestions as to how to finally get this connected would be most
> appreciated.

I wish that I had an answer for you & feel your pain :-) Unfortunately I
don't use kubuntu so not much help there. However I do have access to a
test windows VPN server on Monday and I'll be happy to give it a shot
then. [One of the reasons that I went with all hardware VPN devices,
Linksys BEFVP41's, for my customers was to avoid all of the software
client hassles.]