On 7/12/2011 8:06 PM, John R Pierce wrote:
On 07/12/11 4:26 PM, Mark Weaver wrote:
Hi List,I'd like to be able to create VPN connections on my laptop to connect to client locations and I was wondering if someone could point me in the right direction for this information. I've checked on the wiki, but didn't find anything.
you would, of course, need a VPN server of some sort at the client locations. If there is a linux server at each site, they could host an OpenVPN service.
Well, yes that's a given. I was a little preoccupied when I first posted so perhaps a bit unclear.
What I've attempting to do is make it possible for me to connect to clients' servers where RRAS service is already running using PPTP so that I can connect remotely while I'm running Linux on my laptop so I don't have to stop what I'm doing and boot Windows.
Last night after installing the necessary additional packages (NetworkManager VPN plugins) to make it possible to create a VPN connection using NetworkManager I can configure a VPN for use, but when I actually attempt to establish the connection it fails complaining about there not being a secret. I'll freely admit that as an IT consultant I've been away from Linux a bit too long and too deeply immersed in the Windows world due to client needs, but this one has me a bit puzzled.