'Fraid not. See this from the ASL Known Issues List:
ID598 o 4.008 Incoming PPTP connections may fail ------------------------------------------------ Description: Some incoming PPTP connections may fail due to a problem in one of the kernel-nat-modules Workaround: --- Fix: ---
You might want to do a public service and configure a ZoneAlarm HowTo doc and submit it to Astaro; the configuration should be as 'tight' as possible. For firewall gods such as ourselves, it's not a big deal, but considering that Astaro will be getting so many ZoneAlarm/Norton Personal Firewall novices with this problem, it will save everybody a lot of headaches...
I can't seem to locate the executable for the pptp client. I found this: c:\winnt\system32\drivers\raspptp.sys
I tried to add this to list of programs that are allowed, but this didn't work.
I found a MS knowledge base article that says to basically turn off zoneAlarm if you want to use the pptp client. It says that this problem is fixed in ZA 2.76 and up, however I am using zonealarm 3.79, but I assure it the problem isn't resolved.
If someone knows the executable of the pptp client, that wouold be the proper way to fix it, but I can't seem to find it.
The solution that I came up with was to go into the firewall settings and to add a zone. Basically you add the IP Address of the PPTP end point (this would be your external interfaceif you want to the vpn in from the internet). Once this is done, you set this as a trusted network.
I attemped a connection at 10:34pm EDT using the username "jimmtest"
I got as far as "Authenticating username and passwod" at which point it failed. I got the 619 error.
If I attempt to connect to my own VPN and use a bad password I get a window asking for username and password.
Dump Zone Alarm (this is not just my advice, I've read other articles about ZA). I use Kerio 2.1.5 on all my machines and have ZERO issues.
Kerio shows the application that attempts an outbound connection with protocol 47 (used for PPTP) when I try to establish a VPN connection to my ASL as "tcpip kernel driver".
What kind of hardware are you running this on?
Are you geting something like this in your PPTP Roadwarior logs? GRE: read(fd=5,buffer=804d5a0,len=8196) from PTY failed: status = -1 error = Input/output error PTY read or GRE write failed (pty,gre)=(5,6) CTRL: Closing child BCrelay with pid 0 CTRL: Closing child ppp with pid 6584 CTRL: Client 64.83.8.216 control connection finished
There is no executable; it is part of the OS (remember? they wanted to be clever and get away from modular design after the court case)
So you can try opening ports for either the Services and Controller, or SvcHost.
I have a 4X version of Zone that appears to know how to handle Windows PPTP connections; I remember older versions of Zone could not (and PGP queries for Email were problematic too!!)
What you did is exactly what I would have fallen back to.
Oct 14 21:14:29 (none) pptpd[11191]: GRE: read(fd=5,buffer=804dbe0,len=8196) from PTY failed: status = -1 error =
Input/output error
Oct 14 21:14:29 (none) pptpd[11191]: CTRL: PTY read or GRE write failed (pty,gre)=(5,6)
Oct 14 21:14:29 (none) pptpd[11191]: CTRL: Closing child ppp with pid 11192
Oct 14 21:14:29 (none) pptpd[11191]: CTRL: Client 172.16.0.10 control connection finished
Oct 14 21:14:29 (none) pptpd[11191]: CTRL: Exiting now
It's running on an older dell desktop machine (GX1). The nic for the outside interface is a 309x 3Com onboard network adapter.
I haven't tried to connect to the external interface. I am using PPTP for securing my wireless connection. I try to connect from work today and see how it goes. I'll also check out kerio.
I tried to connect to the external interface and I get the same error you do as well. When connecting at home on an interface that is designated as a wireless DMZ it works fine. the card is a linksys. I'm not sure which model. It's the same one they are selling at bestbuy. Is there an issue with the 3Com card?
AppSec:
I know services is set to allow. I got tired of it complaining all the time. I'll check the other two and see what I can come up with.
I get those errors once in a while. I guess sometimes connecting to VPN is a little flaky (rarely). When it does decide to act up, those are the errors I get. For the most part, It's reliable. I only use it to connect to for remote administration of internal computers. I'm using an old IBM PC300XL, PII-400, 128 MB RAM with an Intel onboard NIC, RTL-8139, and a 3C905 (I think). I.d like to get this straightened out. I guess Dan Martin's suggestion of staying with 4.007 is a good idea until you get other, configuration related, issues resolved. Can someone from ASL pop in here with some advice on the posted error text?
I get those errors once in a while. I guess sometimes connecting to VPN is a little flaky (rarely). When it does decide to act up, those are the errors I get. For the most part, It's reliable. I only use it to connect to for remote administration of internal computers. I'm using an old IBM PC300XL, PII-400, 128 MB RAM with an Intel onboard NIC, RTL-8139, and a 3C905 (I think). I.d like to get this straightened out. I guess Dan Martin's suggestion of staying with 4.007 is a good idea until you get other, configuration related, issues resolved. Can someone from ASL pop in here with some advice on the posted error text?
Perhaps I spoke (or wrote) too soon. I was VPNed to my home network and all was working fine. My connection got dropped and cannot get re-established. I always blamed it on other things, but this is rediculous. As soon as I can get reconnected, I'll post the logs.
Is this an issue that Astaro is looking into?
Usually it works and then it gets flaky sometimes.
Perhaps I'll set up another ASL machine (4.007) behind my DSL router to handle VPN connections until my primary ASL (4.015) gets the next Up2Date.
I recant my prior statements that my VPN works fine.
You got it! It's unstable!! It will work reliably for a long time for a few users, and then one day it goes up and whoop! Not working. Reboot of the client (as windows tells you to do) does not help!! Try permutations of MS's advanced PPTP settings -might work once, then it stops working. This is a job for tcpdump! Anybody wanting to trade notes on the dump analysis offline, let me know (I think that will be a bit much for this board!).
I was reading a post elsewhere where other Linuxes are having this problem too (reliably interoperating with Windows PPTP). I am slated to really start chopping away at the problem for a client. A key tool I will be using is pptp ping (a Windows utility).
One guy (on Debian?) said it required a number of MS-CHAP patches for Linux, and he had to recompile the kernel. The first thing I will try though is a step-down to 4.007 (!). If that fixes it, I know where to look for the problem (what in the patches throws things a-kilter??)
Never was able to reconnect last night. Sometimes it would go as far as "Connecting to home_vpn", other times it would hang at "authenticating username and password".
Please post any info you discover here - would be greatly appreciated. I've lost road warrior access since upgrading past 4.07 and the patch doesn't help.
I'm posting my logs from the other night. I suppose these are irrelevant (or I hope they are) now. They contain several attempt where I just hug up because I knew it was going to fail anyway.
2003-Oct 20 20:19:10 (none) pptpd[19758]: CTRL: Client 64.83.8.216 control connection started 2003-Oct 20 20:19:10 (none) pptpd[19758]: CTRL: Starting call (launching pppd, opening GRE) 2003-Oct 20 20:19:10 (none) pppd[19759]: pppd 2.4.2b1 started by (unknown), uid 0 2003-Oct 20 20:19:10 (none) pppd[19759]: Starting negotiation on /dev/ttyp0 2003-Oct 20 20:19:11 (none) pptpd[19758]: CTRL: Ignored a SET LINK INFO packet with real ACCMs! 2003-Oct 20 20:19:11 (none) pppd[19759]: No CHAP secret found for authenticating , trying aua now. 2003-Oct 20 20:19:11 (none) pppd[19759]: Using interface ppp0 2003-Oct 20 20:19:11 (none) pppd[19759]: CHAP peer authentication succeeded for 2003-Oct 20 20:19:11 (none) pppd[19759]: MPPE 128-bit stateless compression enabled 2003-Oct 20 20:19:13 (none) pppd[19759]: Cannot determine ethernet address for proxy ARP 2003-Oct 20 20:19:13 (none) pppd[19759]: local IP address 10.50.65.1 2003-Oct 20 20:19:13 (none) pppd[19759]: remote IP address 10.50.65.2 2003-Oct 20 20:40:57 (none) pppd[19759]: No response to 4 echo-requests 2003-Oct 20 20:40:57 (none) pppd[19759]: Serial link appears to be disconnected. 2003-Oct 20 20:40:57 (none) pppd[19759]: MPPE disabled 2003-Oct 20 20:41:00 (none) pppd[19759]: Connection terminated. 2003-Oct 20 20:41:00 (none) pppd[19759]: Connect time 21.8 minutes. 2003-Oct 20 20:41:00 (none) pppd[19759]: Sent 2165442 bytes, received 870441 bytes. 2003-Oct 20 20:41:00 (none) pppd[19759]: Connect time 21.8 minutes. 2003-Oct 20 20:41:00 (none) pppd[19759]: Sent 2165442 bytes, received 870441 bytes. 2003-Oct 20 20:41:00 (none) pppd[19759]: Exit. 2003-Oct 20 20:41:00 (none) pptpd[19758]: GRE: read(fd=5,buffer=804d5a0,len=8196) from PTY failed: status = -1 error = Input/output error 2003-Oct 20 20:41:00 (none) pptpd[19758]: CTRL: PTY read or GRE write failed (pty,gre)=(5,6) 2003-Oct 20 20:41:00 (none) pptpd[19758]: CTRL: Closing child BCrelay with pid 0 2003-Oct 20 20:41:00 (none) pptpd[19758]: CTRL: Closing child ppp with pid 19759 2003-Oct 20 20:41:00 (none) pptpd[19758]: CTRL: Client 64.83.8.216 control connection finished 2003-Oct 20 20:41:02 (none) pptpd[1917]: CTRL: Client 64.83.8.216 control connection started 2003-Oct 20 20:41:02 (none) pptpd[1917]: CTRL: Starting call (launching pppd, opening GRE) 2003-Oct 20 20:41:02 (none) pppd[1918]: pppd 2.4.2b1 started by (unknown), uid 0 2003-Oct 20 20:41:02 (none) pppd[1918]: Starting negotiation on /dev/ttyp0 2003-Oct 20 20:41:09 (none) pptpd[1917]: CTRL: Request to close control connection when call is open, closing 2003-Oct 20 20:41:09 (none) pptpd[1917]: CTRL: Closing child BCrelay with pid 0 2003-Oct 20 20:41:09 (none) pptpd[1917]: CTRL: Closing child ppp with pid 1918 2003-Oct 20 20:41:09 (none) pptpd[1917]: CTRL: Client 64.83.8.216 control connection finished 2003-Oct 20 20:41:09 (none) pppd[1918]: Terminating on signal 2. 2003-Oct 20 20:41:09 (none) pppd[1918]: Modem hangup 2003-Oct 20 20:41:09 (none) pppd[1918]: Connection terminated. 2003-Oct 20 20:41:09 (none) pppd[1918]: Exit. 2003-Oct 20 20:41:19 (none) pptpd[1979]: CTRL: Client 64.83.8.216 control connection started 2003-Oct 20 20:41:19 (none) pptpd[1979]: CTRL: Starting call (launching pppd, opening GRE) 2003-Oct 20 20:41:19 (none) pppd[1980]: pppd 2.4.2b1 started by (unknown), uid 0 2003-Oct 20 20:41:19 (none) pppd[1980]: Starting negotiation on /dev/ttyp0 2003-Oct 20 20:41:25 (none) pptpd[1979]: CTRL: Request to close control connection when call is open, closing 2003-Oct 20 20:41:25 (none) pptpd[1979]: CTRL: Closing child BCrelay with pid 0 2003-Oct 20 20:41:25 (none) pptpd[1979]: CTRL: Closing child ppp with pid 1980 2003-Oct 20 20:41:25 (none) pptpd[1979]: CTRL: Client 64.83.8.216 control connection finished 2003-Oct 20 20:41:25 (none) pppd[1980]: Terminating on signal 2. 2003-Oct 20 20:41:25 (none) pppd[1980]: Modem hangup 2003-Oct 20 20:41:25 (none) pppd[1980]: Connection terminated. 2003-Oct 20 20:41:25 (none) pppd[1980]: Exit. 2003-Oct 20 20:44:24 (none) pptpd[2636]: CTRL: Client 64.83.8.216 control connection started 2003-Oct 20 20:44:24 (none) pptpd[2636]: CTRL: Starting call (launching pppd, opening GRE) 2003-Oct 20 20:44:24 (none) pppd[2637]: pppd 2.4.2b1 started by (unknown), uid 0 2003-Oct 20 20:44:24 (none) pppd[2637]: Starting negotiation on /dev/ttyp0 2003-Oct 20 20:44:54 (none) pppd[2637]: LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests 2003-Oct 20 20:44:54 (none) pppd[2637]: Connection terminated. 2003-Oct 20 20:44:54 (none) pppd[2637]: Exit. 2003-Oct 20 20:44:54 (none) pptpd[2636]: GRE: read(fd=5,buffer=804d5a0,len=8196) from PTY failed: status = -1 error = Input/output error 2003-Oct 20 20:44:54 (none) pptpd[2636]: CTRL: PTY read or GRE write failed (pty,gre)=(5,6) 2003-Oct 20 20:44:54 (none) pptpd[2636]: CTRL: Closing child BCrelay with pid 0 2003-Oct 20 20:44:54 (none) pptpd[2636]: CTRL: Closing child ppp with pid 2637 2003-Oct 20 20:44:54 (none) pptpd[2636]: CTRL: Client 64.83.8.216 control connection finished 2003-Oct 20 20:45:04 (none) pptpd[2797]: CTRL: Client 64.83.8.216 control connection started 2003-Oct 20 20:45:04 (none) pptpd[2797]: CTRL: Starting call (launching pppd, opening GRE) 2003-Oct 20 20:45:04 (none) pppd[2798]: pppd 2.4.2b1 started by (unknown), uid 0 2003-Oct 20 20:45:04 (none) pppd[2798]: Starting negotiation on /dev/ttyp0 2003-Oct 20 20:45:17 (none) pptpd[2797]: CTRL: Request to close control connection when call is open, closing 2003-Oct 20 20:45:17 (none) pptpd[2797]: CTRL: Closing child BCrelay with pid 0 2003-Oct 20 20:45:17 (none) pptpd[2797]: CTRL: Closing child ppp with pid 2798 2003-Oct 20 20:45:17 (none) pptpd[2797]: CTRL: Client 64.83.8.216 control connection finished 2003-Oct 20 20:45:17 (none) pppd[2798]: Terminating on signal 2. 2003-Oct 20 20:45:17 (none) pppd[2798]: Modem hangup 2003-Oct 20 20:45:17 (none) pppd[2798]: Connection terminated. 2003-Oct 20 20:45:17 (none) pppd[2798]: Exit. 2003-Oct 20 20:52:10 (none) pptpd[4388]: CTRL: Client 64.83.8.216 control connection started 2003-Oct 20 20:52:10 (none) pptpd[4388]: CTRL: Starting call (launching pppd, opening GRE) 2003-Oct 20 20:52:10 (none) pppd[4389]: pppd 2.4.2b1 started by (unknown), uid 0 2003-Oct 20 20:52:10 (none) pppd[4389]: Starting negotiation on /dev/ttyp0 2003-Oct 20 20:52:29 (none) pptpd[4388]: CTRL: Request to close control connection when call is open, closing 2003-Oct 20 20:52:29 (none) pptpd[4388]: CTRL: Closing child BCrelay with pid 0 2003-Oct 20 20:52:29 (none) pptpd[4388]: CTRL: Closing child ppp with pid 4389 2003-Oct 20 20:52:29 (none) pptpd[4388]: CTRL: Client 64.83.8.216 control connection finished 2003-Oct 20 20:52:29 (none) pppd[4389]: Terminating on signal 2. 2003-Oct 20 20:52:29 (none) pppd[4389]: Modem hangup 2003-Oct 20 20:52:29 (none) pppd[4389]: Connection terminated. 2003-Oct 20 20:52:29 (none) pppd[4389]: Exit. 2003-Oct 20 21:07:31 (none) pptpd[7786]: CTRL: Client 64.83.8.216 control connection started 2003-Oct 20 21:07:31 (none) pptpd[7786]: CTRL: Starting call (launching pppd, opening GRE) 2003-Oct 20 21:07:31 (none) pppd[7787]: pppd 2.4.2b1 started by (unknown), uid 0 2003-Oct 20 21:07:31 (none) pppd[7787]: Starting negotiation on /dev/ttyp0 2003-Oct 20 21:07:44 (none) pptpd[7786]: CTRL: Request to close control connection when call is open, closing 2003-Oct 20 21:07:44 (none) pptpd[7786]: CTRL: Closing child BCrelay with pid 0 2003-Oct 20 21:07:44 (none) pptpd[7786]: CTRL: Closing child ppp with pid 7787 2003-Oct 20 21:07:44 (none) pptpd[7786]: CTRL: Client 64.83.8.216 control connection finished 2003-Oct 20 21:07:44 (none) pppd[7787]: Terminating on signal 2. 2003-Oct 20 21:07:44 (none) pppd[7787]: Modem hangup 2003-Oct 20 21:07:44 (none) pppd[7787]: Connection terminated. 2003-Oct 20 21:07:44 (none) pppd[7787]: Exit. 2003-Oct 20 21:08:18 (none) pptpd[7957]: CTRL: Client 64.83.8.216 control connection started 2003-Oct 20 21:08:18 (none) pptpd[7957]: CTRL: Starting call (launching pppd, opening GRE) 2003-Oct 20 21:08:18 (none) pppd[7958]: pppd 2.4.2b1 started by (unknown), uid 0 2003-Oct 20 21:08:18 (none) pppd[7958]: Starting negotiation on /dev/ttyp0 2003-Oct 20 21:08:48 (none) pppd[7958]: LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests 2003-Oct 20 21:08:48 (none) pppd[7958]: Connection terminated. 2003-Oct 20 21:08:48 (none) pppd[7958]: Exit. 2003-Oct 20 21:08:48 (none) pptpd[7957]: GRE: read(fd=5,buffer=804d5a0,len=8196) from PTY failed: status = -1 error = Input/output error 2003-Oct 20 21:08:48 (none) pptpd[7957]: CTRL: PTY read or GRE write failed (pty,gre)=(5,6) 2003-Oct 20 21:08:48 (none) pptpd[7957]: CTRL: Closing child BCrelay with pid 0 2003-Oct 20 21:08:48 (none) pptpd[7957]: CTRL: Closing child ppp with pid 7958 2003-Oct 20 21:08:48 (none) pptpd[7957]: CTRL: Client 64.83.8.216 control connection finished 2003-Oct 20 21:09:47 (none) pptpd[8271]: CTRL: Client 64.83.8.216 control connection started 2003-Oct 20 21:09:47 (none) pptpd[8271]: CTRL: Starting call (launching pppd, opening GRE) 2003-Oct 20 21:09:47 (none) pppd[8272]: pppd 2.4.2b1 started by (unknown), uid 0 2003-Oct 20 21:09:47 (none) pppd[8272]: Starting negotiation on /dev/ttyp0 2003-Oct 20 21:09:51 (none) pptpd[8271]: CTRL: Request to close control connection when call is open, closing 2003-Oct 20 21:09:51 (none) pptpd[8271]: CTRL: Closing child BCrelay with pid 0 2003-Oct 20 21:09:51 (none) pptpd[8271]: CTRL: Closing child ppp with pid 8272 2003-Oct 20 21:09:51 (none) pptpd[8271]: CTRL: Client 64.83.8.216 control connection finished 2003-Oct 20 21:09:51 (none) pppd[8272]: Terminating on signal 2. 2003-Oct 20 21:09:51 (none) pppd[8272]: Modem hangup 2003-Oct 20 21:09:51 (none) pppd[8272]: Connection terminated. 2003-Oct 20 21:09:51 (none) pppd[8272]: Exit. 2003-Oct 20 21:16:49 (none) pptpd[9857]: CTRL: Client 64.83.8.216 control connection started 2003-Oct 20 21:16:49 (none) pptpd[9857]: CTRL: Starting call (launching pppd, opening GRE) 2003-Oct 20 21:16:49 (none) pppd[9858]: pppd 2.4.2b1 started by (unknown), uid 0 2003-Oct 20 21:16:49 (none) pppd[9858]: Starting negotiation on /dev/ttyp0 2003-Oct 20 21:17:19 (none) pppd[9858]: LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests 2003-Oct 20 21:17:19 (none) pppd[9858]: Connection terminated. 2003-Oct 20 21:17:19 (none) pppd[9858]: Exit. 2003-Oct 20 21:17:19 (none) pptpd[9857]: GRE: read(fd=5,buffer=804d5a0,len=8196) from PTY failed: status = -1 error = Input/output error 2003-Oct 20 21:17:19 (none) pptpd[9857]: CTRL: PTY read or GRE write failed (pty,gre)=(5,6) 2003-Oct 20 21:17:19 (none) pptpd[9857]: CTRL: Closing child BCrelay with pid 0 2003-Oct 20 21:17:19 (none) pptpd[9857]: CTRL: Closing child ppp with pid 9858 2003-Oct 20 21:17:19 (none) pptpd[9857]: CTRL: Client 64.83.8.216 control connection finished 2003-Oct 20 21:17:20 (none) pptpd[9972]: CTRL: Client 64.83.8.216 control connection started 2003-Oct 20 21:17:21 (none) pptpd[9972]: CTRL: Starting call (launching pppd, opening GRE) 2003-Oct 20 21:17:21 (none) pppd[9973]: pppd 2.4.2b1 started by (unknown), uid 0 2003-Oct 20 21:17:21 (none) pppd[9973]: Starting negotiation on /dev/ttyp0 2003-Oct 20 21:17:38 (none) pptpd[9972]: CTRL: Request to close control connection when call is open, closing 2003-Oct 20 21:17:38 (none) pptpd[9972]: CTRL: Closing child BCrelay with pid 0 2003-Oct 20 21:17:38 (none) pptpd[9972]: CTRL: Closing child ppp with pid 9973 2003-Oct 20 21:17:38 (none) pptpd[9972]: CTRL: Client 64.83.8.216 control connection finished 2003-Oct 20 21:17:38 (none) pppd[9973]: Terminating on signal 2. 2003-Oct 20 21:17:38 (none) pppd[9973]: Modem hangup 2003-Oct 20 21:17:38 (none) pppd[9973]: Connection terminated. 2003-Oct 20 21:17:38 (none) pppd[9973]: Exit. 2003-Oct 20 21:18:49 (none) pptpd[10282]: CTRL: Client 64.83.8.216 control connection started 2003-Oct 20 21:18:49 (none) pptpd[10282]: CTRL: Starting call (launching pppd, opening GRE) 2003-Oct 20 21:18:49 (none) pppd[10283]: pppd 2.4.2b1 started by (unknown), uid 0 2003-Oct 20 21:18:49 (none) pppd[10283]: Starting negotiation on /dev/ttyp0 2003-Oct 20 21:19:19 (none) pppd[10283]: LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests 2003-Oct 20 21:19:19 (none) pppd[10283]: Connection terminated. 2003-Oct 20 21:19:19 (none) pppd[10283]: Exit. 2003-Oct 20 21:19:19 (none) pptpd[10282]: GRE: read(fd=5,buffer=804d5a0,len=8196) from PTY failed: status = -1 error = Input/output error 2003-Oct 20 21:19:19 (none) pptpd[10282]: CTRL: PTY read or GRE write failed (pty,gre)=(5,6) 2003-Oct 20 21:19:19 (none) pptpd[10282]: CTRL: Closing child BCrelay with pid 0 2003-Oct 20 21:19:19 (none) pptpd[10282]: CTRL: Closing child ppp with pid 10283 2003-Oct 20 21:19:19 (none) pptpd[10282]: CTRL: Client 64.83.8.216 control connection finished 2003-Oct 20 21:19:21 (none) pptpd[10403]: CTRL: Client 64.83.8.216 control connection started 2003-Oct 20 21:19:21 (none) pptpd[10403]: CTRL: Starting call (launching pppd, opening GRE) 2003-Oct 20 21:19:21 (none) pppd[10404]: pppd 2.4.2b1 started by (unknown), uid 0 2003-Oct 20 21:19:21 (none) pppd[10404]: Starting negotiation on /dev/ttyp0 2003-Oct 20 21:19:22 (none) pptpd[10403]: CTRL: Request to close control connection when call is open, closing 2003-Oct 20 21:19:22 (none) pppd[10404]: Modem hangup 2003-Oct 20 21:19:22 (none) pppd[10404]: Connection terminated. 2003-Oct 20 21:19:22 (none) pppd[10404]: Exit. 2003-Oct 20 21:19:22 (none) pptpd[10403]: CTRL: Closing child BCrelay with pid 0 2003-Oct 20 21:19:22 (none) pptpd[10403]: CTRL: Closing child ppp with pid 10404 2003-Oct 20 21:19:22 (none) pptpd[10403]: CTRL: Client 64.83.8.216 control connection finished 2003-Oct 20 21:47:14 (none) pptpd[26338]: CTRL: Client 64.83.8.216 control connection started 2003-Oct 20 21:47:14 (none) pptpd[26338]: CTRL: Starting call (launching pppd, opening GRE) 2003-Oct 20 21:47:14 (none) pppd[26341]: pppd 2.4.2b1 started by (unknown), uid 0 2003-Oct 20 21:47:14 (none) pppd[26341]: Starting negotiation on /dev/ttyp0 2003-Oct 20 21:47:19 (none) pptpd[26338]: CTRL: Request to close control connection when call is open, closing 2003-Oct 20 21:47:19 (none) pptpd[26338]: CTRL: Closing child BCrelay with pid 0 2003-Oct 20 21:47:19 (none) pptpd[26338]: CTRL: Closing child ppp with pid 26341 2003-Oct 20 21:47:19 (none) pptpd[26338]: CTRL: Client 64.83.8.216 control connection finished 2003-Oct 20 21:47:19 (none) pppd[26341]: Terminating on signal 2. 2003-Oct 20 21:47:19 (none) pppd[26341]: Modem hangup 2003-Oct 20 21:47:19 (none) pppd[26341]: Connection terminated. 2003-Oct 20 21:47:19 (none) pppd[26341]: Exit. 2003-Oct 20 23:40:36 (none) pptpd[6082]: CTRL: Client 64.83.8.216 control connection started 2003-Oct 20 23:40:37 (none) pptpd[6082]: CTRL: Starting call (launching pppd, opening GRE) 2003-Oct 20 23:40:37 (none) pppd[6083]: pppd 2.4.2b1 started by (unknown), uid 0 2003-Oct 20 23:40:37 (none) pppd[6083]: Starting negotiation on /dev/ttyp0 2003-Oct 20 23:40:42 (none) pptpd[6082]: CTRL: Request to close control connection when call is open, closing 2003-Oct 20 23:40:42 (none) pptpd[6082]: CTRL: Closing child BCrelay with pid 0 2003-Oct 20 23:40:42 (none) pptpd[6082]: CTRL: Closing child ppp with pid 6083 2003-Oct 20 23:40:42 (none) pptpd[6082]: CTRL: Client 64.83.8.216 control connection finished 2003-Oct 20 23:40:42 (none) pppd[6083]: Terminating on signal 2. 2003-Oct 20 23:40:42 (none) pppd[6083]: Modem hangup 2003-Oct 20 23:40:42 (none) pppd[6083]: Connection terminated. 2003-Oct 20 23:40:42 (none) pppd[6083]: Exit. 2003-Oct 20 23:43:38 (none) pptpd[6723]: CTRL: Client 64.83.8.216 control connection started 2003-Oct 20 23:43:38 (none) pptpd[6723]: CTRL: Starting call (launching pppd, opening GRE) 2003-Oct 20 23:43:38 (none) pppd[6724]: pppd 2.4.2b1 started by (unknown), uid 0 2003-Oct 20 23:43:38 (none) pppd[6724]: Starting negotiation on /dev/ttyp0 2003-Oct 20 23:44:08 (none) pppd[6724]: LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests 2003-Oct 20 23:44:08 (none) pppd[6724]: Connection terminated. 2003-Oct 20 23:44:08 (none) pppd[6724]: Exit. 2003-Oct 20 23:44:08 (none) pptpd[6723]: GRE: read(fd=5,buffer=804d5a0,len=8196) from PTY failed: status = -1 error = Input/output error 2003-Oct 20 23:44:08 (none) pptpd[6723]: CTRL: PTY read or GRE write failed (pty,gre)=(5,6) 2003-Oct 20 23:44:08 (none) pptpd[6723]: CTRL: Closing child BCrelay with pid 0 2003-Oct 20 23:44:08 (none) pptpd[6723]: CTRL: Closing child ppp with pid 6724 2003-Oct 20 23:44:08 (none) pptpd[6723]: CTRL: Client 64.83.8.216 control connection finished 2003-Oct 20 23:56:34 (none) pptpd[9607]: CTRL: Client 64.83.8.216 control connection started 2003-Oct 20 23:56:34 (none) pptpd[9607]: CTRL: Starting call (launching pppd, opening GRE) 2003-Oct 20 23:56:34 (none) pppd[9608]: pppd 2.4.2b1 started by (unknown), uid 0 2003-Oct 20 23:56:34 (none) pppd[9608]: Starting negotiation on /dev/ttyp0 2003-Oct 20 23:56:58 (none) pptpd[9607]: CTRL: Request to close control connection when call is open, closing 2003-Oct 20 23:56:58 (none) pptpd[9607]: CTRL: Closing child BCrelay with pid 0 2003-Oct 20 23:56:58 (none) pptpd[9607]: CTRL: Closing child ppp with pid 9608 2003-Oct 20 23:56:58 (none) pptpd[9607]: CTRL: Client 64.83.8.216 control connection finished 2003-Oct 20 23:56:58 (none) pppd[9608]: Terminating on signal 2. 2003-Oct 20 23:56:58 (none) pppd[9608]: Modem hangup 2003-Oct 20 23:56:58 (none) pppd[9608]: Connection terminated. 2003-Oct 20 23:56:58 (none) pppd[9608]: Exit.
Well, that was it. after connecting once and being dropped. I can't reconnect. I've tried at least 15 times and each has met with failure. I guess 4.015 lets you have 5 minutes every 24 hours.
I can't wait to try 4.016.
I'll let y'all know how it goes.
FYI: I'm on 4.0.07 with the same problem. Well it has work perfectly on my desktop, but not from my laptop or from my desktop at work trying to connect from the internet as previously stated.
I'm with Jim and can't wait to hear how his 4.0.16 install goes.
Well, I've got 4.016 up and running. I backed up my 4.015, installed the 4.016 ISO on a new drive and restored the backup. All "seems" to work OK. I'll keep up with any problems I might have.
I've got it working but not through patching or upgrading.
My ISP was using an upstream NAT - even though our external IP address was a publically assigned address, outgoing connections were via their gateway. This used to work fine for PPTP connections and IPSEC with NAT-traversal enabled. It looks like it was this traveral for PPTP that broke recently. The ISP moved over to fully public addresses and it all works OK now.
