Hello,

I'm looking for some help setting up a VPN between a linux server and
Windows2000 client.

However there seems to be absolutly no documentation on anything and I'm
awfully confused. If there are some docs, where can I find them?

There seems to be no configure script with the tarball
(l2tpd-0.69.tar.gz) so I simply ran "make" and it completed without error.

I moved the binary it created to /usr/sbin and copied and edited the
sample config and secrets file into /etc/l2tpd/.  When I try running
l2tpd I get the following message "This binary does not support kernel
L2TP."  However the program remains running and bound to the
port, outputting the following into the syslog:

 l2tpd[599]: This binary does not support kernel L2TP.
 l2tpd[600]: l2tpd version 0.69 started on starbug PID:600
 l2tpd[600]: Written by Mark Spencer, Copyright (C) 1998, Adtran, Inc.
 l2tpd[600]: Forked by Scott Balmos and David Stipp, (C) 2001
 l2tpd[600]: Inhereted by Jeff McAdams, (C) 2002
 l2tpd[600]: Linux version 2.4.18 on a i586, port 1701

I do have the tun and tap support compiled into the kernel.
Is there something I need to remove from the kernel perhaps?
Are there and requirements to run l2tpd that I don't know about?

What is a LAC or a LNS?  I can't find anywhere that it's explained!

How do I setup or disable authenication? What usernames are they based
on? The linux box's users? How do I get windows 2000 to talk to it? Does
Win2k just automatically setup ppp or do I have to do it? What about
routing tables?

As far as I understand L2TP will be a tunnel between the two machines over
which PPP is used so network packets can be moved.

Client                                              Server
Virtual 10.0.0.2 ---------------PPP---------------- 10.0.0.1
Link             ---------------L2TP---------------
Real   123.0.0.2 --------------UDP/IP-------------- 213.0.0.1

Is there something I'm missing from this understanding?

I'm prepared to put together a document detailing how to setup l2tpd if I
can get enough information.

Please help me :-)

Stephen


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