On Saturday 20 August 2011 07:03:44 Chris Turner wrote: > looks like I misread your output - you did call pptp which called > pppd and had some errors. > > This could be a few factors - > > 1: pptp is compiled from pkgsrc - which might mean it is > expecting a netbsd pppd underneath instead of the freebsd->dragonfly > one we have (need to check freebsd4/freebsd-now/netbsd pppd manual > pages / code) 2: pppd has drifted w/r/t pptp or the other way around and > pkgsrc needs updating, (need to check pptp manual pages / code ) > 3: ...
NetBSD pptp expecting a NetBSD pppd would make sense. The pppd is in world, but there's also a pppd package. > To get this moving in the right direction, you might want to try > setting up a spare freebsd box with ports or a netbsd box with > pkgsrc, get the pptp link working, and try to figgure out the > possible pppd and pptp differences on dragonfly that are keeping > this from working - aka, you might need to port/update pppd or pptp, > or pkgsrc, or 1/2/both/all, etc to the current state of affairs on > DragonFly > This is why I keep sources for all BSD's handy for troubleshooting purposes > :D I don't have any other BSD boxes. I have a Linux box. > Alternately you might just want to try SSH port forwarding if you can SSH > to the remote end :D I can SSH, and there is an SSH VPN package which I'll try. It requires knowing the IP addresses; I can get that by running the pptp tunnel on the router. Pierre -- li ze te'a ci vu'u ci bi'e te'a mu du li ci su'i ze te'a mu bi'e vu'u ci
