I use /usr/ports/net/pptpclient to connect to a MS VPN endpoint and
/usr/ports/net/rdesktop to "Remote Desktop" to my XP machine at the
office. Works great.
This sounded like what I needed to do.
When I run the pptp client, it doesn't appear to do anything. I did the
following:
cd /usr/ports/net/pptpclient
make install clean
cd /usr/ports/net/rdesktop
make install clean
rehash
I found these instructions at FreeBSD Diary and tried to follow them:
http://www.freebsddiary.org/pptp.php
My connection information is as follows:
My workplace's outside VPN Name: vpn.wobs-work.com
My workplace's outside VPN external IP: 100.200.300.16
My workplace Username: wob
My workplace Password: wobpassword
My Workplace's Windows XP Pro PC: 5.10.15.79
My Workplaces Internal Subnet: 5.10.15.x
My home FreeBSD's IP: 192.168.1.25
My FreeBSD's machine NIC: fxp0
My home router's IP: 192.168.1.1
So I made a /etc/ppp/ppp.conf file:
WORKVPN:
set authname wob
set authkey wobpassword
set timeout 0
set ifaddr 0 0
add 100.200.300.16/24 HISADDR
alias enable yes
Then I ran it as root:
cd /etc/ppp
/usr/local/sbin/pptp vpn.wobs-work.com WORKVPN
The program seems to run for about 5 seconds, then returns to shell
prompt. I then tried:
/usr/local/sbin/pptp vpn.wobs-work.com WORKVPN --loglevel 2
and:
/usr/local/sbin/pptp 100.200.300.16 WORKVPN --loglevel 2
But it still did not print out anything.
ifconfig tun0
displays:
tun0: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
I think I might have to add a route command once the "tunnel" is up. My
understanding is, is that the pptp client is not supposed to return to
the shell prompt until I cancel it with a CTRL-C. I normally use my
home Windows XP Pro box to connect to my works VPN, and then use
RemoteDesktop to connect to my Work PC - so I know the connections work
under Windows. I want to get rid of my home Windows box.
Any suggestions? I'm kinda new, but I am trying to learn.
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