In the past when using pptpd I used a kernel with GRE disabled because I read that was the thing to do.
When installing pptp-1.6.0 on a new i386 system the other day (May 1st snapshot) I saw a note saying to enable GRE so I added this to sysctl.conf: net.inet.gre.allow=1 Everything was working fine for a few days. Then starting today I can no longer establish a connection and GRE-related errors are logged: pptpd[9651]: CTRL: Client X.X.X.X control connection started pptpd[9651]: CTRL: Starting call (launching pppd, opening GRE) ppp[31649]: Phase: Using interface: tun0 ppp[31649]: Phase: deflink: Created in closed state ppp[31649]: Phase: PPP Started (direct mode). ppp[31649]: Phase: bundle: Establish ppp[31649]: Phase: deflink: closed -> opening ppp[31649]: Phase: deflink: Connected! ppp[31649]: Phase: deflink: opening -> carrier ppp[31649]: Phase: deflink: carrier -> lcp ppp[31649]: Phase: deflink: Disconnected! pptpd[9651]: GRE: read(fd=6,buffer=3c004ac0,len=8196) from PTY failed: status = 0 error = No error ppp[31649]: Phase: deflink: Connect time: 17 secs: 0 octets in, 295 octets out ppp[31649]: Phase: deflink: 0 packets in, 5 packets out ppp[31649]: Phase: total 17 bytes/sec, peak 23 bytes/sec on Sun May 8 13:32:39 2005 ppp[31649]: Phase: deflink: lcp -> closed ppp[31649]: Phase: bundle: Dead ppp[31649]: Phase: PPP Terminated (normal). pptpd[9651]: CTRL: PTY read or GRE write failed (pty,gre)=(6,5) pptpd[9651]: CTRL: Client X.X.X.X control connection finished Now I'm not sure if I'm doing the right thing. Should I be using a kernel with GRE disabled? Or is this not even the issue here? Thanks for any advice.
