Re: Easy PPTP Setup?
Hello,
On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 3:24 PM, Oliver Ruebenacker <curoli(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hello,
On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 12:35 PM, Oliver Ruebenacker <curoli(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 10:50 AM, Chris Smart <mail(a)christophersmart.com>
wrote:
>> On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 8:28 PM, Oliver Ruebenacker <curoli(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
>>>
>>> How do I do that?
>>>
>>> On the other machine that I don't have access right now (which
>>> happens to be a laptop), there is a NetworkManager icon in the upper
>>> right corner, on the menu bar. Plus, there is a menu item to start or
>>> setup PPTP (I think it was under Applications - Internet). None of
>>> these are on this machine.
>>>
>>
>> Hmm.. make sure that the NetworkManager service started and the
>> network service stopped? You can use the Services tool to check. When
>> you start it, the icon should appear..
>
> Thanks, I stopped network and restarted NetworkManager, and the
> NetworkManager icon came back. It even seems to have a simple way to
> set up PPTP.
>
> Only: So far the connection always fails, and it does not give me
> any details about what it tried to do and how it failed. So I can't
> even tell whether it could not reach the server, or whether the
> password was wrong, or whether something else was misconfigured. Is
> there a way to get any such details from NetworkManager?
I found the following messages in /var/log/messages. Does any one
understand where the problem is? Thanks!
Solved it. I had forgotten to turn on encryption. Now it connects.
Take care
Oliver
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