Help with PPTP VPN connection keeps failing

[Matt Domsch]

On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 10:21:17PM -0400, Eric B. wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I just recently freshly installed FC14 on my laptop, and have been 
> trying to get a PPTP VPN connection working, but am having significant 
> difficulty.
> 
> I've properly configured the VPN settings, and see the connection 
> succeeds, but then shuts right back down.  If I try the same credentials 
> from within a Windows machine, it connects without fail.

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> Apr 12 22:11:55 eric-laptop pppd[3520]: LCP terminated by peer

That's the magic message.  You need to enable further debugging to
figure out why it threw that.

http://pptpclient.sourceforge.net/howto-diagnosis.phtml#lcp_term_authentication

Thanks,
Matt

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Matt Domsch
Technology Strategist
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