Phil Dyer wrote:
Have you tried connecting to the sarge box with another client? Windows XP, or poptop client?
Not yet, as the sarge box is just a client, the appliance should be the server. In the end this isn't the box to run for real, just a test setup. In the final scenario the debian (client) side is even behind a GRE-tunneling broadband router resolvable via dyndns, connecting a LAN. Also a few roadwarriors are supposed to connect to the BinTec VPN 25 via dialup IPs.
Are you using a custom kernel or debian with
kernel-patch-mppe applied? Standard debian ppp? kernel 2.4/2.6?
Standard 2.4 with standard MPPE-patch applied, following the doc from pptpclient to the letter.
thanx Martin