I followed the instructions given in the link below in order to connect to a VPN server from my Ubuntu 10.04 PC.

http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/howto-...tp-client.html


As mentioned in the above link,i had the system setup. I am able to connect to VPN using the default network manager that comes with Ubuntu.

But from command line, using pppd dialing,i am unable to connect to server.I get only the following messages in /var/log/messages always.

Log:
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Oct 6 15:01:09 hari-desktop pppd[3660]: pppd 2.4.5 started by root, uid 0
Oct 6 15:01:09 hari-desktop pppd[3660]: Using interface ppp0
Oct 6 15:01:09 hari-desktop pppd[3660]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/5
Oct 6 15:01:10 hari-desktop pppd[3660]: Connection terminated.
Oct 6 15:01:10 hari-desktop pppd[3660]: Exit.

Anybody have any idea about this?

My Aim is to connect to a VPN server with the following information only

1) VPN server's static IP Address
2) User-name
3) Password.

Is there any specific VPN client using which i can establish a connection with the following information in hand ?

Thanks in advance.

You don't want to use PPP to connect to the windows VPN server. You only use PPP if you are dialing the connection over a phone line. You need to use pptp and call that from the command line. The pptp settings should be in /etc/pptp.conf.

I have posted a description of my experience of doing this at www.acampbell.org.uk/linux/vpn.html. This is for a Debian system but it should be easy to use for Ubuntu.