From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 20 08:02:11 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 12345106566B for ; Thu, 20 May 2010 08:02:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perryh@pluto.rain.com) Received: from agora.rdrop.com (unknown [IPv6:2607:f678:1010::34]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD1878FC22 for ; Thu, 20 May 2010 08:02:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from agora.rdrop.com (66@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by agora.rdrop.com (8.13.1/8.12.7) with ESMTP id o4K81gSV010863 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Thu, 20 May 2010 01:01:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from perryh@pluto.rain.com) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by agora.rdrop.com (8.13.1/8.12.9/Submit) with UUCP id o4K81gJX010862; Thu, 20 May 2010 01:01:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from fbsd61 by pluto.rain.com (4.1/SMI-4.1-pluto-M2060407) id AA04832; Thu, 20 May 10 00:50:34 PDT Date: Thu, 20 May 2010 00:48:16 -0700 From: perryh@pluto.rain.com To: drew@mykitchentable.net Message-Id: <4bf4e940.QZwtJkPIWSQ5NyM2%perryh@pluto.rain.com> References: <4BF40AC5.8010509@mykitchentable.net> <4BF42067.70200@mykitchentable.net> In-Reply-To: <4BF42067.70200@mykitchentable.net> User-Agent: nail 11.25 7/29/05 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help With pptpclient Setup X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 20 May 2010 08:02:11 -0000 Drew Tomlinson wrote: > >> I'm using FBSD 8.0-STABLE and trying to connect to a Cisco > >> VPN at work. Windows PCs connect with the basic Microsoft > >> dial-up networking client. Thus I assume pptpclient is my > >> answer for FBSD. > > > > I would think GRE would be the answer here. > > > > ... > > Thanks for your reply. However I do not see how to pass my > username/password to the Cisco VPN in either of those 2 links. Dunno about either pptpclient or GRE, but vpnc knows how to handle username & password and seems to work here,