VPN frustrations... connection not working

[telex4]

I'm trying to establish a VPN connection for the first time, to the server at work. I have all the details for Windows users and I've been trying to make them work with pptpconfig and KVpnc but to no avail. Background info - I've opened a hole through my firewall for all ports, just to eliminate that potential issue.

KVpnc seems to get nowhere. Aside from the UI being completely confusing, I just get these messages:

info: [pppd]Using interface ppp0 Connect: ppp0 /dev/pts/2 debug: Tunnel device: ppp0 Connect: ppp0 /dev/pts/2 info: "pppd" started. info: [pppd]LCP terminated by peer (y^\^PM-k^@ info: [pppd]Connection terminated. debug: There is a reason for stop connecting, terminating "pppd" process. info: File /etc/ppp/chap-secrets sucessfully removed info: [pppd]Modem hangup info: "pppd route process" started. info: [pppd]

pptpconfig seems to get a little further, but it never completes the connection. It gets this far but then no further, so I'm unable to use the ping button:

# route -n (before pppd) Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface 192.168.1.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 ath0 0.0.0.0 192.168.1.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 ath0 pptpconfig: debug information dump ends, starting pppd pppd options in effect: debug # (from /etc/ppp/peers/---blocked-out---) updetach # (from command line) logfd 1 # (from command line) linkname ---blocked-out--- # (from /etc/ppp/peers/---blocked-out---) dump # (from /etc/ppp/peers/---blocked-out---) noauth # (from /etc/ppp/options.pptp) refuse-chap # (from /etc/ppp/options.pptp) refuse-mschap # (from /etc/ppp/options.pptp) refuse-eap # (from /etc/ppp/options.pptp) name ---blocked-out---\\tom.chance # (from /etc/ppp/peers/---blocked-out---) remotename ---blocked-out--- # (from /etc/ppp/peers/---blocked-out---) # (from /etc/ppp/options.pptp) pty pptp mailgate.---blocked-out---.com --nolaunchpppd # (from /etc/ppp/peers/---blocked-out---) crtscts # (from /etc/ppp/options) # (from /etc/ppp/options) asyncmap 0 # (from /etc/ppp/options) lcp-echo-failure 4 # (from /etc/ppp/options) lcp-echo-interval 30 # (from /etc/ppp/options) hide-password # (from /etc/ppp/options) ipparam ---blocked-out--- # (from /etc/ppp/peers/---blocked-out---) noproxyarp # (from /etc/ppp/options) usepeerdns # (from /etc/ppp/peers/---blocked-out---) nobsdcomp # (from /etc/ppp/options.pptp) nodeflate # (from /etc/ppp/options.pptp) require-mppe # (from /etc/ppp/peers/---blocked-out---) require-mppe-128 # (from /etc/ppp/options.pptp) noipx # (from /etc/ppp/options) using channel 12 Using interface ppp0pptpconfig: monitoring interface ppp0 Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/2 sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0x16ce953a> <pcomp> <accomp>] rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x0 <mru 1400> <auth eap> <magic 0x3deb5e9b> <pcomp> <accomp> <callback CBCP> <mrru 1614> <endpoint [local:60.bc.73.24.8c.85.42.fd.9f.a5.b9.fe.a6.4a.62 .66.00.00.00.00]> < 17 04 00 76>] sent [LCP ConfRej id=0x0 <callback CBCP> <mrru 1614> < 17 04 00 76>] rcvd [LCP ConfAck id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0x16ce953a> <pcomp> <accomp>] rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <mru 1400> <auth eap> <magic 0x3deb5e9b> <pcomp> <accomp> <endpoint [local:60.bc.73.24.8c.85.42.fd.9f.a5.b9.fe.a6.4a.62 .66.00.00.00.00]>] sent [LCP ConfNak id=0x1 <auth chap MS-v2>] rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x2 <mru 1400> <auth chap MS-v2> <magic 0x3deb5e9b> <pcomp> <accomp> <endpoint [local:60.bc.73.24.8c.85.42.fd.9f.a5.b9.fe.a6.4a.62 .66.00.00.00.00]>] sent [LCP ConfAck id=0x2 <mru 1400> <auth chap MS-v2> <magic 0x3deb5e9b> <pcomp> <accomp> <endpoint [local:60.bc.73.24.8c.85.42.fd.9f.a5.b9.fe.a6.4a.62 .66.00.00.00.00]>] sent [LCP EchoReq id=0x0 magic=0x16ce953a] rcvd [CHAP Challenge id=0x0 <f10abb840ca3607fa15cdf1059c6e072>, name = "BIO01"] Warning - secret file /etc/ppp/chap-secrets has world and/or group access sent [CHAP Response id=0x0 <7587b3e2eb04206221e87bca36b1ae700000000000000000e e804cbc2cc6a916f9fc7848c01b478f7d5182ad45aea7ce00> , name = "---blocked-out---\\---blocked-out---"] rcvd [LCP EchoRep id=0x0 magic=0x3deb5e9b] rcvd [CHAP Success id=0x0 "S=E810CCC9B25A63333AF6B2B57718B252520E36D3"] CHAP authentication succeeded sent [CCP ConfReq id=0x1 <mppe +H -M +S +L -D -C>] rcvd [CCP ConfReq id=0x4 <mppe +H +M +S +L -D +C>] sent [CCP ConfNak id=0x4 <mppe +H -M +S -L -D -C>] rcvd [IPCP ConfReq id=0x5 <addr 192.168.0.32>] sent [IPCP TermAck id=0x5] rcvd [CCP ConfNak id=0x1 <mppe +H -M +S -L -D -C>] sent [CCP ConfReq id=0x2 <mppe +H -M +S -L -D -C>] rcvd [CCP ConfReq id=0x6 <mppe +H -M +S -L -D -C>] sent [CCP ConfAck id=0x6 <mppe +H -M +S -L -D -C>] rcvd [CCP ConfAck id=0x2 <mppe +H -M +S -L -D -C>] MPPE 128-bit stateless compression enabled sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x1 <compress VJ 0f 01> <addr 0.0.0.0> <ms-dns1 0.0.0.0> <ms-dns3 0.0.0.0>] rcvd [IPCP ConfRej id=0x1 <compress VJ 0f 01> <ms-dns3 0.0.0.0>] sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x2 <addr 0.0.0.0> <ms-dns1 0.0.0.0>] rcvd [IPCP ConfNak id=0x2 <addr 192.168.0.31> <ms-dns1 192.168.0.4>] sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x3 <addr 192.168.0.31> <ms-dns1 192.168.0.4>] rcvd [IPCP ConfAck id=0x3 <addr 192.168.0.31> <ms-dns1 192.168.0.4>] rcvd [IPCP ConfReq id=0x7 <addr 192.168.0.32>] sent [IPCP ConfAck id=0x7 <addr 192.168.0.32>] local IP address 192.168.0.31

That's with the routing set to "all to tunnel". If I set it to "client to LAN" then it doesn't reach the final line (quoting a local IP address).

I'm stuck and frustrated. Can anyone explain to me what I'm doing wrong?

[telex4]

Part of the problem is that I can't see any useful feedback from the programs. Does anyone know of a trick to get more debugging back to help trace the problem?