On Fri, 25 Jun 2004 13:06:18 -0700, jfizer wrote:

>I have a client trying to connect to our PPTP server (Poptop running
>on Debian with MPE128 encryption) using the built in Windows 2000
>dialup VPN client. I've tripple checked their settings and everything
>seems OK, however they get an error 619 and can't connect. I've looked
>at the logs for poptop and they list the following.
>
>GRE: read error: No route to host
>CTRL: PTY read or GRE write failed (pty,gre)=(5,6)
>Modem hangup
>
>Any ideas on what could be causing this or what I can do to fix it?

Forgot to add, the client is behind a CISCO PIX firewall with an
unknown configuration.

wrote in message news:q81pd0pfs0vi69990b7vkp97ua8dci3kip@4ax.com...
> I have a client trying to connect to our PPTP server (Poptop running
> on Debian with MPE128 encryption) using the built in Windows 2000
> dialup VPN client. I've tripple checked their settings and everything
> seems OK, however they get an error 619 and can't connect. I've looked
> at the logs for poptop and they list the following.
>
> GRE: read error: No route to host
> CTRL: PTY read or GRE write failed (pty,gre)=(5,6)
> Modem hangup
>
> Any ideas on what could be causing this or what I can do to fix it?

/sbin/ifconfig gre0

if that doesnt work you need to compile it in as a kernel module

On Sat, 26 Jun 2004 07:35:32 +1000, "Tim Warnock"
wrote:

> wrote in message news:q81pd0pfs0vi69990b7vkp97ua8dci3kip@4ax.com...
>> I have a client trying to connect to our PPTP server (Poptop running
>> on Debian with MPE128 encryption) using the built in Windows 2000
>> dialup VPN client. I've tripple checked their settings and everything
>> seems OK, however they get an error 619 and can't connect. I've looked
>> at the logs for poptop and they list the following.
>>
>> GRE: read error: No route to host
>> CTRL: PTY read or GRE write failed (pty,gre)=(5,6)
>> Modem hangup
>>
>> Any ideas on what could be causing this or what I can do to fix it?
>
>/sbin/ifconfig gre0
>
>if that doesnt work you need to compile it in as a kernel module
>

Not sure I follow. Why is this one client connection causing problems
while the others are not?

wrote in message news:8h7pd0trq8i3jjh2r3hounan7lbc1sbfrl@4ax.com...
> On Sat, 26 Jun 2004 07:35:32 +1000, "Tim Warnock"
> wrote:
>
> > wrote in message
news:q81pd0pfs0vi69990b7vkp97ua8dci3kip@4ax.com...
> >> I have a client trying to connect to our PPTP server (Poptop running
> >> on Debian with MPE128 encryption) using the built in Windows 2000
> >> dialup VPN client. I've tripple checked their settings and everything
> >> seems OK, however they get an error 619 and can't connect. I've looked
> >> at the logs for poptop and they list the following.
> >>
> >> GRE: read error: No route to host
> >> CTRL: PTY read or GRE write failed (pty,gre)=(5,6)
> >> Modem hangup
> >>
> >> Any ideas on what could be causing this or what I can do to fix it?
> >
> >/sbin/ifconfig gre0
> >
> >if that doesnt work you need to compile it in as a kernel module
> >
>
> Not sure I follow. Why is this one client connection causing problems
> while the others are not?

the other thing is no route to host
can your poptop server ping the workstation before it connects?

On Sat, 26 Jun 2004 08:00:39 +1000, "Tim Warnock"
wrote:

> wrote in message news:8h7pd0trq8i3jjh2r3hounan7lbc1sbfrl@4ax.com...
>> On Sat, 26 Jun 2004 07:35:32 +1000, "Tim Warnock"
>> wrote:
>>
>> > wrote in message
>news:q81pd0pfs0vi69990b7vkp97ua8dci3kip@4ax.com...
>> >> I have a client trying to connect to our PPTP server (Poptop running
>> >> on Debian with MPE128 encryption) using the built in Windows 2000
>> >> dialup VPN client. I've tripple checked their settings and everything
>> >> seems OK, however they get an error 619 and can't connect. I've looked
>> >> at the logs for poptop and they list the following.
>> >>
>> >> GRE: read error: No route to host
>> >> CTRL: PTY read or GRE write failed (pty,gre)=(5,6)
>> >> Modem hangup
>> >>
>> >> Any ideas on what could be causing this or what I can do to fix it?
>> >
>> >/sbin/ifconfig gre0
>> >
>> >if that doesnt work you need to compile it in as a kernel module
>> >
>>
>> Not sure I follow. Why is this one client connection causing problems
>> while the others are not?
>
>the other thing is no route to host
>can your poptop server ping the workstation before it connects?
>

The remote end is behind a firewall, so I cant ping it. However they
are on a publicly routable IP address and running a web server which I
can access.

wrote in message news:568pd0p6eoep1jfirstfka53o0b4seoepu@4ax.com...
> On Sat, 26 Jun 2004 08:00:39 +1000, "Tim Warnock"
> wrote:
>
> > wrote in message
news:8h7pd0trq8i3jjh2r3hounan7lbc1sbfrl@4ax.com...
> >> On Sat, 26 Jun 2004 07:35:32 +1000, "Tim Warnock"
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> > wrote in message
> >news:q81pd0pfs0vi69990b7vkp97ua8dci3kip@4ax.com...
> >> >> I have a client trying to connect to our PPTP server (Poptop running
> >> >> on Debian with MPE128 encryption) using the built in Windows 2000
> >> >> dialup VPN client. I've tripple checked their settings and
everything
> >> >> seems OK, however they get an error 619 and can't connect. I've
looked
> >> >> at the logs for poptop and they list the following.
> >> >>
> >> >> GRE: read error: No route to host
> >> >> CTRL: PTY read or GRE write failed (pty,gre)=(5,6)
> >> >> Modem hangup
> >> >>
> >> >> Any ideas on what could be causing this or what I can do to fix it?
> >> >
> >> >/sbin/ifconfig gre0
> >> >
> >> >if that doesnt work you need to compile it in as a kernel module
> >> >
> >>
> >> Not sure I follow. Why is this one client connection causing problems
> >> while the others are not?
> >
> >the other thing is no route to host
> >can your poptop server ping the workstation before it connects?
> >
>
> The remote end is behind a firewall, so I cant ping it. However they
> are on a publicly routable IP address and running a web server which I
> can access.


i'd try disabling security, get it working, then add security after.