Connecting your Linux laptop to the UNR VPN
As of 2006-11-17
Ubuntu
supports MPPE out-of-the-box
howto
howto
As of 2006-01-03 MPPE is supported in Linux Kernel 2.6.15
SUSE Linux 10.0 includes out-of-the-box support:
(upgrade)
UNR SuSE Mirror (on-campus access only)
Requirements
Connecting a Linux system to the UNR VPN requires:
- A compatible WLAN adapter (list)
- Adding support for MPPE encryption to the Linux kernel
- Installing the PPTP Client
- Configuration
Instructions
The PPTP Client site
provides details for a variety of Linux distributions.
Configuration
Server: wifi.unr.edu
Domain: unr.edu
User: Your UNR NetID
Password: Your NetID password
If the VPN does not work:
In the routing tab in pptpconfig check the "all to tunnel" option
Help
Setting up MPPE VPN support in Debian Linux
Debian 2.6.9 Kernel Compile w/ MPPE support
Connecting to the McGill VPN with MPPE on Linux
Links
PPTP Client
WLAN compatiblity list
SuSE Linux
Linux open-source VPN packages
Reno Linux Users Group
Updated:
Wed Dec 13 17:17:13 PST 2006