Inf0Byt3 wrote:Maybe I've got it wrong, but here is my full problem.
I have a Lan/T1 connection. The internet is distributed to me by using a VPN network through LAN.
My question is what is the alternative in Linux? I've seen some similar questions in a local linux forum and they said the solution is 'rp-pppoe'. Don't know what to say... Any help greatly appreciated.
I don't think the rp-pppoe is what you're looking for; it's generally used for DSL style connections.
You have to use a a client that supports your university's vpn solution; vpnc might fit the bill. If you're using KDE, there's a front end called kvpnc.
I think what may stop you is the security certificate you'll need to import; vpnc supports this I believe, but I've never used it myself since I connect to a Cisco-based vpn. The kvpnc front-end is supposed to make this easy, from what I've read.
Assuming that you've imported the certificate into vpnc already (since you stated that you had tried that client), how did you initiate the connection? The right command is vpnc-connect; I've read where quite a few people just issued vpnc alone as the connect command, which won't work.
Too bad your uni only provides support for win2k/xp; although I'm pretty sure, with all the systems in that dept, that you can find someone who is connecting using a Unix-based system. Pick their brain, when you find 'em!!!!
AIR.
"Programming is like Poetry. Sometimes the words just escape you..." -me, to my manager.
... I simply couldn't get it to work.
