PPPD-PPTP(8)

NAME
pptp.so - PPTP VPN plugin for pppd(8)

SYNOPSIS
pppd [ options ] plugin pptp.so

DESCRIPTION

The PPTP plugin for pppd performs interaction with pptp kernel module and has built-in call manager (client part of PPTP). It pasees necessary paremeters from options into kernel module to configure ppp-pptp channel. If it runs in client mode, then additionally call manager starts up. PPTPD daemon automaticaly invokes this plugin in server mode and passes necessary options, so additional configuration is not needed.

OPTIONS for client mode
The PPTP plugin introduces one additional pppd option:

pptp_server server (required)
    Specifies ip address or hostname of pptp server.

pptp_window packets (optional)
    The amount of sliding window size. Set to 0 to turn off sliding window.
        to 3-10 for low speed connections.
        to >10 for hi speed connections.

pptp_phone phone (optional)
    The phone string that sended to pptp server.

pptp_timeout miliseconds (optional)
    Specifies timeout for waiting "ack" packet from server.

USAGE
Sample configuration file:
plugin "pptp.so"
pptp_server 192.168.0.1
pptp_window 50
name myname
remotename pptp
noauth
refuse-eap
refuse-chap
refuse-mschap
nobsdcomp
nodeflate
novj
novjccomp
require-mppe-128
lcp-echo-interval 20
lcp-echo-failure  3

SEE ALSO
pppd(8) pptpd(8) pptpd.conf(5)

AUTHOR
xeb xeb@mail.ru