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Date:      Mon, 19 Mar 2001 22:09:44 -0800 (PST)
From:      Archie Cobbs <archie@dellroad.org>
To:        Brent Voltz <bvoltz@itsco.com>
Cc:        "'freebsd-net@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Kernel panic with  MPD PPTP
Message-ID:  <200103200609.f2K69i615676@arch20m.dellroad.org>
In-Reply-To: <41E533716110D511BF0300805FCC206001332B@happy.itsco.com> "from Brent Voltz at Mar 18, 2001 10:28:37 pm"

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Brent Voltz writes:
> I have an ADSL line that uses PPPoE encapsulation.  I've been trying to get
> a PPTP connection working with FreeBSD 4.2 release on the same box that
> connects to the ADSL.
> 
> The process is as follows:
> 
> 1) Bring up PPPoE connection, using either user-space PPP or MPD.  This part
> works flawlessly using either method.
> 
> 2) Bring up PPTP connection using MPD.
> 
> The result is always the same: Kernel panic in the next 30 seconds.

Make sure that you're not trying to route the PPTP packets over
the PPTP link itself, which causes an infinite loop. That is,
you don't want the peer's "external" IP address (from mpd.links)
to be routed via the PPTP point-to-point connection.

-Archie

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Archie Cobbs     *     Packet Design     *     http://www.packetdesign.com

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