Scott, Thanks for the info. The VPN I needed to connect to was pptp. When I downloaded the pptp-linux client for this project, I was told that I needed to make a new module for ppp-mppe-2.4.0 because it did not recognize my 2.4 kernel. This was not as straight forward as I hoped and time was running out... The people at the other end who I was dealing with only know windows (sometimes I think that is all I know as well) so to make a long story longer I ended up using PC Anywhere through my windows box. Is pptp-linux compatable with PC Anywhere? I do intend to play around with pptp-linux when I get some free time and with any luck get rid of WinNT. Thanks, Mike On Tuesday 28 August 2001 00:13, you wrote:

You will need the client software for whatever technology the VPN uses. You've got choices ranging from IPsec (the linux client is called FreeS/WAN) to pptp (with a sick hack of a linux client that I maintain) with a bunch of other choices in between.

Find out what the VPN is based on and then do a google for that and linux.

Scott

On Mon, 27 Aug 2001, Michael Long wrote:

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Hi all,

I have only connected to a network via a VPN using windows software in the past. How do I go about establishing a VPN connection using linux. Do I need to get any software and what other information will I need besides my login, password, and server IP address?

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