POPTOP (pptpd) config Files for Fedora Core 2
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Disclaimer:
This is a sample config files that were used on my system.
It may not working on your setup, hence use it as-is and where-is basis.

regards,
Maznan Deraman (maznan[at]deraman . com)

What to do First?
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First, you need to install ppptd on your Linux (in this case, I chose FC2).
There is a very good HOWTO I refer to during this stage. You can visit it at:
http://pptpclient.sourceforge.net/howto-fedora-core-2.phtml

What IP segment to choose for your pptp client (/etc/pptpd.conf)?
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Since you are going to use "proxyarp" to redirect the traffic from your pptp
client, you got to choose an interface on your pptpd server (eth0/eth1/etc.). 

Let say you choose eth1 for proxyarp, and the IP is 10.10.99.1
so your setting in /etc/pptpd.conf would be:
localip 10.10.99.1
remoteip 10.10.99.220-230,10.10.99.245

that will give around 10 simultaneous connections to your pptp server.

Next?
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- start the pptpd service - "service pptpd start".
- Open a terminal as root(superuser), and type "tail -f /var/log/messages"
  (to check error message/communication between the pptp client & your server)
- create a new VPN dialer (script) on your Windows(XP,etc.) specifying your
  VPN server IP or hostname (if you register the IP in your DNS).
- connect the client to your VPN server. Observe the log messages. See if there
  is any problem on the debug mode. IF yes, rectify your problem (google the
  error message would helps).

Good luck!

rgds,
Maznan, July 2008