Ubuntu
network-manager package

  1. Bug #150665
  2. Comment #5

Comment 5 for bug 150665

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Christopher Yee Mon (christopher-yeemon) wrote : Re: 'VPN Connection failed' error when attempting to connect

The following options were enabled and the connection worked

Require Microsoft Point-to-Point Encryption (MPPE)
Refuse 128-bit Encryption
Refuse Stateless Encryption
Refuse to Authenticate with EAP

The only remaining issues are firstly whether the connection error message could have been more descriptive and also whether these options should be enabled by default if they are commonly enabled by default on pptp vpn servers.

This could be common based on the anecdotal evidence since the workaround was found on a random blog (http://paraviya.blogspot.com/2007/10/vpn-to-pptp-network-from-ubuntu-feisty.html). Between my experience and the blogger's it could be a common scenario for pptp vpns.