Ubuntu
network-manager package

  1. Bug #106509
  2. Comment #5

Comment 5 for bug 106509

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Martin G Miller (mgmiller) wrote :

The 2 packages you suggested:

network-manager-openvpn - network management framework (OpenVPN plugin)
network-manager-vpnc - network management framework (VPNC plugin)

are not suitable for my case. I am trying to connect to a windowsXP VPN which uses pptp, so for me the correct package should be network-manager-pptp, which I am using.

I have discovered a work around for the static/DHCP issue. I created 2 locations in the network applet. 1 called static and one called roaming. I select the 1 I want and click the green check mark to apply it and wait for the network to respond. Some times I need to "sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart" to get it to work. This is clumsy, but easier than retyping all the static info every time.

Unfortunately, I still can't access what I have connected to.