[Fwd: Re: /usr/ports/net/pptpclient]

[Mario Lobo]

On Tuesday 14 December 2010 15:03:11 Mike Sabroff wrote:
>    Is this the right place to post this question?
>    -------- Original Message --------
> 
>       Subject: Re: /usr/ports/net/pptpclient
>          Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2010 09:41:39 -0800
>          From: Nicklas Johnson [1]<freebsd at spatula.net>
>            To: [2]msabroff at sbcglobal.net
>            CC: [3]freebsd-java at freebsd.org
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>    This list is for discussion of the various Java ports on FreeBSD. � I
>    don't think it is the correct place for your question about
>    establishing a VPN connection.
> 
>    I suggest trying [5]freebsd-questions at freebsd.org instead.
> 
>    � �  Nick
>    On 14 December 2010 08:56, Mike Sabroff <[6]msabroff at sbcglobal.net>
>    wrote:
> 
>      I hope this is the correct place to ask about this port.
>      I am trying to get a VPN connection to the office and after
>      googleing, it looked like this would be a good choice for FreeBSD.
>      I am running 7.3-RELEASE FreeBSD. I had no problem building or
>      installing, in fact it was fast and sweet!
>      I followed some documentation I found on the setup and modifying
>      the /etc/resolve.conf file and all went fine until I ran the script
>      to invoke pptp and when it ran I got an error message stating
>      basically that /usr/bin/ip was an unknown command.
>      ip is a linux command but doesn't seem to be part of a default
>      freebsd system.
>      My question is....What if any is the equivalent of ip on freebsd or
>      which port would I install to get ip or it's equivalent?
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Give /usr/ports/net/mpd5 a try. I've been using it for a good while now and it 
works really well with either a windows server or FreeBSD server.
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