Comments on: Network Manager and University of Exeter VPN http://www.cs278.org/blog/2007/05/19/network-manager-and-university-of-exeter-vpn/ “I'm an uber geeky lazy ciderholic housenut.” Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:05:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Chris http://www.cs278.org/blog/2007/05/19/network-manager-and-university-of-exeter-vpn/#comment-2453 Chris Fri, 26 Oct 2007 19:19:39 +0000 http://www.cs278.org/blog/2007/05/19/network-manager-and-university-of-exeter-vpn/#comment-2453 Sorry I don't really to have time to do the debugging effort on this, consider raising the issue on the Ubuntu Answers Launchpad service [1] and/or on Ubuntu Forums [2]. Reply with a link to the posts you make at either site and I will chime in with any information I can provide. [1] https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+addquestion [2] http://ubuntuforums.org/ Sorry I don’t really to have time to do the debugging effort on this, consider raising the issue on the Ubuntu Answers Launchpad service [1] and/or on Ubuntu Forums [2]. Reply with a link to the posts you make at either site and I will chime in with any information I can provide.

[1] https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+addquestion
[2] http://ubuntuforums.org/

]]> By: Andy Wills http://www.cs278.org/blog/2007/05/19/network-manager-and-university-of-exeter-vpn/#comment-2452 Andy Wills Fri, 26 Oct 2007 11:04:21 +0000 http://www.cs278.org/blog/2007/05/19/network-manager-and-university-of-exeter-vpn/#comment-2452 Thanks for getting back to me - you're a star :-) No, I'm definitely getting the username and password right. I tried it several times on the Ubuntu box, no luck; whilst it works fine each time on the XP box connected to the same router. Also, the error message is: VPN Connect Failure Could not start the VPN connection 'University of Exeter' due to a connection error. VPN Connection failed. Which, unless it's a shoddy error message, seems to suggest that it's not an authentication error? Weird... Thanks for getting back to me - you’re a star :-)

No, I’m definitely getting the username and password right. I tried it several times on the Ubuntu box, no luck; whilst it works fine each time on the XP box connected to the same router. Also, the error message is:

VPN Connect Failure
Could not start the VPN connection ‘University of Exeter’ due to a connection error.
VPN Connection failed.

Which, unless it’s a shoddy error message, seems to suggest that it’s not an authentication error?

Weird…

]]> By: Chris http://www.cs278.org/blog/2007/05/19/network-manager-and-university-of-exeter-vpn/#comment-2437 Chris Thu, 25 Oct 2007 13:25:01 +0000 http://www.cs278.org/blog/2007/05/19/network-manager-and-university-of-exeter-vpn/#comment-2437 Worked first time for me, checked your username and password? Worked first time for me, checked your username and password?

]]> By: Andy Wills http://www.cs278.org/blog/2007/05/19/network-manager-and-university-of-exeter-vpn/#comment-2415 Andy Wills Wed, 24 Oct 2007 15:55:45 +0000 http://www.cs278.org/blog/2007/05/19/network-manager-and-university-of-exeter-vpn/#comment-2415 Hi there! Is this still working for you? I just tried your script in Ubuntu 7.10 and I get a 'connection refused' error. I can successfully VPN using a Windows XP box, so it's not my line or anything. Any thoughts? I'm pretty new to Linux, so any advice gratefully received. Best Andy Hi there! Is this still working for you? I just tried your script in Ubuntu 7.10 and I get a ‘connection refused’ error. I can successfully VPN using a Windows XP box, so it’s not my line or anything. Any thoughts? I’m pretty new to Linux, so any advice gratefully received.
Best
Andy

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