well, the discussion has unfolded quickly with a negative response from James Cameron (probably the only remaining/active author of pptpclient). from there, I would see these options of what to do next : - send more responses voicing user concerns and interest in this feature to the started discussion; - propose our own patch for get_ip_address function in pptp.c (not sure I am capable enough as a C programmer, but I would start from OpenSSH patch posted at https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/opensshunixdev/lErxlPk_MnA as a source for inspiration ); - create some external wrapper for quickly scanning a list of IPs and returning the fastest-responding one to be substituted into pptp command line. For a start, I would use nmap with arguments like these: nmap --script resolveall --script-args newtargets -PS1723 -sn vpn.server.name # as described at https://serverfault.com/questions/843304/can-nmap-scan-test-all-answers-from-round-robin-dns or at https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/141480/nmap-to-scan-all-resolved-ip-addresses-for-a-given-domain-name and then process its output in some automated way (I only used it manually and interpreted visually). this substitution can be usable with pppd configs stored in /etc/ppp/peers but I am unsure if it could be easily integrated into Network Manager setup.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to network-manager-pptp in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/579168 Title: VPNs to hosts resolving to multiple IPs often fail Status in network-manager-pptp package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in pptp-linux package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Binary package hint: network-manager I tried to set up ipredator VPN via the network manager on ubuntu lucid lynx 10.04 64 bit and like a few other users as I could see on several forum, if I store password in keyring, it just don't try to connect. Knowing that I disabled the keyring, and then was prompter for password, then it tried to connect but failed with a connection timed out error... I had to put the IP adress of vpn.ipredator.se instead of the hostname for it to work... I checked, it is not a problem with my ISP dns server: doki@doki-desktop:~$ nslookup vpn.ipredator.se Server: 93.182.182.85 Address: 93.182.182.85#53 Non-authoritative answer: Name: vpn.ipredator.se Address: 93.182.146.2 Name: vpn.ipredator.se Address: 93.182.147.2 Name: vpn.ipredator.se Address: 93.182.148.2 Name: vpn.ipredator.se Address: 93.182.149.2 Name: vpn.ipredator.se Address: 93.182.150.2 Name: vpn.ipredator.se Address: 93.182.151.2 Name: vpn.ipredator.se Address: 93.182.152.2 Name: vpn.ipredator.se Address: 93.182.153.2 Name: vpn.ipredator.se Address: 93.182.164.2 Name: vpn.ipredator.se Address: 93.182.179.2 Name: vpn.ipredator.se Address: 93.182.180.2 Name: vpn.ipredator.se Address: 93.182.181.2 Name: vpn.ipredator.se Address: 93.182.185.2 Name: vpn.ipredator.se Address: 93.182.186.2 Name: vpn.ipredator.se Address: 93.182.187.2 Name: vpn.ipredator.se Address: 93.182.188.2 Name: vpn.ipredator.se Address: 93.182.189.2 Name: vpn.ipredator.se Address: 93.182.190.2 Name: vpn.ipredator.se Address: 93.182.130.2 Name: vpn.ipredator.se Address: 93.182.132.2 Name: vpn.ipredator.se Address: 93.182.133.2 So I don't know if it's a problem with network manager, or with pptp layer, but still, it doesn't seem to be able to resolve this hostname... If you want me to run some tests/command or if you need more details, just ask :) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager-pptp/+bug/579168/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
