[Bug 278309] Re: intrepid network-manager-pptp does not have essential options

2008-11-06 Thread Brian Kennelly
As I mentioned above, we can already disable the VPN DNS servers, by choosing the 'addresses only' method. That leaves the MTU setting and the debug option. -- intrepid network-manager-pptp does not have essential options https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/278309 You received this bug notification

[Bug 278309] Re: intrepid network-manager-pptp does not have essential options

2008-11-03 Thread Brian Kennelly
Mozg, Both of those options are present, but they are not obvious. As we have been discussing, if you create a specific route definition, it implies "nodefaultroute". The second is implemented by the "Method" pull-down. If you choose "Automatic (VPN) addresses only", it will not pick up the DNS

[Bug 278309] Re: intrepid network-manager-pptp does not have essential options

2008-11-02 Thread Brian Kennelly
I understand, but other the implied criticism of "could be better organised", it was not meant to be a suggestion for improvement. I was mainly trying to answer JazzyPenguin's question about the routing table, which provides a workaround for the originally reported problem, which was the lack of

[Bug 278309] Re: intrepid network-manager-pptp does not have essential options

2008-11-02 Thread Brian Kennelly
It is true that the routing table could be better organised. The Prefix is the number of bits in the subnet prefix. E.g., for subnet 192.168.20.0/24, the prefix is 24. In this example, you would populate the first two columns of the table with "192.168.20.0" and "24", leaving the last two defaul

[Bug 278309] Re: intrepid network-manager-pptp does not have essential options

2008-10-31 Thread Brian Kennelly
I discovered that, if you add specific routes to the VPN definition, it preserved the existing default. So, click "Routes" and add the VPN's subnet information to the table. You only need to fill in the IP and prefix. I would still prefer to see this option explicitly exposed. -- intrepid netwo