Unable to connect to Windows VPN in Ubuntu 11.10

I am very very new bie in the world of Ubuntu. I have recently installed Ubuntu 11.10 and I am not able to connect to Windows VPN.

When I login to Windows 8 I am able to connect to VPN using default Windows VPN connection.

Any help pointers?

3 Answers

Thanks for the additional info.

Try going into "Advanced" on the VPN tab and enable "Use Point-to-Point encryption (MPPE)", set security to "All Available (Default)" and tick the boxes for "Allow BSD data compression", "Allow Deflate data compression", and "Use TCP header compression".

How to set up VPN in Ubuntu (when you know the parameters to configure):

Click the network icon in the panel → VPN Connections → Configure VPN.

Go to VPN tab → Add.

Create.

Enter settings, optionally mark Connect automatically, Save.

You can connect via the network icon in the panel.

Ps. If you're trying to connect to a Windows VPN and still not working, try the below method suggested by Jason Rowe:

Try going into "Advanced" on the VPN tab and enable "Use Point-to-Point encryption (MPPE)", set security to "All Available (Default)" and tick the boxes for "Allow BSD data compression", "Allow Deflate data compression", and "Use TCP header compression".

click "advanced" button, then only select MSCHAP and MSCHAPv2 authentication methods. You'd better select every option in other fields.