trying to connect to a pptp-vpn from within my university network ('eduroam' standard). connection cannot be established (LCP: Timeout sending Config-Requests). The connection works flawlessly from any other network. I cannot check the logs on the server's side.
I can connect to port 1723 via telnet.
I provide logs both for successful connection attempts (at home, DSL) and unsuccessful ones (at university); additionally some information about my connection at university (netctl connect profile, ifconfig output, routes) in a gist:
I followed the pptp client diagnosis suggestions and the fault tree there (I am out of links) and have added the iptables mentioned. I could not get hping2 to work (it's not producing any output).
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Besides TCP port 1723, PPTP also uses GRE to transport data. You need firewall permission for GRE to your PPTP endpoint.
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