Hi Bill I have done exactly what you described here using Fedora Core 5. If you use NetworkManager (under FC5), it is very simple. Just install NetworkManager-vpnc package, and you'll have a nice GUI to deal with all those stuff. Let us know you how go. :) On Thu, 2006-06-08 at 09:40 -0500, Bill Polhemus wrote: > cI can find plenty of stuff about connecting a Windows client to a Linux > network via VPN, but I have the OPPOSITE need. My employer's network is > Windows 2003 Server, but I've got a Fedora machine at home and I'd like > to connect to it. I have absolutely no problem doing so from Windows but > I cannot for the life of me figure out how to do it from Fedora. > > For one thing, it seems like the Linux VPN client wants "too much > information" compared to how you configure the VPN client in Windows. I > have an employer-owned laptop that is already set up with a Cisco > client, including preloaded certificates and the like, but I can also > connect via a plain-jane Windows XP Home box, by entering the IP number > of the gateway, and then giving it a user name and password. > > Seems like under Linux, I have to tell if its "host-to-host" or > "gateway-to-gateway," then it wants certificates, etc. I just want to be > able to connect, give it an ID and password, and go, just like with > Windows. I admit total ignorance beyond that; I'm not trying to > administrate anything, just trying to hook up as a client. > > Any insights would be most appreciated. >
