Template: pptpd/localip Type: string _Description: Local IP address of the virtual connections Specify the local IP address for the virtual connections. . Please note that any address works as long as the local machine takes care of the routing. But if you want to use MS-Windows networking, you should use an IP address out of the LAN address space. . You can give only one address or you can give multiple addresses if you want to, although they are really not needed. Multiple addresses can be given as either "10.0.0.1,10.0.0.2,10.0.0.3" or "10.0.0.1-3". No spaces should be used between commas or within addresses. Template: pptpd/remoteip Type: string _Description: A list of remote IP addresses for the virtual connections. Specify the remote IP addresses for the virtual connections. . Please note that any addresses work as long as the local machine takes care of the routing. But if you want to use MS-Windows networking, you should use IP addresses out of the LAN address space. . You have to give one address for every concurrent connection. This will depend on how many clients you expect to be online at the same time. Multiple addresses can be given as either "10.0.0.1,10.0.0.2,10.0.0.3" or "10.0.0.1-3". No spaces should be used between commas or within addresses. Template: pptpd/netmask Type: string _Description: Netmask used for virtual connections. If you use IP addresses from the LAN address space, please use the same netmask as on your LAN. Template: pptpd/wins Type: string _Description: IP address of your WINS server. A WINS server is used for browsing available Computers in MS-Windows networking. This address is transmitted to the clients, Template: pptpd/dns Type: string _Description: IP address of your DNS server. This address is transmitted to the clients. Template: pptpd/mppe Type: boolean Default: true _Description: Do you want to use MPPE data encryption ? The recommended way is to use the data encryption as it is one of the main benefits of a VPN. When you want to use MPPE (Microsoft Point-to-Point Encryption), you also have to use CHAPMSv2 for authentication. . Note that you have to install the modified ppp packages if you want to use this data encryption. Template: pptpd/no-mppe Type: note _Description: Warning: data encryption is disabled. All data transferred between the local network and the client will be transmitted without encryption ! This is a security hole. . You have been warned. Now you loose your product warranty :) Template: pptpd/authentication Type: select _Choices: pap, chap, chapms, chapms-v2 Default: chap _Description: Which authentication method do you want to use ? Possible authentication methods are: - PAP - CHAP - CHAP with Microsoft extensions - CHAP with Microsoft extensions v2 . The recommended authentication method is one of the CHAP methods. However, you have to use a separate database (/etc/ppp/chap-secrets) if you want to use these. If you use PAP, you can use the standard system passwords when the ppp-pam package is installed.