Ubuntu
network-manager-pptp package

Inability to set pptp options like loglevel and nobuffer

Bug #386961 reported by Psy[H[]
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This bug affects 6 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
NetworkManager
Fix Released
Low
network-manager-pptp (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: network-manager-pptp

When using NM, there is no way to set pptp connection with options like --loglevel 0 and --nobuffer.
If your ISP is buggy enough, without this options you get extremely slow internet connection, high pings and GIGABYTES of system logs about lost or reordered pptp packages.

Ivan Stetsenko (stetzen)
Changed in network-manager-pptp (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Revision history for this message
Ivan Stetsenko (stetzen) wrote :

I'm confirming this bug in Jaunty. If the connection is configured manually, the speed is few times higher than if it is configured by network manager, and it seems to be caused by absence of --loglevel 0 and --nobuffer options. So it'll be useful to have ability to specify them.

Revision history for this message
Psy[H[] (vovik-wfa) wrote :

an experimental workaround for this problem: wrapper script for pptp

сd /usr/sbin
sudo mv pptp pptpo
sudo nano pptp

insert these two lines there:

#!/bin/bash
/usr/sbin/pptpo $1 $2 $3 $4 $5 $6 $7 $8 $9 --nobuffer --loglevel 0

save and give launch permissions:

sudo chmod +x pptp

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in network-manager:
status: Unknown → Confirmed
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in network-manager:
importance: Unknown → Low
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in network-manager:
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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