PPTP - Result code is 2

Installing and Using OpenWrt
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/etc/config/network

config interface 'wan'
        option ifname 'eth1'
        option proto 'dhcp'

config interface 'vpn'
        option proto 'pptp'
        option username 'client'
        option password 'password'
        option server 'pptp-server'

opkg list for pptp

kmod-nf-nathelper-extra - 4.9.120-1
ppp-mod-pptp - 2.4.7-12

logread

Fri Dec 14 10:29:21 2018 kern.info kernel: [ 4893.656167] pptp-vpn: renamed from ppp0
Fri Dec 14 10:29:21 2018 daemon.info pppd[12346]: Using interface pptp-vpn
Fri Dec 14 10:29:21 2018 daemon.notice pppd[12346]: Connect: pptp-vpn <--> pptp (pptp-server)
Fri Dec 14 10:29:42 2018 daemon.warn pppd[13109]: Result code is 2 'General Error'. Error code is 0, Cause code is 44048
Fri Dec 14 10:29:51 2018 daemon.warn pppd[12346]: LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests
Fri Dec 14 10:29:51 2018 daemon.notice pppd[12346]: Connection terminated.

I have tp-link 740 v4 and have been trying to configurate pptp. Unfortunately do not find any solution

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My two cents:

  • You can enable verbose logging on PPTP and see what is happening.
  • "LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests" usually means it cannot reach the server.
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