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Under my university circumstances, I should connect to a PPTP VPN to access to the Internet. Thus a high performance and bug-free PPTP client is a essence for me.

When I was using Ubuntu 14.04 and 14.10, the PPTP client was working fine. But as of I replaced my Ubuntu by 15.04, my PPTP connectivity has gone toward a very bad experience.

What I am currently experiencing:

When I connect to the PPTP by clicking on the VPN name in the nm-applet, it connects in a usual manner and gives me a good connectivity only around 30sec to 60sec but from this time onwards connection speed drops down dramatically such that when I want to load a web page only its title is loaded and rest of that page will not be shown.

When I disconnect and connect again, such behavior will be repeated.

My questions:

  • Can anyone please suggect me a way to improve my default PPTP client?
  • Is it possible for me to use 3rd party PPTP clients? If so, which is the best?

Context:

  • pptp version : 1.7.2
  • Underlying interface: Intel Centrino Wireless N 2230
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Seems it could be mitigated by updating the pptp client to version 1.8.0. Instructions is listed as follows.

Installation Instructions - Detailed

  1. install PPP, and make sure it is working.

    On most distributions, use the package called ppp or pppd.

    If your PPTP server requires MPPE, make sure the pppd program has been built with MPPE and MS-CHAP support. PPP from version 2.4.2 onwards has this support. PPP may require kernel support for MPPE, which may require patching your kernel.

  2. verify that the pppd program is in the /usr/sbin/ directory.

    On some distributions, it is in /usr/bin, or somewhere else.
If it isn't in the default directory, edit the Makefile, and
change the PPPD variable to point at the pppd program.

You may even want to run a separate pppd program with MPPE
support.

  3. compile

    Type 'make'.  This should generate the 'pptp' executable.

  4. install binaries

    Type 'make install' to have the program and the manual page installed.

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