https://sourceforge.net/p/poptop/activity/2026-05-12T10:09:06.367000ZRecent activity for Poptop2026-05-12T10:09:06.367000Z2026-05-12T10:09:06.367000ZJoe Breathhttps://sourceforge.net/u/joebreath14402/profile/https://sourceforge.net/p/poptop/discussion/146880/thread/467a39ad/?limit=25#299f

No, you cannot assign the same IP address to ppp0 as eth0, as each interface must have a unique IP. To make Poptop clients communicate with LAN devices seamlessly, you can enable Proxy ARP, which allows the server to respond to ARP requests on behalf of the clients, making them appear as part of the LAN subnet. Alternatively, if the clients use a different subnet, you need to configure static routes on LAN devices to direct traffic to the VPN client subnet through the Poptop server. Bridging ppp0...

2025-11-23T13:33:07.318000Z2025-11-23T13:33:07.318000ZFerry Wallhttps://sourceforge.net/u/ferrywall567/profile/https://sourceforge.net/p/poptop/discussion/146879/thread/d83a97eb/?limit=25#45f8

I recently tried the Extreme Car Driving Simulator old version and it’s amazing! The game runs smoothly, the controls feel great, and it’s perfect for anyone who loves realistic car driving without any lag. Highly recommend checking it out!

2024-11-21T18:37:55.367000Z2024-11-21T18:37:55.367000ZJoe Breathhttps://sourceforge.net/u/joebreath14402/profile/https://sourceforge.net/p/poptop/discussion/146880/thread/467a39ad/?limit=25#299f

No, you cannot assign the same IP address to ppp0 as eth0, as each interface must have a unique IP. To make Poptop clients communicate with LAN devices seamlessly, you can enable Proxy ARP, which allows the server to respond to ARP requests on behalf of the clients, making them appear as part of the LAN subnet. Alternatively, if the clients use a different subnet, you need to configure static routes on LAN devices to direct traffic to the VPN client subnet through the Poptop server. Bridging ppp0...

2024-10-14T19:51:29.066000Z2024-10-14T19:51:29.066000ZJames Cameronhttps://sourceforge.net/u/quozl/profile/https://sourceforge.net/p/poptop/patches/13/

panic with gentoo linux 1.4

2024-10-14T19:51:29.040000Z2024-10-14T19:51:29.040000ZJames Cameronhttps://sourceforge.net/u/quozl/profile/https://sourceforge.net/p/poptop/patches/13/?limit=25#6050

Please upgrade to pptpd-1.5.0

2024-10-14T19:51:09.197000Z2024-10-14T19:51:09.197000ZJames Cameronhttps://sourceforge.net/u/quozl/profile/https://sourceforge.net/p/poptop/patches/18/

Dynamically enable gre on OpenBSD

2024-10-14T19:48:53.782000Z2024-10-14T19:48:53.782000ZJames Cameronhttps://sourceforge.net/u/quozl/profile/https://sourceforge.net/p/poptop/patches/19/

PPTPD build system is incompatible with >=automake-1.13

2024-10-14T19:48:53.751000Z2024-10-14T19:48:53.751000ZJames Cameronhttps://sourceforge.net/u/quozl/profile/https://sourceforge.net/p/poptop/patches/19/?limit=25#623b

Please revalidate against pptpd-1.5.0

2024-10-14T19:48:12.898000Z2024-10-14T19:48:12.898000ZJames Cameronhttps://sourceforge.net/u/quozl/profile/https://sourceforge.net/p/poptop/patches/18/

Dynamically enable gre on OpenBSD

2024-10-14T19:48:12.817000Z2024-10-14T19:48:12.817000ZJames Cameronhttps://sourceforge.net/u/quozl/profile/https://sourceforge.net/p/poptop/patches/18/?limit=25#25e5

Please rebase against pptpd-1.5.0

2024-10-14T19:47:36.387000Z2024-10-14T19:47:36.387000ZJames Cameronhttps://sourceforge.net/u/quozl/profile/https://sourceforge.net/p/poptop/patches/17/

Missing headers on 64 bit archs

2024-10-14T19:47:36.365000Z2024-10-14T19:47:36.365000ZJames Cameronhttps://sourceforge.net/u/quozl/profile/https://sourceforge.net/p/poptop/patches/17/?limit=25#cbd7

Please revalidate on pptpd-1.5.0

2024-10-14T19:46:24.441000Z2024-10-14T19:46:24.441000ZJames Cameronhttps://sourceforge.net/u/quozl/profile/https://sourceforge.net/p/poptop/patches/15/

Missing pieces on build task

2024-10-14T19:46:24.419000Z2024-10-14T19:46:24.419000ZJames Cameronhttps://sourceforge.net/u/quozl/profile/https://sourceforge.net/p/poptop/patches/15/?limit=25#61a4

We no longer provide RPMs.

2024-10-14T19:44:56.468000Z2024-10-14T19:44:56.468000ZJames Cameronhttps://sourceforge.net/u/quozl/profile/https://sourceforge.net/p/poptop/patches/21/

Support ppp-2.5.0

2024-10-14T19:44:10.124000Z2024-10-14T19:44:10.124000ZJames Cameronhttps://sourceforge.net/u/quozl/profile/https://sourceforge.net/p/poptop/bugs/54/

pptp-1.4.0: build failure with gcc-14

2024-10-14T19:44:10.094000Z2024-10-14T19:44:10.094000ZJames Cameronhttps://sourceforge.net/u/quozl/profile/https://sourceforge.net/p/poptop/bugs/54/?limit=25#1c9f

Okay, Edit can change Status.

2024-10-14T19:43:32.873000Z2024-10-14T19:43:32.873000ZJames Cameronhttps://sourceforge.net/u/quozl/profile/https://sourceforge.net/p/poptop/bugs/54/?limit=25#0a66

Yes, I know. However, there is no option in the user interface for changing the status. There are buttons with tooltips "Follow this ticket", "Subscribe to this ticket", "Move", "Edit" or "Delete", I shall try "Edit".

2024-10-14T10:37:24.470000Z2024-10-14T10:37:24.470000ZNeustradamushttps://sourceforge.net/u/neustradamus/profile/https://sourceforge.net/p/poptop/patches/21/?limit=100#3183

@quozl: There is: - https://sourceforge.net/p/poptop/bugs/search/?q=status%3Awont-fix+or+status%3Aclosed

2024-10-14T10:36:50.766000Z2024-10-14T10:36:50.766000ZNeustradamushttps://sourceforge.net/u/neustradamus/profile/https://sourceforge.net/p/poptop/bugs/54/?limit=100#669a

@quozl: There is: - https://sourceforge.net/p/poptop/bugs/search/?q=status%3Awont-fix+or+status%3Aclosed

2024-10-14T07:03:40.454000Z2024-10-14T07:03:40.454000ZJames Cameronhttps://sourceforge.net/u/quozl/profile/https://sourceforge.net/p/poptop/bugs/54/?limit=25#57f1

Sorry, there is no option to close.

2024-10-14T07:03:27.782000Z2024-10-14T07:03:27.782000ZJames Cameronhttps://sourceforge.net/u/quozl/profile/https://sourceforge.net/p/poptop/patches/21/?limit=25#e56c

Sorry, there is no option to close.

2024-10-13T21:09:22.869000Z2024-10-13T21:09:22.869000ZNeustradamushttps://sourceforge.net/u/neustradamus/profile/https://sourceforge.net/p/poptop/bugs/54/?limit=100#0bf2

@quozl: Thanks for your quick answer! Like you have fixed the problem, can you close this ticket? Maybe there are other tickets in the same situation: - https://sourceforge.net/p/poptop/bugs/ - https://sourceforge.net/p/poptop/support-requests/ - https://sourceforge.net/p/poptop/patches/ - https://sourceforge.net/p/poptop/feature-requests/ Thanks in advance. Regards.

2024-10-13T21:08:56.209000Z2024-10-13T21:08:56.209000ZNeustradamushttps://sourceforge.net/u/neustradamus/profile/https://sourceforge.net/p/poptop/patches/21/?limit=100#5ad6

@quozl: Thanks for your quick answer! Like you have fixed the problem, can you close this ticket? Maybe there are other tickets in the same situation: - https://sourceforge.net/p/poptop/bugs/ - https://sourceforge.net/p/poptop/support-requests/ - https://sourceforge.net/p/poptop/patches/ - https://sourceforge.net/p/poptop/feature-requests/ Thanks in advance. Regards.

2024-10-13T19:56:21.388000Z2024-10-13T19:56:21.388000ZJames Cameronhttps://sourceforge.net/u/quozl/profile/https://sourceforge.net/p/poptop/patches/21/?limit=25#ac8a

Won't merge, was already fixed in b77d92c ("Build fixes for ppp-2.5")

2024-10-13T19:54:09.761000Z2024-10-13T19:54:09.761000ZJames Cameronhttps://sourceforge.net/u/quozl/profile/https://sourceforge.net/p/poptop/bugs/54/?limit=25#49d9

Was fixed in 0194b80 ("strerror and memset require string.h")

2024-10-13T11:44:40.746000Z2024-10-13T11:44:40.746000ZNeustradamushttps://sourceforge.net/u/neustradamus/profile/https://sourceforge.net/p/poptop/patches/21/?limit=100#ed60

Dear @pghmcfc, @quozl, @snapgear, @eysng, @igormaciel, @shawarma, @wskwok, There is a talk about PPP 2.5.1 and Poptop on OpenWrt bug tracker: - https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/pull/16605#issuecomment-2408782436 @yarda81 has done a patch without comment from you more one year ago. And a second one here: - https://sourceforge.net/p/poptop/bugs/54/ cc: @eivnaes.

2024-10-13T11:42:58.885000Z2024-10-13T11:42:58.885000ZNeustradamushttps://sourceforge.net/u/neustradamus/profile/https://sourceforge.net/p/poptop/patches/21/?limit=100#ed60

Dear @pghmcfc, @quozl, @snapgear, @eysng, @igormaciel, @shawarma, @wskwok, There is a talk about PPP 2.5.1 and Poptop on OpenWrt bug tracker: - https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/pull/16605#issuecomment-2408782436 @yarda81 has done a patch without comment from you more one year ago. cc: @eivnaes.

2024-05-18T04:00:04.790000Z2024-05-18T04:00:04.790000ZPoptophttps://sourceforge.net/p/poptop/profile/https://sourceforge.net/projects/poptop/files/pptpd/pptpd-1.5.0/pptpd-1.5.0.tar.gz.asc/download

2024-05-18T04:00:04.770000Z2024-05-18T04:00:04.770000ZPoptophttps://sourceforge.net/p/poptop/profile/https://sourceforge.net/projects/poptop/files/pptpd/pptpd-1.5.0/pptpd-1.5.0.tar.gz/download

2024-05-18T03:55:47.181000Z2024-05-18T03:55:47.181000ZJames Cameronhttps://sourceforge.net/u/quozl/profile/https://sourceforge.net/p/poptop/git/ci/5e1efd65708300657d37f179a9758303df85ddf9/

1.5.0

2024-05-18T03:31:33.441000Z2024-05-18T03:31:33.441000ZJames Cameronhttps://sourceforge.net/u/quozl/profile/https://sourceforge.net/p/poptop/git/ci/4c35493f0a733e99e1612fdc63a15eb8625a3eaf/

Apply autoconf 2.71 and automake 1.16.5

2024-05-18T02:10:29.628000Z2024-05-18T02:10:29.628000ZJames Cameronhttps://sourceforge.net/u/quozl/profile/https://sourceforge.net/p/poptop/git/ci/b01478d97bc869e09a90ab1970acbfa92a5633cf/

Fix some parts of macro expansion are not guarded

2024-05-18T02:10:29.612000Z2024-05-18T02:10:29.612000ZJames Cameronhttps://sourceforge.net/u/quozl/profile/https://sourceforge.net/p/poptop/git/ci/0194b8004dea6d296018ddf6c30d822c9b7087ac/

strerror and memset require string.h

2024-05-18T01:27:16.695000Z2024-05-18T01:27:16.695000ZJames Cameronhttps://sourceforge.net/u/quozl/profile/https://sourceforge.net/p/poptop/git/ci/3f0ae9f65bac17c75216d205c099115fdf65405f/

Fix a typo in the pptpd manpage

2024-01-31T16:25:33.845000Z2024-01-31T16:25:33.845000ZYardahttps://sourceforge.net/u/yarda81/profile/https://sourceforge.net/p/poptop/bugs/54/

pptp-1.4.0: build failure with gcc-14

2023-11-27T09:44:58.715000Z2023-11-27T09:44:58.715000ZJames Cameronhttps://sourceforge.net/u/quozl/profile/https://sourceforge.net/p/poptop/git/ci/b77d92c025992b246083142587f3c3b5f115832d/

Build fixes for ppp-2.5

2023-08-08T14:43:28.458000Z2023-08-08T14:43:28.458000ZYardahttps://sourceforge.net/u/yarda81/profile/https://sourceforge.net/p/poptop/patches/21/

Support ppp-2.5.0

2019-10-14T22:14:50.322000Z2019-10-14T22:14:50.322000ZJames Cameronhttps://sourceforge.net/u/quozl/profile/https://sourceforge.net/p/poptop/git/ci/3b7a80c3b63a9f9388991299f76c245bb900875e/

Fix build without --enable-bcrelay

2018-01-02T19:39:28.679000Z2018-01-02T19:39:28.679000ZJames Cameronhttps://sourceforge.net/u/quozl/profile/https://sourceforge.net/p/poptop/git/ci/4da603da51f41d6a7d58c3138e79f3ff12bc8c74/

Propagate CC to subdirectories

2016-10-30T23:31:08.897000Z2016-10-30T23:31:08.897000ZJames Cameronhttps://sourceforge.net/u/quozl/profile/https://sourceforge.net/p/poptop/git/ci/1dbf25a5b10df5abc16baf1095086100838ff34b/

bcrelay: added save daemon PID to file

2016-07-08T04:04:18.556000Z2016-07-08T04:04:18.556000ZJames Cameronhttps://sourceforge.net/u/quozl/profile/https://sourceforge.net/p/poptop/git/ci/b839696435b24d914118333ff5dfe10351903e3c/

explain padding of argument zero

2016-07-08T04:04:18.563000Z2016-07-08T04:04:18.563000ZJames Cameronhttps://sourceforge.net/u/quozl/profile/https://sourceforge.net/p/poptop/git/ci/0c0ad671f004725dd7fcc5d9af6143a447004911/

check for remote IP duplicates in pptpd.conf

2016-07-08T04:04:18.549000Z2016-07-08T04:04:18.549000ZJames Cameronhttps://sourceforge.net/u/quozl/profile/https://sourceforge.net/p/poptop/git/ci/d7b9552e9c7fa1b4a6b5aade89969ac7b69275da/

Fix segfault in pptpctrl argument parser

2016-07-08T04:04:18.569000Z2016-07-08T04:04:18.569000ZJames Cameronhttps://sourceforge.net/u/quozl/profile/https://sourceforge.net/p/poptop/git/ci/a2bc565397e7b6ff1f1ae00ae2ab621c65f06988/

pqueue.h: include sys/types.h

2016-02-15T19:51:10.333000Z2016-02-15T19:51:10.333000ZMarcelo Robleshttps://sourceforge.net/u/marcelorp4/profile/https://sourceforge.net/p/poptop/support-requests/28/

I can not connect to the second user in the VPN.

2015-03-19T03:51:30.141000Z2015-03-19T03:51:30.141000ZJames Cameronhttps://sourceforge.net/u/quozl/profile/https://sourceforge.net/p/poptop/bugs/51/

PPTP server does not work OK any more when IP pool is full and a new user is trying connect to the server.

2015-03-19T03:51:30.124000Z2015-03-19T03:51:30.124000ZJames Cameronhttps://sourceforge.net/u/quozl/profile/https://sourceforge.net/p/poptop/bugs/51/?limit=25#aa90

Thanks!

2015-03-18T20:56:51.931000Z2015-03-18T20:56:51.931000ZGavin Wanhttps://sourceforge.net/u/gavin-wan-nd/profile/https://sourceforge.net/p/poptop/bugs/51/?limit=25#b5e3/8568

I tested your changes. It worked for me. Thanks.

2014-12-12T20:29:04.638000Z2014-12-12T20:29:04.638000Zdcbhttps://sourceforge.net/u/dcb314/profile/https://sourceforge.net/p/poptop/bugs/52/

[pptpgre.c:190] possible bad array index ?

2014-10-18T04:29:57.075000Z2014-10-18T04:29:57.075000ZJames Cameronhttps://sourceforge.net/u/quozl/profile/https://sourceforge.net/p/poptop/bugs/51/?limit=25#b5e3

You did not attach your changes to pptpctrl.c. However, I have reviewed the bail()...

2014-10-18T04:28:45.676000Z2014-10-18T04:28:45.676000ZJames Cameronhttps://sourceforge.net/u/quozl/profile/https://sourceforge.net/p/poptop/bugs/51/

PPTP server does not work OK any more when IP pool is full and a new user is trying connect to the server.

2014-10-18T04:09:54.045000Z2014-10-18T04:09:54.045000ZJames Cameronhttps://sourceforge.net/p/poptop/git/ci/b84360bb7d2d1c603a9e99f0640e962673c135e7/

pptpctrl: exit when bailing

2014-10-18T02:24:51.960000Z2014-10-18T02:24:51.960000ZJames Cameronhttps://sourceforge.net/p/poptop/git/ci/eee8ad1adece7cc5dfcadaa3cf838cfaf0b01b05/

bcrelay.c: clean use of snprintf

2014-10-15T21:43:48.036000Z2014-10-15T21:43:48.036000ZJames Cameronhttps://sourceforge.net/p/poptop/git/ci/2521c45c19106722f299c66d4e0ef86ff7486b54/

bcrelay.c: replace sprintf with snprintf

2014-10-15T21:24:11.002000Z2014-10-15T21:24:11.002000ZJames Cameronhttps://sourceforge.net/p/poptop/git/ci/4ea2db6028cc1079aa84ac1b92e23ba8a7ce9d8e/

bcrelay.c: reindent and wrap some comments

2014-10-15T21:09:43.873000Z2014-10-15T21:09:43.873000ZJames Cameronhttps://sourceforge.net/p/poptop/git/ci/6adffc1fe64e112440eb2640723baef880fa007c/

bcrelay: fix typo

2014-10-15T14:37:18.410000Z2014-10-15T14:37:18.410000ZGavin Wanhttps://sourceforge.net/u/gavin-wan-nd/profile/https://sourceforge.net/p/poptop/bugs/51/

PPTP server does not work OK any more when IP pool is full and a new user is trying connect to the server.

2014-08-26T05:58:01.018000Z2014-08-26T05:58:01.018000ZJames Cameronhttps://sourceforge.net/p/poptop/git/ci/7ac03f8e907dc8ca1077c7fc1c9ceb61dbd2da92/

avoid remotenumber option on FreeBSD

2014-02-10T13:42:40.533000Z2014-02-10T13:42:40.533000ZDavid Hormanhttps://sourceforge.net/u/davidhorman/profile/https://sourceforge.net/p/poptop/discussion/146880/thread/4d8a4de5/?limit=25#4e35

Previous discussion: https://sourceforge.net/p/poptop/discussion/146880/thread/467a39ad/...

2014-02-02T17:43:09.232000Z2014-02-02T17:43:09.232000ZJoe Emenakerhttps://sourceforge.net/u/jemenake/profile/https://sourceforge.net/p/poptop/discussion/146880/thread/e87b7192/?limit=25#a549

I've got Poptop set up on a Linux box to be a PPTP server. I have a number of client...

2014-01-27T12:56:16.451000Z2014-01-27T12:56:16.451000ZDavid Hormanhttps://sourceforge.net/u/davidhorman/profile/https://sourceforge.net/p/poptop/discussion/146880/thread/467a39ad/?limit=25#9601

Ok, thanks for the information. It's a shame it isn't quite as simple as Windows...

2014-01-27T09:49:46.586000Z2014-01-27T09:49:46.586000ZBart J. Smithttps://sourceforge.net/u/bartsmit/profile/https://sourceforge.net/p/poptop/discussion/146880/thread/467a39ad/?limit=25#97d7/c4ba

Don’t use SNAT if you want to see the PPTP clients from the LAN. Still make sure...

2014-01-27T08:59:19.303000Z2014-01-27T08:59:19.303000ZDavid Hormanhttps://sourceforge.net/u/davidhorman/profile/https://sourceforge.net/p/poptop/discussion/146880/thread/467a39ad/?limit=25#97d7

Part of the reason for wanting local IPs is so that connections can be opened to...

2014-01-23T16:12:27.688000Z2014-01-23T16:12:27.688000ZBart J. Smithttps://sourceforge.net/u/bartsmit/profile/https://sourceforge.net/p/poptop/discussion/146880/thread/467a39ad/?limit=25#ed78/b462

Rather than bridging, have you tried an iptables rule for SNAT? iptables -t nat -A...

2014-01-23T15:36:22.924000Z2014-01-23T15:36:22.924000ZDavid Hormanhttps://sourceforge.net/u/davidhorman/profile/https://sourceforge.net/p/poptop/discussion/146880/thread/467a39ad/?limit=25#ed78

Hi, I'm trying to replace a Windows server providing PPTP with a Linux server running...