Hi All,

I just recently installed OpenWrt 8.09.1 on the NSLU2 server that I wanted to use as a PPTP VPN Server, installation went smoothly, even the two dependencies installed (kmod-mppe & kmod-crypto); however, I have spent the next 2 to 3 hours searching this site and the web for relevant information on why the I am getting the " MPPE required, but kernel has no support." error message within my log file. Unfortunately, most of the posts I have found so far are obsolete (using older firmware or 2 years old) or does not apply to my situation.

I have the initial configuration setup for the options.pptpd file (except the IP address is using 192.168.x.x), and I have also configured the chap-secrets correctly (yes I know per the log below I have to change the perms, but I'll do that later).

Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/1
Warning - secret file /etc/ppp/chap-secrets has world and/or group access
MPPE required, but kernel has no support.
Connection terminated.
Connect time 0.1 minutes.
Sent 0 bytes, received 0 bytes.

Can any of you guys or gals please help me with this issue?

I thank you in advance for any insight or help you may have to offer.

Have you tried to install "kmod-mppe" ?

I am not sure how to try kmod-mppe, I know it installed when I installed the pptpd daemon; can you please explain what I need to do to in order to initialize it or direct me to a site that does?

try this:
lsmod | grep mppe
You should get results as follow:
ppp_mppe                4864  0
ppp_generic            18864  4 pppoe,pppox,ppp_mppe,ppp_async
If you see nothing, you should install kmod-mppe