[root@efferson ppp]# route -n
Kernel IP routing table
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
192.0.2.1       0.0.0.0         255.255.255.255 UH    0      0        0 ppp0
217.71.142.8    0.0.0.0         255.255.255.255 UH    0      0        0 eth0
217.71.140.0    0.0.0.0         255.255.252.0   U     10     0        0 eth0
169.254.0.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.0.0     U     10     0        0 eth0
0.0.0.0         0.0.0.0         0.0.0.0         U     0      0        0 ppp0
[root@efferson ppp]# ifconfig ppp0
ppp0      Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol  
          inet addr:192.0.2.2  P-t-P:192.0.2.1  Mask:255.255.255.255
          UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST  MTU:1000  Metric:1
          RX packets:1194 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:1409 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:3 
          RX bytes:8717 (8.5 KiB)  TX bytes:21783 (21.2 KiB)

[root@efferson ppp]# cat /etc/ppp/peers/HostelVPN
# tunnel HostelVPN, written by pptp-php-gtk $Revision: 1.18 $

# name of tunnel, used to select lines in secrets files
remotename HostelVPN

# name of tunnel, used to name /var/run pid file
linkname HostelVPN

# name of tunnel, passed to ip-up scripts
ipparam HostelVPN

# data stream for pppd to use
pty "pptp 217.71.142.8 --nolaunchpppd "

# domain and username, used to select lines in secrets files
name efferson

mppe required
persist
debug dump

# do not require the server to authenticate to our client
noauth

# adopt defaults from the pptp-linux package
file /etc/ppp/options.pptp

# end of tunnel file
[root@efferson ppp]# cat /etc/ppp/options.pptp
#
# Lock the port
#
lock

#
# We don't need the tunnel server to authenticate itself
#
noauth

#
# Turn off transmission protocols we know won't be used
#
nobsdcomp
nodeflate

#
# We want MPPE
#
#mppe no40
#mppe no56
#mppe no128
mppe required,stateless

# needed for W2K3 anyway
refuse-eap

#
# We want a sane mtu/mru
#
mtu 1000
mru 1000

#
# Time this thing out of it goes poof
#
lcp-echo-failure 10
lcp-echo-interval 10