What Happened to Me: I followed the steps mentioned above, to the letter. Happy and joyful, I arrived at step (3), read the HOWTO, read it again, and followed it to the letter: Downloaded PPTP, patched it, compiled, modified pppd's configuration files and launched it. It didn't work. I couldn't connect. I read the HOWTO again. And again. I triple checked every step along the way. It still did not work. And here it is that our tale finally begins...