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Windows VPN and PPTP Connectivity Timeouts In my pursuit for a personal cloud and convenient secure remote file system so as to be able to develop directly on the server I have researched, tested and decided against SFTP, WebDAV, and SAMBA/NFS over internet. The only approach still standing is the built in Windows VPN and PPTP + SAMBA/CIFS: However there was one bug that prevented some sites/services from working and timing out; the /var/log/syslog showed the following intermittently: Apr 19 10:15:15 sh1 pptpd[11330]: GRE: accepting packet #107 Apr 19 10:15:15 sh1 pptpd[11330]: GRE: accepting packet #108 Apr 19 10:15:15 sh1 pptpd[11330]: GRE: accepting packet #109 Apr 19 10:15:15 sh1 kernel: mppe_compress[0]: osize too small! (have: 1404 need: 1408) Apr 19 10:15:15 sh1 kernel: ppp0: ppp: compressor dropped pkt Apr 19 10:15:15 sh1 kernel: mppe_compress[0]: osize too small! (have: 1404 need: 1408) This due to the way  MPPE Microsoft point-to-point Encryption encodes data ...

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Linphone PortableApps Beta Version Linphone is an excelent multi-line, multi-platform - iOS, Blackberry, Windows, Mac and Linux - opensource VOIP SIP client I have been using for over a year now; I have tried a number of VOIP clients before settling on it - it's so awesome it cooks breakfast in the morning and it deserved a PortableApps version so I created one. To download my beta version click LinphonePortable_3.5.99.0-snapshot-mar-21-2013_English.paf.exe and report any issues on this forum http://portableapps.com/node/36863 . If you find this useful do +1 this or follow me @danielsokolow .