You will need to allow gre traffic for pptp to work: sysctl net.inet.gre.allow=1 See ${PREFIX}/share/doc/pptp/USING for an example configuration specific to OpenBSD. See http://www.counterpane.com/pptp-faq.html for a list of security flaws. ========================================================================== ATTENTION: Alcatel ADSL modems contain default logins with easily computed passwords. See http://security.sdsc.edu/self-help/alcatel/ for more information. ========================================================================== You may want to use TCP/IP packet filter rules to prevent unauthorized access to your modem (from internal net or spoofed/bounced TCP/IP packets).