Oh, btw, must I be root in order to run the pptp client? that pon command?

At the moment, it says on dip group has access...

OK, so I went into root....

I followed here
http://pptpclient.sourceforge.net/ho...figure_by_hand

then I ran the pon command and that's it...i don't even know if it works..

no indication....how do I check? I'm trying to get into my school's VPN...should I do this when I'm in school? Cos my laptop allows me to VPN to the school from home too. How to check?