mpd isn't listening on 1723 because he can't get it thhough it isn't used

[Bernard T. Higonnet]

Hello,

I want to set up a VPN server on a freebsd machine so Windows clients can use
it.

I am using FreeBSD 6.1 and mpd 3.18 from the ports collection.

When I run mpd I get this:

mpd
Multi-link PPP for FreeBSD, by Archie L. Cobbs.
Based on iij-ppp, by Toshiharu OHNO.
mpd: pid 11377, version 3.18 (root at freebsd2.paristolet.com 10:10  8-Jul-2007)
[bundle1] ppp node is "mpd11377-bundle1"
mpd: bind: Can't assign requested address
mpd: can't get PPTP listening socket
mpd: bind: Can't assign requested address
mpd: can't get PPTP listening socket
[bundle1] using interface ng0

Of course since he couldn't get a hold of port 1723 he couldn't establish a 
socket and nothing happens. netstat shows no one is listening on 1723:

netstat -a | fgrep LIS
tcp4       0      0  freebsd2.ssh           montreal.50547         ESTABLISHED
tcp4       0      0  freebsd2.ssh           montreal.61574         ESTABLISHED
tcp4       0      0  *.ssh                  *.*                    LISTEN
tcp6       0      0  *.ssh                  *.*                    LISTEN
tcp4       0      0  *.smtp                 *.*                    LISTEN
tcp6       0      0  *.nfsd                 *.*                    LISTEN
tcp4       0      0  *.nfsd                 *.*                    LISTEN
tcp6       0      0  *.636                  *.*                    LISTEN
tcp4       0      0  *.637                  *.*                    LISTEN
tcp4       0      0  *.sunrpc               *.*                    LISTEN
tcp6       0      0  *.sunrpc               *.*                    LISTEN

There is no other instance of mpd running

Here are the mpd conf and link files:

default:
 load pptp1conf
# load pptp2conf

pptp1conf:
 new -i ng0 bundle1 pptp1
 set ipcp ranges 192.168.1.103/32 192.168.1.200/32
 load common

#pptp2conf:
# new -i ng1 bundle2 pptp2
# set ipcp ranges 192.168.1.103/32 192.168.1.201/32
# load common

common:
 set iface disable on-demand
 set iface enable proxy-arp
 set iface idle 0
 set iface enable tcpmssfix
 set bundle enable multilink
 set link enable acfcomp protocomp
 set link no pap chap
 set link enable chap
# set link mtu 1460
 set link keep-alive 10 60
 set ipcp yes vjcomp
 set ipcp dns 208.67.222.222 208.67.220.220
 #set ipcp nbns 172.20.1.1 172.20.1.8
 #set bundle enable compression
 #set ccp yes mppc
 #set ccp yes mpp-e40
 #set ccp yes mpp-e128
 #set ccp yes mpp-stateless



pptp1:
 set link type pptp
 set pptp self 82.238.41.134 500
 set pptp enable incoming
 set pptp disable originate

pptp2:
 set link type pptp
 set pptp self 82.238.41.134
 set pptp enable incoming
 set pptp disable originate


As usual, all help appreciated
Bernard Higonnet