doktor5000 wrote:This is quite a generalisation
sure, I didn't made a lot of tests, but this is my experience:
I had ppp working with net_applet (with an usb stick)
I needed to use a vpn, but it was impossible to have a connection;
with mdv and mga1 I was used to run "pppd call pptp_vpn",
but mga2 complains about the mppe setting in /etc/ppp/options.pptp
so I installed the 2011mdv package linked by neograven and I was unable to use my usb stick;
I tried to use the vpn over a wifi connection and it didn't work too.
so I installed networkmanager and now I have both the usb stick and the vpn working.