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I finally got it working. Despite the name, Remote Desktop Viewer is "not" for Windows RDP. It is a VNC for Linux. After I installed rdesktop, I could access the company terminal server. <BR>
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To summarize for anyone wanting to try this:<BR>
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1. Install networkmanager-pptp.<BR>
2. Use Network Manager to configure VPN. The gateway is the IP address for the Windows VPN server. You do need to include an NT domain. Under advanced options, set Use Point-to-Point encryption (MPPRE). The other settings do not need to be changed. I did not need to change anything in IPv4 Settings, but you might need to set routes.<BR>
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3. Install rdesktop. This command string works for me:<BR>
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rdesktop -g 800x600 -P -z -x l -r sound:off -u username server-address<BR>
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4. If you want a GUI frontend, install tsclient (Ubuntu already has this installed.) This is a GNOME frontend.<BR>
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Troubleshooting (Thanks, Dave!)<BR>
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If Network Manager connects to the VPN, but you cannot get rdesktop to work:<BR>
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ifconfig should show a ppp connection.<BR>
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/etc/resolv.conf should show DNS addresses for the VPN network, assuming the network has a DNS server.<BR>
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Comment<BR>
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At one time, with Samba running and a good VPN connection, I could see the domain inside GNOME's Network window but I couldn't access anything in the domain. I don't know enough about Samba to know if I should be able to do this.<BR>
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