Setting up vpn based on point-to-point tunneling protocol (pptp)
Posted by danielApr 15
Recently I was looking for a solution which would allow me to transfer files and make mysql db connection securely between to servers with public IP address located in different hosting companies. That is when i decided to try out pptp – one of the machine is CentOS (pptp server) and the other one is Ubuntu (pptp client). Here goes the setup –
1. Server side
Install pptpd
rpm -ivh http://acelnmp.googlecode.com/files/pptpd-1.3.4-1.rhel5.1.x86_64.rpm
Edit /etc/pptpd.conf to look like
option /etc/ppp/options.pptpd logwtmp localip 172.16.1.1 remoteip 172.16.1.2
Edit /etc/ppp/options
name pptpd refuse-pap require-mschap-v2 require-mppe-128 proxyarp lock nobsdcomp novj novjccomp nologfd
Edit /etc/ppp/chap-secrets
myusername pptpd mypassword *
Finally start pptpd daemon
/etc/init.d/pptpd start
2. Client Side
apt-get install pptp
Edit /etc/ppp/chap-secrets
myusername pptpd mypassword *
Edit /etc/ppp/peers/myprovider
pty "pptp xx.xx.xx.xx --nolaunchpppd" ###xx.xx.xx.xx: remote host IP name myusername remotename PPTP require-mppe-128 file /etc/ppp/options.pptp ipparam myprovider mru 1412 mtu 1412
Finally, connect to pptp server with
pon myprovider debug dump logfd 2 nodetach
In both servers, make sure the ports for pptp are open – the default is 1723.
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