PPTP Through OpenVPN

koolooloos

Hi,

My ISP has recently blocked all the usual VPN connection ports (PPTP, L2TP, SSTP), however I have found that I'm still able to use OpenVPN which is a relief.
I use VPN to gain access to a network abroad where my servers are and for that I need the PPTP to work in order to get behind the firewall. Now my question is, how can I do this using OpenVPN. Previously, when the PPTP port had been blocked, I would simply use the L2TP connection and then connect to my PPTP and that would work just fine.
However, now when I want to do the same with OpenVPN it doesnt work. This may sound really silly to some of you experts out there, but I have to admit that I'm pretty much a newbie when it comes to computer networking. Having said all that, I really really nead that PPTP connection to work as my job depends on it.

I would be very grateful for any advice and help

Kind regards
Koolooloos

koolooloos

Just to provide further information regarding my case, here is my config file

client
dev tun

proto tcp
remote 127.0.0.1 1900
http-proxy ro.ovadd.com 7080

persist-key
persist-tun
resolv-retry infinite
route-metric 1

nobind
pull

verb 3

auth-user-pass


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--certs removed, ecrist

ecrist

Don't post your certs to a public forum...

koolooloos

Sorry, was not aware of that.

Could you please help me with my problem?

ecrist wroteDon't post your certs to a public forum...

janjust

I have run PPTP over OpenVPN but I must admit that in that case the PPTP server was running on the same subnet as the OpenVPN server;
I'd switch to a 'tap' setup

dev tap

to ensure that the right PPTP packets are forwarded over the link. YMMV