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
PPTP Through OpenVPN
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koolooloos
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Re: PPTP Through OpenVPN
Just to provide further information regarding my case, here is my config file
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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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Re: PPTP Through OpenVPN
Don't post your certs to a public forum...
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koolooloos
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Re: PPTP Through OpenVPN
Sorry, was not aware of that.
Could you please help me with my problem?
Could you please help me with my problem?
ecrist wrote:Don't post your certs to a public forum...
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Re: PPTP Through OpenVPN
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
to ensure that the right PPTP packets are forwarded over the link. YMMV
I'd switch to a 'tap' setup
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dev tap