Point-To-Point Tunnelling Protocol is an insecure, obsolete networking protocol which exposes a layer 2 tunnel. It uses a TCP connection for control communications and a GRE tunnel for the actual data. It was historically used to create VPNs.
Questions tagged [pptp]
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P2V causes PPTP to disappear
I have recently completed a P2V of a Win2008R2 server.
It had PPTP server vpn capability before conversion, but it appears something is now blocking / preventing the vpn connection.
If I try to connect to the VPN with a local virtualized windows…
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Load Balancing VPN servers (Ubuntu)
I am trying to load balance two VPN servers, that are located quite far from one another.
I am using Ubuntu with pptpd, is there anyway to load balance those two servers? So user connects pptp to the load balancer then that routes it to one of the…
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How do I write a SRV record for PPTP?
Hosting a PPTP VPN server on a subdomain, how do I enable the service on the domain with a SRV DNS record?
I've already tried:
_pptp._tcp.domain.top. 86400 IN SRV 10 10 1723 sub.domain.top.
though my DNS service provider interface errored it and…
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PPTP and windows 7 809 error
I want to connect from home to my router(linux mashine) at work.
i have installed pptpd.
i have added following fw rules:
iptables -I INPUT -p tcp --dport -j ACCEPT
iptables -I INPUT -p gre -j ACCEPT
iptables -I FORWARD -p tcp --dport 1723 -j…
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PPTP not working
I keep getting this error when attempting to log on to my new VPN server..
Sep 6 14:05:19 378465 pptpd[8171]: CTRL: Starting call (launching pppd, opening GRE)
Sep 6 14:05:19 378465 pppd[8172]: Couldn't open the /dev/ppp device: Permission…
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Ubuntu PPTP VPN to Microsoft Server Command Line ONLY
I try to setup a VPN Connection from a Ubuntu 12.04 LTS to Microsoft VPN Server (Ubuntu is the Client in this Case),
but I only get this error message:
.. connection failed! Check the log messages below for information why.
Couldn't open the…
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Access My Server From External Net IP While Server is Using PPTP
I have one physical Ubuntu server where I'm using PPTP with HMA for tormenting (using Deluge) and hosting the Deluge Web-UI, Ajenti and Ajaxplorer.
While PPTP is engaged I can access my three web-UIs just fine through my local 192.168.1.0/24…
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When tunnelling through a VPN, block or redirect certain domains
I'd like to block or redirect certain domains for anyone using my VPN tunnel (pptp).
I thought simply editing the hosts file would achieve this, but I guess not. Is there another way?
The VPN is set up on a DigitalOcean VPS.
EDIT: I assume the down…
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PPTP IPTables routing issue
PPTP connects just fine to the radius server
PPTP modules are loaded into the kernel
PPTP connects fine to the pptp service
Question:
How do I get the PPTP to connect to the internet?
IPTables:
#!/bin/sh
#openvpn
iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -s…
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Create a pptp tunnel through a exisiting domain
I want to create a tunnel (preferably pptp) via a website that I created
I am renting a domain from an ISP with a linux os,
is it possible to create it?
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changeing pptp client default port
I have a pptpd server running on debian. It does not use the default port of 1723 (for some reason), and some pptp client on ubuntu and suse linux. How can I connect to my pptp server?
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