PPTP Setup and Troubleshooting with Ubuntu Server 10.04 Server CONSOLE
If your looking for OpenVPN, your in the wrong place. There are multiple places on the interweb for such things, this is specific to Linux (and variations thereof, including DD-WRT) You can probably also do this with a GUI, but I'm not in favour of weighing down my server with things like that. Things you will need: IPV4 settings (Gateway, IP, DNS) PPTP VPN Server Name PPTP VPN Username PPTP VPN Password As for a PPTP provider, I'm currently using StrongVPN (www.strongvpn.com), but their service is a bit lacking. If your looking for support on DD-WRT, there may be up to a 14 day delay before you get a response. That response isn't really troubleshooting, so much as try random things and hopefully it works. Step 1: You need to ensure that you can actually get to the PPTP server your trying to connect to. 1) Test Your Gateway: a) Open a console b) Ping your gateway # ping c) Ping your VPN server # ping d) Telnet to port 1723 on the VPN server # telnet 1723 If your failing an...