(old)Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

It's been awhile since I've attempted VPN with Puppy but after quite a bit of searching I can't find any progress since this thread back in 2011 -

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 48&t=70985

Has Puppy gotten any closer to implementing a manageable and secure VPN? It's kind of a must these days for any OS.

Diggs_Redux wrote:It's been awhile since I've attempted VPN with Puppy but after quite a bit of searching I can't find any progress since this thread back in 2011 -

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 48&t=70985

Has Puppy gotten any closer to implementing a manageable and secure VPN? It's kind of a must these days for any OS.

Does this thread help:

Gpptp enhancements for doing PIA VPN - [ New version ]
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=93384
?

s243a wrote: Does this thread help:

Gpptp enhancements for doing PIA VPN - [ New version ]
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=93384
?

Thanks for the latest discussion that reinforces the previous thread. VPN still isn't manageable under Puppy and I still haven't found anyone using it. Doesn't anyone here ever run a secure connection?

Hey, "Blond Kong," how about the hosted VPN service, Hamachi?

Openvpn works in Fatdog or Tahr, using openvpn packages from the respective repos and the config file provided by my vpn service (Always VPN).

Under Unix, even Cotse recommends OpenVPN.

Semme wrote:Hey, "Blond Kong," how about the hosted VPN service, Hamachi?

Thanks but I'll use my own services. I was looking to successfully run VPN on Puppy and have tried for many years, but not looking for another service.

Do you have OpenVPN running on Puppy? I can't get there even jumping through all the hoops and standing on one foot. Like I said, still don't know of anyone using VPN on Puppy and I've tried and tried. Guess I'll stick to OpenVPN on Mint. It's simple and and reliable.

Bottom line? You have shortcomings when you're not a multi-user distro.

Diggs_Redux wrote:Do you have OpenVPN running on Puppy?

Yes, as I said, in Fatdog and Tahr. I don't know much about this, it just worked. If you provide more info (which puppy, openvpn version, openvpn log file), I'm sure someone will be able to help troubleshoot.

Openvpn from repo
Files from provider, in /etc/openvpn: alwaysvpn2_ca.crt, alwaysvpn-faster, alwaysvpn-compatible, alwaysvpn-ta.key. I suppose there would be analogous files from other providers.

# openvpn --config alwaysvpn-compatible -> connection

To get VPN working under Tahr 6.0.5 using the PIA service I found it was necessary to create the one line text file /etc/resolv.conf.tail containing the line:

nameserver 8.8.8.8

I am not using VPN at the moment but may be able to try it later today.

cheers,
Ken

This posting is via vpn (PIA)

Computer hardware:
ASUS M2N68-CM motherboard
AMD Athlon dual core processor 6000+
8 GB RAM

The OS is tahrpup 6.0.5 with all the latest updates. I have added openvpn 2.3.2 via the puppy Package Manager.

I subscribed to PIA and received my username and password. Next I downloaded the file openvpn.zip from

https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/p ... t-support/

and unzipped it in the

/etc/openvpn

directory. I closed the browser and then created a one line text file /etc/resolv.conf.tail containing the line

nameserver 8.8.8.8

Next I did

# cd /etc/openvpn
# openvpn --config US\ East.ovpn

The program asks for Username and Password. After supplying these leave the terminal running. You can then open a browser and navigate to the PIA site to check that you are protected.

cheers,
Ken

Hey, thank you! I finally have PIA working.

I'm also running Tahrpup 6.0.5. I'd subscribed to PIA some time ago but hadn't been able to get things working under Puppy. But just now I followed your instructions and voila! Went on the PIA website and it told me I was protected. (By the way, the "cp /etc/openvpn" - I think you meant "cd /etc/openvpn" to change to that directory.)

Months ago I'd installed gadmin-openvpn... (client and server) via PPM and I couldn't get things to work. Today, I uninstalled them and installed openvpn.2.3.2 via PPM instead like you described.

Excellent. Thank you Ken and thanks, people!

OP didn't actually ask for technical help or tell us which Puppy he is having issues with, so just in case people are using search to find VPN help and read this thread:

Gpptp, the GTK.2 frontend for the linux command line ppp/pptp utility works fine with most puppies. I haven't compiled it for ALL puppies, but have for most through Fatdog64.

I have been the maintainer of Gpptp since 2009. As with all puppy help requests, you'll get best results if you tell us which version of puppy you are using, and which type of VPN you are having trouble with (pptp, ipsec, ssl, etc ..), and how you are trying to use it.

It might help to read this first.

I hope this helps