For example here http://www.ibvpn.com/billing/knowledgebase/50/Set-up-the-PPTP-VPN-connection-on-Linux-Network-Manager-GUI.html fails to work for me on Debian gnome. This is not the provider in question however.
On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 2:31 PM, John T. Haggerty <jpcoo...@gmail.com> wrote: > I don't know if I am able to convey this correctly but here goes: > > I have been using Linux for a while but had a hiatus of about 10 years so > it's been a slow requisition of learned skills. To that end I was thrilled > that VirtualBox technology came out recently in order to give this a much > easier time in connecting to the network and using operating systems > seamlessly. > > I installed the virtual box package and got the newest Debian DVD ISO and > was able to get it all installed from what looks like a complete install. > My issues are with my VPN provider that I use. They provide all the > configuration on their end so I have no need to be able to offer server > configs and the like nor can I randomly copy files over. I have a oven > file, a .crt or certification file and of course my username and password. > This seems to be good enough to get my android devices connected with a > port of ovpn. > > The issues are with getting networking to recognize the vpn as the sole > transparent provider on the instance end. It can initialize and create the > tun0. I tried to get this configured but it seems that getting this done > assumes several things which are not accurate in my case: > > 1. I want to run both a client and server and have complete access to both > (the provider I work with handles all the server stuff and I don't have to > do that, and it technically works without it). > > 2. All the key generation, random other stuff that the wiki assumes is > required is apparently not required. > > 3. I'm not able to get any documentation from the net that seems to > disagree with my need to do this at all (Google searches keep > re-referencing the document with every single re-phrasing of the request I > need). > > 4. I tried to mess with iptables and the like and get that to work which > only succeeded in shutting off all access to websites that I tried to use > > 5. No one has apparently had any issues with Network Manger or it's kin > that weren't easily solved, and or have never used the virtualization > technology.....grrrr > > I'm sure I have to check things out but I need to know if anyone has done > this before, what else I need to share (and what I can and must keep > private due to not wanting to void my privacy) > > Thanks for the help > > -- > "The death of one man is a tragedy, the death of 10 million is a > statistic" -- Joseph Stalin > > "Omnia mutantur, nihil interit" > (Translation: > Everything changes, nothing is lost.) > -- Ovid, _Metamorphoses_ > -- "The death of one man is a tragedy, the death of 10 million is a statistic" -- Joseph Stalin "Omnia mutantur, nihil interit" (Translation: Everything changes, nothing is lost.) -- Ovid, _Metamorphoses_
