pptpd simple setup

README.md

Basic Networksetup

• should be in startup script

    `iptables -A POSTROUTING -t nat -o ppp+ -j MASQUERADE
  		echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward`
  

PPTPD Setup

• install pptpd apt-get install pptpd

• Edit remoteip and ip ranges at /etc/pptpd.conf

• edit user accounts at /etc/ppp/chap-secrets

    #username      server      password    remote IP addresses
  		pptpusername   pptpd secretpassword    45.45.45.45
  

• Restart the PPtP daemon service pptpd restart

PPTP Client

	pptpsetup –create –server yourserver.com –username pptpusername –password secretpassword –start

• Script for cronjob for restart as attach

pptp-restart.sh

#!/bin/bash
VPNIP=172.16.0.1
TUNNELNAME=miner
ping -c3  $VPNIP> /tmp/pingreport
result=`grep "0 received" /tmp/pingreport`
truncresult="`echo "$result" | sed 's/^\(.................................\).*$/\1/'`"
if [[ $truncresult == "3 packets transmitted, 0 received" ]]; then
    pon $TUNNELNAME
fi