I recently installed Ubuntu Linux on a home server (I hate that word, but it best describes what it is, so). Anyway, I’d like to be able to create a VPN network between my home server and my MacbookPro, which might be anywhere in the world.
This first part of the tutorial describes how to setup a VPN server in Ubuntu.
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First, install the pptpd package. pptpd offers a PPTP-type VPN which is
supported by Microsoft and other network vendors. This is also the easiest to
setup.
sudo apt-get install pptpd
Next up, edit /etc/pptpd.conf with sudo vi /etc/pptp.conf. At the bottom add the following lines:
localip 192.168.1.10
remoteip 192.168.1.230-239
Here localip references the IP of my home server. The remoteip variable
configures which IPs remote clients may use when the connect through VPN to my
network. In this case I reserve 10 IP address: 192.168.1.230 through
192.168.1.239.
With that out of the way, let’s tell PPTP which users to allow. Edit
/etc/ppp/chap-secrets, just like you did before using sudo.
# client server secret IP Address
ariejan pptpd somepassword *
That’s all! Yes, seriously. Just restart the pptpd daemon and you’re good to
go.
Now, go and watch my PPTP VPN setup for Mac OS X Snow Leopard
Note: This was tested on Ubuntu 10.10-amd64