PPTP VPN on Wive-NG router
On Wive-NG router when talking about VPN you have either PPP or WireGuard. As PPP is first listed so I tried it before trying WireGuard. Here are my thoughts. Configuration is pretty simple. In the router menu, go to Services – VPN Server. Then select PPTP protocol. In the Users section create new user with login and password and that’s all from the server side.
From the client side it is also pretty simple. First install pptp-linux:
1 2 3 | sudo apt install pptp-linuxcd /etc/ppp/peerstouch PPTP |
Next thing is to fill configuration file with settings as follows:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 | pty "pptp x.x.x.x --nolaunchpppd --debug"name USERNAMEpassword PASSWORDremotename PPTPrequire-mppe-128require-mschap-v2refuse-eaprefuse-paprefuse-chaprefuse-mschapnoauthdebugpersistmaxfail 0defaultroutereplacedefaultrouteusepeerdns |
With this configuration it is time to activate connection:
1 2 | chmod 600 /etc/ppp/peers/PPTPpon PPTP |
To disable connection:
1 | poff PPTP |
There is one downside of using it. It create several routes of course but it prevents accessing client from outside, so in case of setting it up on remote host you will instantly loose connection. On a local machine it will not be a problem.