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From: Anthony Campbell on 14 Apr 2010 13:02 I have to connect my Debian machine to a vpn server. I know nothing about this and have little time to find out because it has to be up and running by Saturday! Can anyone please point me to a (preferably simple) information source about this? Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - ac(a)acampbell.org.uk Microsoft-free zone - Using Debian GNU/Linux http://www.acampbell.org.uk - sample my ebooks at http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/acampbell
From: Graham Murray on 14 Apr 2010 13:29 Anthony Campbell <ac(a)acampbell.org.uk> writes: > I have to connect my Debian machine to a vpn server. I know nothing > about this and have little time to find out because it has to be up and > running by Saturday! > > Can anyone please point me to a (preferably simple) information source > about this? The first thing you have to do is find out what VPN you have to connect to. Is it openvpn, an IPSec based VPN, or something else.
From: Martin Liddle on 14 Apr 2010 14:09 In message <87sk6y3pti.fsf(a)newton.gmurray.org.uk>, Graham Murray <newspost(a)gmurray.org.uk> writes >Anthony Campbell <ac(a)acampbell.org.uk> writes: > >> I have to connect my Debian machine to a vpn server. I know nothing >> about this and have little time to find out because it has to be up and >> running by Saturday! >> >> Can anyone please point me to a (preferably simple) information source >> about this? > >The first thing you have to do is find out what VPN you have to connect >to. Is it openvpn, an IPSec based VPN, or something else. > If the server is pptpd then <http://pptpclient.sourceforge.net/> is a useful resource (particularly the Diagnosis HowTo if you struggling). -- Martin Liddle, Tynemouth Computer Services, 3 Kentmere Way, Staveley, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S43 3TW. Web site: <http://www.tynecomp.co.uk>.
From: Anthony Campbell on 14 Apr 2010 14:59 On 2010-04-14, Martin Liddle <news09(a)tynecomp.co.uk> wrote: > In message <87sk6y3pti.fsf(a)newton.gmurray.org.uk>, Graham Murray ><newspost(a)gmurray.org.uk> writes >>Anthony Campbell <ac(a)acampbell.org.uk> writes: >> >>> I have to connect my Debian machine to a vpn server. I know nothing >>> about this and have little time to find out because it has to be up and >>> running by Saturday! >>> >>> Can anyone please point me to a (preferably simple) information source >>> about this? >> >>The first thing you have to do is find out what VPN you have to connect >>to. Is it openvpn, an IPSec based VPN, or something else. > > > If the server is pptpd then <http://pptpclient.sourceforge.net/> is a > useful resource (particularly the Diagnosis HowTo if you struggling). Thanks to both for replies. This is a pptp server. I have installed pptp-linux which provides pptpsetup, which looks pretty straightforward. Should that he enough to make things work? Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - ac(a)acampbell.org.uk Microsoft-free zone - Using Debian GNU/Linux http://www.acampbell.org.uk (blog, book reviews, and sceptical articles)
From: chris on 15 Apr 2010 09:30
On 14/04/10 19:59, Anthony Campbell wrote: > On 2010-04-14, Martin Liddle<news09(a)tynecomp.co.uk> wrote: >> In message<87sk6y3pti.fsf(a)newton.gmurray.org.uk>, Graham Murray >> <newspost(a)gmurray.org.uk> writes >>> Anthony Campbell<ac(a)acampbell.org.uk> writes: >>> >>>> I have to connect my Debian machine to a vpn server. I know nothing >>>> about this and have little time to find out because it has to be up and >>>> running by Saturday! >>>> >>>> Can anyone please point me to a (preferably simple) information source >>>> about this? >>> >>> The first thing you have to do is find out what VPN you have to connect >>> to. Is it openvpn, an IPSec based VPN, or something else. >>> >> If the server is pptpd then<http://pptpclient.sourceforge.net/> is a >> useful resource (particularly the Diagnosis HowTo if you struggling). > > Thanks to both for replies. This is a pptp server. I have installed > pptp-linux which provides pptpsetup, which looks pretty straightforward. > Should that he enough to make things work? You don't say which desktop you're using, but I find Kvpnc very easy to use. I suppose you could use vpnc directly, but I don't have much knowledge of that. |