i am ubuntu user since 12.04 now i am using 14.04 there is a problem with my PPTP vpn connection since i am using ubuntu, in my University i have to use vpn in order to connect to the internet but when i connect to vpn in ubuntu i can use internet for about 30 seconds then i cannot open webpages or my download speed gets to 0 but at the same time in windows i can connect and download or view webpages easily with no problem i need your help cause i am doing most of my works with ubuntu thanks
1 Answer
You didn't give the exact steps you were using for your VPN connection.
Follow these steps:
VPN Client Setup:
Fourconfiguration files are involved:
- /etc/ppp/peers/myvpn
- /etc/ppp/options.pptp
- /etc/ppp/chap-secrets
- /etc/ppp/ip-up.local
/etc/ppp/peers/myvpn:
# replace the bracket paramters with the host name of the VPN server and VPN user
remotename myvpn
linkname myvpn
ipparam myvpn
pty "pptp [vpn server] --nolaunchpppd "
name [username]
usepeerdns
require-mppe
refuse-eap
noauth
# adopt defaults from the pptp-linux package
file /etc/ppp/options.pptp
/etc/ppp/options.pptp:
lock
noauth
refuse-pap
refuse-eap
refuse-chap
refuse-mschap
nobsdcomp
nodeflate
/etc/ppp/chap-secrets:
# Secrets for authentication using CHAP
# client server secret IP addresses
username myvpn password *
/etc/ppp/ip-up.local:
#!/bin/sh
network=`echo $IPREMOTE | awk -F\. '{print $1"."$2"."$3".0/24"}'`
route add -net $network $IFNAME
Start the VPN client with:
$ sudo pon myvpn
End VPN connection with:
$ sudo poff myvpn
These steps are taken from: