How-to: VPN server for hulu.com and bbc.com/iplayer

[uk2]

Here is a very simply straight out of the
box VPN server that works at once (at least on a mac)
for hulu and iplayer.



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SETTING UP VPS.NET SERVER AS A VPN SERVER
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For using hulu.com select a VPS on the US cluster
For using bbc.com/iplayer select a VPS on the UK cluster

Create a new virtual machine on VPS.NET

Select "Ubuntu 8.04 LTS 64-bit Basic Installation"

For this instructions we assume your virtual server has IP: 83.170.XXX.XXX
(replace with the real ip number everywhere

shh root@83.170.XXX.XXX

And login as root

Following these commands and instructions

==== Update ubuntu ====

apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
apt-get install joe
apt-get install pptpd

joe /etc/pptpd.conf
localip 192.168.0.1
remoteip 192.168.0.2-254

hold ctrl and press k-x to save

==== Insert the name servers for ns1.uk2.net and ns2.uk2.net ====

joe /etc/ppp/pptpd-options
ms-dns 83.170.64.2
ms-dns 83.170.69.2

hold ctrl and press k-x to save

==== Create 2 test users ====

joe /etc/ppp/chap-secrets
user1 pptpd password1 *
user1 pptpd password2 *

hold ctrl and press k-x to save

==== Setup routing for vpn server ====

joe /etc/sysctl.conf
net.ipv4.ip_forward=1

hold ctrl and press k-x to save

joe /etc/rc.local (insert before exit 0 and replace 83.XXX.XXX.XXX with your VPS IP number)
iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -s 192.168.0.0/24 -d ! 192.168.0.0/24 -j SNAT --to-source 83.XXX.XXX.XXX

hold ctrl and press k-x to save

==== Restart and we are done ====

shutdown -r now

Now you can login with VPN over PPTP with
user1/password1 or user2/password2

[uk2]

MAC OSX SETUP

Goto System Preferences and click Network
Click + in lower left corner to add new service
Select Interface VPN / VPN Type PPTP / Service Name put whatever you want



Enter the IP number of your VPS.NET server or hostname if you have set that up like myvpn.mydomain.com
Enter user1 or the username you made above in /etc/ppp/chap-secrets



Enter the password from /etc/ppp/chap-secrets



Tick the Show VPN status in menu bar and now click Advanced...



On the options page. Click "Send all traffic over VPN connection"
otherwise hulu.com and bbc inlayer will not work.



Click OK and now you can click Connect from this menu or from the menubar.

Happy watching….

[dave]

Any specific reason to use joe rather than the preinstalled nano?

[uk2]

Yes. I like joe and I needed to make sure that no step can go wrong. Perhaps someone chooses some other distribution that does have an editor or whatever.

[Ditlev]

joe is good, so is nano - I can't agree with VI though...

[geniosity]

WHAAAAAAAT!?!

vi ROCKS!!!

:-)

[envygeeks]

What Geniosity said. Vim is the shizzle.

[Ditlev]

vim is for geeks

[nullmind]

VI is the stuff !! .. cant use nothing else

[Ditlev]

we converted this howto into a Debian template image that we will release this week. So you will be ready to deploy VPN servers on the fly as you need them