[ikatt]

Have a look at OpenDNS | Internet Navigation And Security

[anthonysomerset]

you can get the ip's off the opendns website

[purplespider]

I currently have a cPanel VPS (CentOS), and would like to install a PPTP server on it for me and some friends to be able to access iPlayer from abroad.

I have a few questions though:
- What do I need to do to avoid conflict with cPanel? Or my websites?
- Does having ConfigServer Security & Firewall installed complicate things?
- What is the easiest way to have basic monitoring of each VPN account so that I can see if any of my friends are using too much bandwidth?
- Is Poptop suitable for my above requirements, or would something else be more suitable?

Thank you!

[anthonysomerset]

purplespider said:

I currently have a cPanel VPS (CentOS), and would like to install a PPTP server on it for me and some friends to be able to access iPlayer from abroad.

I have a few questions though:
- What do I need to do to avoid conflict with cPanel? Or my websites?
- Does having ConfigServer Security & Firewall installed complicate things?
- What is the easiest way to have basic monitoring of each VPN account so that I can see if any of my friends are using too much bandwidth?
- Is Poptop suitable for my above requirements, or would something else be more suitable?

Thank you!

easier way that requires no software install and should work throughout

check out ssh socks proxy will post a link in a second

http://embraceubuntu...ecure-browsing/

command you need:

ssh -D 9999 username@ip-address-of-ssh-server

this creats a socks proxy on your local machine at port 9999 through the ssh connection to the world

this will also change your ip address, if you ryn ssh on a custom port just add the argument

-p <portnumber> 

to the end of your line above


no firewall reconfig needed, provided you allow ssh through and port 80 out have tested this with iplayer before and works quite well
then you just need to change your browser to connect to the proxy (which is localhost and port 9999)

This post has been edited by anthonysomerset: 04 December 2009 - 10:49 AM

[purplespider]

Thanks Anthony, I'm actually using that at the moment! Using Meerkat on Mac OSX to SSH Tunnel to my VPS and act as a SOCKS proxy.

It works great, but I was looking to setup a VPN so that no installation is required on the client side, and also so I can use it with the iPhone!

[anthonysomerset]

this doesnt actually need extra software (although it wont work with iphones)

openvpn would neeed extra software

pptp should work but i have never had any joy getting it to work on linux servers... end up just going down the openvpn route when its needed

whether than conflicts with cpanel or not i am unsure, it shouldnt do as thats reasonably far removed from the webserver side of things however possible networking configuration may or may not intefere

This post has been edited by anthonysomerset: 04 December 2009 - 10:59 AM

[purplespider]

anthonysomerset said:

this doesnt actually need extra software

True, but extra software makes it easier for non-tech users (i.e. my friends!) ;) (Any doesn't Windows still need Putty?)

Think I'm going to just give Poptop a go. Is there any way to monitor each user's bandwidth?

Also, with iPlayer coming to my Freesat box in a few weeks, I'm gonna need some way to fool it into thinking it's in the UK. I hope to work something out with a VPN/Proxy and my Tomato based router, but I'll deal with that when it comes!

[anthonysomerset]

if the box is free sat its pointed at the same servers as UK (i hope) so the box doesnt know where it is, just that it is connected to a uk sattelite you shouldnt haave to tease your box into thinking anything

[purplespider]

Normal TV is fine as that does come from the satelite, however iPlayer will use the Ethernet port on the set top box to stream on-demand video over our internet connection. I've heard reports from beta testers that they check your IP address to make sure you are in the uk.

But I've now got a PPTP VPN working on my cPanel VPS (I asked VPS.NET to install it for me!) So hopefully I'll be able to find a solution with this. A discussion for another board I think!

[purplespider]

I've been testing my VPN setup, and am wondering what speeds others are getting?

I ask because I have a 12Mb internet connection, when using an SSH Tunnel via my VPS I get the full 12Mb, but when I use the PPTPD VPN I only get about 6Mb.

Is this normal for VPN to be slower?

I'm running a 2 node CentOS cPanel VPS.

[anthonysomerset]

yes normal to be slightly slower but that seems a bit extreme in terms of slowdown, what happens to your memory usage when your on vpn?

[purplespider]

anthonysomerset said:

what happens to your memory usage when your on vpn?

doesn't really change, stays about 50% free.

[railto]

guys this is sweet, thanks. tested on a vps i had elsewhere and it worked well, have just deployed it on a UK node, one bad thing bout spending most of time in Dublin, not able to watch BBC or C4 online

[thunderbird]

i have 4mbps connection speed, when i connected to my vpn and do speedtest the speed is really bad, why is this caused by ? by connecting to vpn will slow down internet speed?

[anthonysomerset]

as mentioned previously - a vpn encrypts your connection which adds a small overhead to your connection and will slow it down slightly

also if you are connecting from a long distance away (eg UK to US) the distance is much larger and a) the signal takes longer to get there and b) is more prone to errors which mean packets need resending which massively drops your speed

this is normal

[jlambert]

I have this working well, but I'd like to know if anyone knows how to configure pptp to randomize or at least utilize multiple external ips for each client.

ie. If I buy some more IPs for my VPS, how do I utilize them with the VPN.

[jlambert]

Anyone? I can't find much online about setting up an IP pool. Can someone point me in a direction or to some documentation?

Cheers.

[BenHippynet]

I'd be interested in this too.

[purplespider]

I'm afraid I can't help with regards to multiple IPs. But I do have a small question:

I'm trying to configure my DD-WRT router to connect to the VPN, but one of the settings it requires is the "Remote Subnet", I have no idea what to enter in this field. Can anyone help?



Many Thanks!

[webicero]

I've tried to look into this for you, but No joy. Maybe Carlos can help you here.