Establish VPN connection on linux (command line)
To establish a VPN connection on linux through command line you first need to install pptp-linux.
apt-get install pptp-linux
vim /etc/ppp/chap-secrets
# Secrets for authentication using CHAP
# client server secret IP addresses
username PPTP password *
vim /etc/ppp/peers/vpn10-user
pty "pptp vpn10.hostbasket.com --nolaunchpppd"
name <loginname>
remotename PPTP
require-mppe-128
file /etc/ppp/options.pptp
ipparam <name_of_script_under_etc_ppp_peers_...>
pon vpn10-user
root@User-Ubuntu12:~# ip a
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 16436 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN
link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
inet6 ::1/128 scope host
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP qlen 1000
link/ether 00:15:c5:bc:ba:31 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet 192.168.15.98/24 brd 192.168.15.255 scope global eth0
inet6 fe80::215:c5ff:febc:ba31/64 scope link
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
3: wlan0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state DOWN qlen 1000
link/ether 00:18:de:a4:c5:b3 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
9: ppp0: <POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST,NOARP,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1496 qdisc pfifo_fast state UNKNOWN qlen 3
link/ppp
inet 172.31.3.167 peer 172.31.1.1/32 scope global ppp0
poff vpn10-user