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Command Line Setup in Debian Linux (PPTP)

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Jul 07, 2014
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The following is the PureVPN Debian command line setup for Linux users. Please follow the steps written below to complete command line setup for Linux devices.

Things to Consider:

Before you begin, please make sure that:

  • You have a working internet connection
  • Debian Supported Device
  • A Premium PureVPN account (if you haven’t bought it yet, click here to buy)

#install the PPTP software

apt-get install pptp-linux

#edit /etc/ppp/chap-secrets

vi /etc/ppp/chap-secrets

and insert the following:

Username PPTP Password *

# replace Username with your PureVPN username
# replace Password with your PureVPN password

#create /etc/ppp/peers/pure-usca with something like the following:

vi /etc/ppp/peers/pure-usca

and add the following details:

pty "pptp usca.pointtoserver.com --nolaunchpppd"
 name purevpnXXXX
 remotename PPTP
 file /etc/ppp/options.pptp
 refuse-eap noauth

Adding a route to the routing table

To automatically add an entry whenever a VPN connection is established create and edit the /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/pure-usca-route

vi /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/pure-usca-route

Add the following content

#!/bin/bash
route add -net 10.0.0.0/8 dev ppp0

Make the file executable

chmod +x /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/pure-usca-route

Now Connect VPN:

sudo pppd call pure-usca

To check the logs run this command:

tail -f /var/log/messages

Caution: If you are looking for higher security, then please follow this guide to disable your IPv6

Please use the comment box below for your suggestions & feedback. For additional help, please submit support ticket with errors and screen shots (if possible) OR contact our 24/7 live chat support.

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Comments (17 )

17 Comments

  1. PureVPN Team says:
    August 1, 2016 at 2:48 am

    We are sorry for the inconvenience. It seems PPTP is blocked by your ISP or there aresome settings issues.
    First, we request you to configure PPTP on other device to make sure it is not blocked, if it is not blocked then join us on live chat so we may help you find correct settings to get it working.

    Thanks for being patient!

    Reply
  2. Elad says:
    July 29, 2016 at 10:17 am

    Jul 29 18:14:14 ip158s pppd[15029]: pppd 2.4.6 started by root, uid 0
    Jul 29 18:14:14 ip158s pppd[15029]: Using interface ppp0
    Jul 29 18:14:14 ip158s pppd[15029]: Connect: ppp0 /dev/pts/2
    Jul 29 18:14:46 ip158s pppd[15029]: Modem hangup
    Jul 29 18:14:46 ip158s pppd[15029]: Connection terminated.
    Jul 29 18:14:46 ip158s pppd[15029]: Exit.

    Reply
  3. José Azevedo says:
    June 25, 2016 at 7:09 am

    If anyone is having problems using this instructions on Ubuntu Server is because the command “pppd call pure-us7” needs the sudo, so it should be “sudo pppd call pure-us7”. Also remember to change the purevpnXXXX with your PureVPN username on /etc/ppp/peers/pure-us7.

    Reply
  4. PureVPN Team says:
    March 22, 2016 at 7:32 am

    Hi Erik,

    I am extremely sorry you had to face this issue, In order to help you out we need to see logs, can you kindly send us your system logs at [email protected] so we can help you out. You can also join us on 24/7 live chat.

    Thanks for being Patient!

    Reply
  5. ben says:
    March 16, 2016 at 9:00 am

    If you want to set up ubuntu with no xwindows to do this, you can follow these instructions with the following addition:

    in the /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/ file add the line “route add default dev ppp0” So the whole file should look like:

    #!/bin/bash
    route add -net 10.0.0.0/8 dev ppp0
    route add default dev ppp0

    In addition, if you want to make the vpn connection persist (ie: always-on), then you can add the following three lines to the /etc/ppp/peers/ file:

    persist
    holdoff 0
    maxfail 0

    Persist will tell pppd to auto-redial if the connection is lost, holdoff 0 means it will attempt a redial immediately, and maxfail 0 means it will attempt to reconnect forever.

    There is probably a way using iptables to also create a killswitch but that’s a task for another day.

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  6. PureVPN Team says:
    March 2, 2016 at 4:14 am

    Hi,

    Thanks for reaching out to us. In this line pty “pptp us7.purevpn.net –nolaunchpppd” you should enter japan server address which is jp-tk1.pointtoserver.com or jp1.pointtoserver.com

    Feel free to contact us if you still have any question!

    Reply
  7. Dongwon Lee says:
    February 6, 2016 at 3:14 pm

    How can I make a connection with specific location.
    ex) Japan

    Reply
  8. PureVPN Team says:
    January 29, 2016 at 9:21 am

    Hi,

    Thanks for reaching out to us. Having connected with VPN please check your IP first at http://www.ip2location.com to verify either you are connected to VPN or not. If you are connected to router please make sure PPTP/L2TP pass through option should be enabled in your router.

    Feel free to contact us if you have further question/suggestion!

    Reply
  9. PureVPN Team says:
    January 29, 2016 at 1:29 am

    Hi,

    Thanks for your precious suggestion. You know when we send ‘credentials’ email it contains two kinds of credentials first, VPN username and password and Second, Member Area credentials, some users does not differentiate between two so, we write ‘purevpnXXXX’ in out tutorials to make it clear that VPN username looks like this.

    I hope now you are clear about this, if you still have any question or suggestion do write to us, we will be more than happy to hear from you!

    Reply
  10. Dankex says:
    January 25, 2016 at 2:45 pm

    Hello.

    I’ve successfully followed your tutorial and pptp seems to be working as indicated by its log: http://pastebin.com/HnQcYZAN I can also see a new if called ppp0 as seen by ifconfig: http://pastebin.com/wVADQ6CL However, traceroute command tells me that no traffic is being routed to purevpn and I can’t tell if my packets are cyphered.

    Can you help me please?

    Reply
  11. PureVPN Team says:
    January 16, 2016 at 5:29 am

    Hi,

    I am sorry for the inconvenience. Could you please share with us which server address you are using so that we can assist you accordingly.

    Reply
  12. Henry says:
    January 10, 2016 at 3:41 am

    For Gnome3 users, you can use openvpn support:
    apt-get install openvpn network-manager-openvpn network-manager-openvpn-gnome
    Then follow Ubuntu configuration

    Reply
  13. leodx says:
    January 7, 2016 at 1:14 pm

    Hello, i’ve followed this guide but when i try to connect, tail give this output:

    Jan 7 18:08:25 nas pppd[7984]: pppd 2.4.5 started by root, uid 0
    Jan 7 18:08:25 nas pppd[7984]: Using interface ppp0
    Jan 7 18:08:25 nas pppd[7984]: Connect: ppp0 /dev/pts/2
    Jan 7 18:08:45 nas pppd[7984]: Modem hangup
    Jan 7 18:08:45 nas pppd[7984]: Connection terminated.
    Jan 7 18:08:45 nas pppd[7984]: Exit.

    What I’ve done wrong? I’m on openmediavault 2.1

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    • andyhally says:
      January 28, 2016 at 10:50 am

      replace “name purevpnXXXX” with “name yourusername”

      Reply
    • Erik says:
      March 21, 2016 at 6:08 pm

      I’m having this same issue.. At “name purevpnXXX” I have entered the user name matching the user name listed under VPN credentials from the original email. This is driving me crazy. Did you get it to work?

      Reply