Vpn issues

[Powerphil]

Hi,
I've just installed pp2t on my pi to allow me to connect back to my own Internet connection when travelling abroad. I successfully create a vpn to the pi, but I cannot connect to the Internet etc when the vpn is in place. I've checked the port forwarding a number of times and all seems ok. We have a sky sagem router.
Any ideas as to where to start searching?

[Thijxx]

Do you want to relay your internet connection or do you just want access to your home network?

My Mac has a setting to relay all traffic over the VPN network, the relaying is a client thing.

[Powerphil]

I'd like to relay my Internet connection. My plan is that when we are abroad, we have a secure Internet connection when working on a free wifi service

[Thijxx]

You may want to check some configs

• /etc/pptpd.conf

Something like (depending on your local network settings):

localip 192.168.0.1 (IP of your Pi)
remoteip 192.168.0.234-238,192.168.0.245

Make sure you have this here: /etc/ppp/pptpd-options

ms-dns 192.168.1.1 (your local Gateway or Router IP)
nobsdcomp
noipx
mtu 1490
mru 1490

Last but not least:
Edit the “sysctl” file: sudo nano /etc/sysctl.conf
Find the “net.ipv4.ip_forward” line and change the parameter from 0 (disabled) to 1 (enabled): net.ipv4.ip_forward=1

To test these settings; ping your Pi from your remote location to check the VPN connection. Then ping the IP of google.com (173.194.41.70) to check DNS-free connection. Then ping google.com, all from your remote location.

[Powerphil]

Many thanks. The weirdest thing happened before I tried your suggestions....it started to work. No changes necessary! Very odd, but still happy

[Thijxx]

Mind over Matter!

or did you use The Force?