Show pagesourceOld revisionsBacklinksBack to top × Table of Contents PPTP extras Introduction Extras References Web interface Dynamic connection NAT traversal Static addresses Site-to-site Disable gateway redirection Split gateway IPv6 gateway DNS over VPN Kill switch Multi-client Automated PPTP extras This article relies on the following: Accessing web interface / command-line interface Managing configs / packages / services / logs Introduction This how-to describes the most common PPTP tuning scenarios adapted for OpenWrt. Follow PPTP client for client setup and PPTP server for server setup. Follow PPTP protocol for client configuration. Follow DDNS client to use own server with dynamic IP address. Follow Random generator to overcome low entropy issues. Extras References Poptop server documentation Web interface If you want to manage VPN settings using web interface. Install the necessary packages. # Install packages opkg update opkg install luci-proto-ppp /etc/init.d/rpcd restart Navigate to LuCI → Network → Interfaces to configure PPTP. Dynamic connection Preserve default route to restore WAN connectivity when VPN is disconnected. # Preserve default route uci set network.wan.metric="1024" uci commit network /etc/init.d/network restart NAT traversal Provide PPTP passthrough for LAN clients over your router. # Install packages opkg update opkg install kmod-nf-nathelper-extra /etc/init.d/firewall restart Static addresses Provide static IP address allocation on VPN server. # Configure VPN service rm -f /tmp/etc/chap-secrets uci set pptpd.client.remoteip="192.168.6.2" uci commit pptpd /etc/init.d/pptpd restart Site-to-site Implement plain routing between server side LAN and client side LAN assuming that: 192.168.1.0/24 - server side LAN 192.168.2.0/24 - client side LAN Set up static address allocation on VPN server, add route to client side LAN. cat << "EOF" > /etc/ppp/ip-up #!/bin/sh case ${IPREMOTE} in (192.168.6.2) ip route add 192.168.2.0/24 via ${IPREMOTE} dev ${IFNAME} ;; esac EOF chmod +x /etc/ppp/ip-up Consider VPN network as private and assign VPN interface to LAN zone on VPN client, add route to server side LAN. uci del_list firewall.wan.network="vpn" uci add_list firewall.lan.network="vpn" uci commit firewall /etc/init.d/firewall restart uci -q delete network.vpn_rt uci set network.vpn_rt="route" uci set network.vpn_rt.interface="vpn" uci set network.vpn_rt.target="192.168.1.0/24" uci set network.vpn_rt.gateway="192.168.6.1" uci commit network /etc/init.d/network restart Disable gateway redirection If you do not need to redirect all traffic to VPN. Disable gateway redirection on VPN client. # Configure VPN service uci set network.vpn.defaultroute="0" uci commit network /etc/init.d/network restart Split gateway If VPN gateway is separate from your LAN gateway. Implement plain routing between LAN network and VPN network assuming that: 192.168.1.0/24 - LAN network 192.168.1.2/24 - VPN gateway 192.168.6.0/24 - VPN network Add port forwarding for VPN server on LAN gateway. uci -q delete firewall.pptp uci set firewall.pptp="redirect" uci set firewall.pptp.name="Redirect-PPTP" uci set firewall.pptp.src="wan" uci set firewall.pptp.src_dport="1723" uci set firewall.pptp.dest="lan" uci set firewall.pptp.dest_ip="192.168.1.2" uci set firewall.pptp.family="ipv4" uci set firewall.pptp.proto="tcp" uci set firewall.pptp.target="DNAT" uci commit firewall /etc/init.d/firewall restart Add route to VPN network via VPN gateway on LAN gateway. uci -q delete network.vpn uci set network.vpn="route" uci set network.vpn.interface="lan" uci set network.vpn.target="192.168.6.0/24" uci set network.vpn.gateway="192.168.1.2" uci commit network /etc/init.d/network restart IPv6 gateway Set up IPv6 tunnel broker or use IPv6 NAT or NPT if necessary. Configure IPv6 on VPN server. cat << "EOF" > /etc/ppp/ip-up #!/bin/sh ip address add fd00:6::1/64 dev ${IFNAME} EOF chmod +x /etc/ppp/ip-up Configure IPv6 on VPN client, redirect IPv6 gateway. uci add_list firewall.wan.network="vpn6" uci commit firewall /etc/init.d/firewall restart uci -q delete network.vpn6 uci set network.vpn6="interface" uci set network.vpn6.proto="static" uci set network.vpn6.device="@vpn" uci set network.vpn6.ip6addr="fd00:6::2/64" uci -q delete network.vpn6_rt uci set network.vpn6_rt="route6" uci set network.vpn6_rt.interface="vpn6" uci set network.vpn6_rt.target="::/0" uci commit network /etc/init.d/network restart Disable ISP prefix delegation to prevent IPv6 leaks on VPN client. DNS over VPN Serve DNS for VPN clients on OpenWrt server when using point-to-point topology. Route DNS over VPN to prevent DNS leaks on VPN client. Replace peer DNS with public or VPN-specific DNS provider on OpenWrt client. Modify the VPN connection using NetworkManager on Linux desktop client. nmcli connection modify id VPN_CON \ ipv4.dns-search ~. ipv4.dns-priority -50 \ ipv6.dns-search ~. ipv6.dns-priority -50 Kill switch Prevent traffic leaks on OpenWrt client isolating VPN interface in a separate firewall zone. uci -q delete firewall.vpn uci set firewall.vpn="zone" uci set firewall.vpn.name="vpn" uci set firewall.vpn.input="REJECT" uci set firewall.vpn.output="ACCEPT" uci set firewall.vpn.forward="REJECT" uci set firewall.vpn.masq="1" uci set firewall.vpn.mtu_fix="1" uci add_list firewall.vpn.network="vpn" uci del_list firewall.wan.network="vpn" uci -q delete firewall.@forwarding[0] uci -q delete firewall.lan_vpn uci set firewall.lan_vpn="forwarding" uci set firewall.lan_vpn.src="lan" uci set firewall.lan_vpn.dest="vpn" uci commit firewall /etc/init.d/firewall restart Multi-client Set up multi-client VPN server. Use unique credentials for each client. # Configure VPN service VPN_USER="USERNAME1" VPN_PASS="PASSWORD1" uci -q delete pptpd.client1 uci set pptpd.client1="login" uci set pptpd.client1.username="${VPN_USER}" uci set pptpd.client1.password="${VPN_PASS}" uci commit pptpd /etc/init.d/pptpd restart Automated Automated VPN server installation. URL="https://openwrt.org/_export/code/docs/guide-user/services/vpn/pptp/server" cat << EOF > pptp-server.sh $(wget -U "" -O - "${URL}?codeblock=0") $(wget -U "" -O - "${URL}?codeblock=1") $(wget -U "" -O - "${URL}?codeblock=2") EOF sh pptp-server.sh This website uses cookies. By using the website, you agree with storing cookies on your computer. Also you acknowledge that you have read and understand our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree leave the website.OKMore information about cookies Last modified: 2023/09/20 15:45by vgaetera