i never connected to technion using VPN , i did it for my isp barak-013 if you could send me identification or a link about the post you saw that would be helpful i also didn't use any gui for making the connection . but i would be glad to offer any help i can .
for making the connection you first need to verify the infrastructure , mine was hot cable modem and my nic got connected to it via dhcp , 'ifconfig' and 'route' should show eth0 up with an ip vpn is done by pppd and pptp software which require kernel support for ppp , usually if you are not compiling a custom kernel and using kernel provided by your distribution then you don't need to worry about kernel support . what pppd does is to dial to isp ( pptp | l2tp ) server and provide authentication , so the parameters are 1) isp server ip 2) username + password . after pppd establishes authentication it brings the vpn tunnel up which is a tunnel between your pc and the isp and in order to make that tunnel it needs the pptp software . pptp can be installed easily from source package and can also be provided via your distribution . the configuration files reside in /etc/ppp , the way i configure it is to put my username and password in pap-sercrets and create peer/013vpn which describe for pppd how to bring the vpn tunnel up an that is by calling pptp , when i get back home i can send you these files to see the syntax . after pppd finishes and the tunnel is up , you need to use the 'route' command to make your kernel route your network connection via the vpn tunnel ( i don't understand this part well ) before pppd's work your connection is routed to your dhcp server ( hot/bezeq .. ) and you need to replace that with a line for the remote address of the vpn tunnel i use /etc/ppp/peers/013vpn inorder to ask pppd to use a log file which shows the remote ip of the tunnel , but there must be a better way to do that . you also need to make sure that /etc/resolve.conf has the dns nameserver of your vpn tunnel , i also user .../013vpn to tell pppd to create that file and update /etc/resolve.conf On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 9:29 AM, Amichai Rotman <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Yakoub, > > I saw a post by you from a while back to the Haifux mailing list regarding > the settings needed to connect to the Technion's network via VPN under > Linux. > > I am helping out to the SSDL, and I would like to put together a guide, How > To, to be posted to the Lab's Wiki or even the Technion's VPN portal. > > I don't mind doing the writing, but I need your help (since it seems you > were able to connect to the Technion via VPN under Linux) with the > specifics. The Lab uses Ubuntu Hardy (8.04.2) LTS, but I guess we should > have a guide for both KDE and Gnome. > > Can you help? > > Thanks! > > .:====================================================:. > > Amichai Rotman > > UIN#: 6401746 > Registered Linux User#: 201192 [http://counter.li.org/] > Registered Ubuntu User #12851 [http://ubuntucounter.geekosophical.net] > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > PLEASE READ: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > .:====================================================:. > _______________________________________________ Haifux mailing list [email protected] http://hamakor.org.il/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/haifux
