Struggling with VPN - need some help please
#1
Hi,

I've just got a Revo 3610 and retired my trusty old xbox.

I've installed the xbmc-9.11-live-repack.iso from USB.

I've had a few hiccups, (like a bad EDID from my TV),
but have managed to plough and google my way through them.

However I've come unstuck with trying to install a VPN client.
I tried to setup a L2TP accordingly to my VPN provider, and have got nowhere.

So I then tried a PPTP VPN, following a guide from the Ubuntu wiki,

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/VPN

and had a lot more success, I appear to have set it up correctly,
and even connected.

ip ro gives this output;

root@XBMCLive:~# ip ro
85.13.246.170 via 192.168.1.1 dev eth0 src 192.168.1.13
85.13.246.171 dev ppp0 proto kernel scope link src 85.13.198.68
192.168.1.0/24 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.1.13
default via 192.168.1.1 dev eth0 metric 100


and ifconfig gives this;

root@XBMCLive:~# ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 90:fb:a6:df:b7:09
inet addr:192.168.1.13 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::92fb:a6ff:fedf:b709/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:4234 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:956 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:643398 (643.3 KB) TX bytes:133134 (133.1 KB)
Interrupt:23 Base address:0xe000

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

ppp0 Link encapTongueoint-to-Point Protocol
inet addr:85.13.198.68 P-t-P:85.13.246.171 Mask:255.255.255.255
UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1396 Metric:1
RX packets:159 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:3
RX bytes:7216 (7.2 KB) TX bytes:80 (80.0 B)


I seem to have connected, but when I try to use a UK Script (tvcatchup+iplayer plugins), I get get a failed script error.
I have also installed firefox, just to be able to check my IP as well as visit the sites manually. Firefox connects via my real IP and not my VPN.

Obviously I have to make Xbmc (and firefox) use the VPN to connect to the internet and not use my gateway directly.
Simply being a Linux user and not a guru - I don't what to do next!...

Any help to fix what I've started, or even an alternative way to get a VPN going (not OpenVPN, please), would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
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#2
TVCatchup as far as I know has blocked all access via a VPN. And using a VPN to access iPLayer isn't legal either.
Setting up a VPN in XBMC Live is not easy. I did it for a VPN that used OpenVpn, but I had to do it via the terminal. And then wrote a script to fire it up.
Try this http://pptpclient.sourceforge.net/howto-debian.phtml This may help.
You may also need some more info from your VPN supplier. If you tell them you want to connect via Linux then they may have a how to or put you in contact with someone that can.

Good luck.
If you can't fix it with a hammer you have an electrical problem.
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#3
also, learn to do it in a full ubuntu desktop before you attempt to do it in live.
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#4
Have to agree with that one.
If you can't fix it with a hammer you have an electrical problem.
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#5
or use a proxy ... or even openvpn IMHO pptp is pice of crap ....
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