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FreeBSD pptp vpn client
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by o1

If the remote network is "common" such as 192.168.0.0/24 then you should chose someing more unique to avoid routing conflicts.

FreeBSD walnut 13.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 13.2-RELEASE releng/13.2-n254617-525ecfdad597 GENERIC amd64

connect to remote pptp vpn

Remote PPTP Server Name: office
Remote PUBLIC IP:        111.222.333.4
Remote LAN:              192.168.77.0/24



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install pptpclient
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root@walnut:~ # pkg install pptpclient

root@walnut:~ # echo 'gateway_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf

root@walnut:~ # sysctl net.inet.ip.forwarding=1



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/etc/resolvconf.conf (optional)
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resolvconf=NO



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/etc/ppp/ppp.conf
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# add these lines for each remote pptp server name

office:
 set authname user_name       <---- your username
 set authkey pass_word        <---- your password
 set timeout 0
 set ifaddr 0 0
 set mppe 128 *
 disable ipv6cp
 disable dns                  <---- do not allow ppp to touch /etc/resolv.conf
 add 192.168.77.0/24 HISADDR



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connect
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root@walnut:~ # ppp 111.222.333.4 office

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# ctrl-c to disconnect



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done
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