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rated 0 times [ 23] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 205089 / 3 Years ago, sat, june 12, 2021, 5:09:57

I know there are many tutorials on the net for setting up VPN client and server.

I you find one that is simple/short, I am interested only in the server part.

For client, I will use OS X so I prefer a solution that uses L2TP over IPsec or PPTP because I suppose Cisco IPsec would cost something.

I don't want to spent too many hours setting it up. You know, maybe someone already made a setup script :)

Note: I am using an EC2 micro instance running Ubuntu 12.04 on it.

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answered 3 Years ago losbu · Accepted Answer

UPDATE: As of Sierra, macOS no longer supports PPTP vpn. This answer is not valid for macOS clients Sierra and beyond.

PPTP via PoPToP is easy

edit /etc/pptpd.conf and set the remoteip option to a range on your network that is NOT served by your DHCP server.

e.g.

vpnuser pptpd vpnpassword *

This is all it takes to setup pptp. Now test it with your OS X client.