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HOWTO: PPtP VPN
This howto will list the steps necessary to set up a pptp server on a ReadyNAS Duo. PPtP makes a nice choice, because OSX natively supports connecting to PPtP VPNs. I think windows does also, but don'...
An update: WhoCares? helped me modify my init.d script. For some reason, on my readynas, the ppp device isn't created automatically. You'll know you have this problem if this appears in your /var/log/syslog when you try to connect:
So, you can either type
every time you reboot, or you can edit /etc/init.d/pptpd to look like this:
And don't forget to also build "PPP support for async serial ports" module when you're selecting the others.
May 26 14:15:24 bigboy pppd[3387]: pppd is unable to open the /dev/ppp device. You need to create the /dev/ppp device node by executing the following command as root: ^Imknod /dev/ppp c 108 0
So, you can either type
mknod /dev/ppp c 108 0
every time you reboot, or you can edit /etc/init.d/pptpd to look like this:
case "$1" in
start)
echo -n "Starting PPTP Daemon: "
if [ ! -c /dev/ppp ]; then mknod /dev/ppp c 108 0; fi
start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE --exec $DAEMON \
-- < /dev/null > /dev/null
echo "pptpd."
;;
And don't forget to also build "PPP support for async serial ports" module when you're selecting the others.
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