The PPP link control protocol was terminated [Solved, Thx]

[Hysterics]

Hello.
First of all, what a great work of this project, its just awesome!
I Wanted to setup a VPN Server by myself on my home, but i had big troubles while doing this on my Fedora distribution...

The setup was fine, i created a account called "VPN" with a password of "VPN"
And the result while connecting was negative, it could not connect at all, after reading alot, i saw that the firewall was the cause of this, so i disabled it, and it worked, i could make connection, but... not for long...

It says connecting
Then it gives me a error
Error 734: The PPP link control protocol was terminated
I am trying to connecting locally btw.

I have opened many ports, but they all gave me noting (its still open)
What should i do next ?
oh and i did the small test with TrafficClient and TrafficServer, and those was positive!

Any help will be great!

[UkrZilla]

Hello Hysterics!
Could you please give us result this command on your Fedora:
iptables -nvL

[Hysterics]

Hello,
Thanks for your reply, im on it right now...
You should get a reply within minutes...

Edit:
Output is as follow;
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[root@Hysterics vpnserver]# iptables -nvL
Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT 1539K packets, 39G bytes)
pkts bytes target prot opt in out source destination

Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT 0 packets, 0 bytes)
pkts bytes target prot opt in out source destination

Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT 1552K packets, 39G bytes)
pkts bytes target prot opt in out source destination
[root@Hysterics vpnserver]#
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thanks for your time...

[Hysterics]

Bump...
Any moderator, or admin that may can help me? :-(

[UkrZilla]

You did not say when it happened: during connection or after success?

[Hysterics]

Hi, it happends during the connection.
on the setup, all what i did was;
Created first a hub with name vpn
btw, when i enter hublist, i get this;
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VPN Server/vpn>hubList
HubList command - Get List of Virtual Hubs
Item |Value
------------------+-------------------
Virtual Hub Name |vpn
Status |Online
Type |Standalone
User |1
Group |1
Session |0
MAC Tables |0
IP Tables |0
Num Logins |0
Last Login |2013-12-23 16:54:05
Last Communication|2013-12-23 16:54:10
Transfer Bytes |3,960
Transfer Packets |12
The command completed successfully.

VPN Server/vpn>
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Then after that i created a group called vpn, Grouplist command;
VPN Server/vpn>Grouplist
GroupList command - Get List of Groups
Item |Value
-----------+-----
Group Name |vpn
Full Name |vpn
Description|vpn
Num Users |1
The command completed successfully.

VPN Server/vpn>
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then i created a user with his name VPN and pass VPN
after that i also enabled IPsec/L2TP, by using IPsecEnable
and the result of IPsecGet:
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VPN Server/vpn>IPsecGet
IPsecGet command - Get the Current IPsec VPN Server Settings
Item |Value
---------------------------------------------------+----------
L2TP over IPsec Server Function Enabled |Yes
Raw L2TP Server Function Enabled |Yes
EtherIP / L2TPv3 over IPsec Server Function Enabled|Yes
IPsec Pre-Shared Key String |PasswordTest
Name of Default Virtual Hub |vpn
The command completed successfully.
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I hope its more clear now,

thanks

[UkrZilla]

Hello Hysterics!
Can you use SoftEther Server Manager for Windows to check all configuration?

[Hysterics]

pff, i really dont wanted to fix on that way...
Why is everyone doing this on Windows anyway, its also supported for UNIX like systems, and no documents are there, only how to install, not how to configure it...

pff, welll i have no choice then, i will do it...

[UkrZilla]

And you didn't say where do you try connect from?
Windows l2tp built-in client?
Did you use this manual?
http://www.softether.org/4-docs/2-howto ... ient_Setup

[Hysterics]

Yes of course, i am trying to connect from windows, and yes i do it like the manual on the website, except the destination name and the pre-shared key is diffrent on my side (my public IP as destination and preshared key as PasswordTest that i filled on the server-side

oh and im trying to connect localy, it says that Error 734 messenge, but it gives the same error, when trying to connect publicly...

[Hysterics]

Hello,
i have installed the server on a Windows 7 machine, but i have found something very odd...
There were 2 Virutals hubs, one called DEFAULT and one VPNGATE (when using the relay funtion)
I tried to login with the default name from the VPNGATE and it worked, but when i create new user it doesnt work at all, it gives me error from the client-side, while all setting are the same.
What should i do now?

i just know right now that linux was not the problem.. :)

[UkrZilla]

In which virtual hub have you created new user? VPNGATE?
Why don't you try connect to DEFAULT virtual hub? )
Use not VPNGATE hub)

[UkrZilla]

BTW, do you know that you have to specify virtual hub name in login:
user@hub )

[Hysterics]

UkrZilla wrote:
> BTW, do you know that you have to specify virtual hub name in login:
> user@hub )

thats a bit weird, why should i do this, while i did not used this on the VPNGATE hub?

oh and i have removed the VPNGATE hub, and only DEFAULT is left, i made a user ''vpn'' with the exact same settings on the VPNGATE hub, but i can not connect...
strange huh?

[Hysterics]

Sorry, you was right(about the @HUB), i have read alot the documents and got some ideas from the Windows version of softether, and now everthing works fine!
Thanks alot

i have now only single quastion left, how i can allow my server to visible on the vpn relay site ?

[UkrZilla]

Hysterics wrote:
> i have now only single quastion left, how i can allow my server to visible
> on the vpn relay site ?
vpngate.net?

http://www.vpngate.net/en/join.aspx

and don't forget make port redirecting if you use router.

[Hysterics]

Hi,
Sorry my bad, i mean how to make my vpn visible in unix-like systems, (fedora)
Connecting to the server does work now, but the only left problem is to make it visible to there, and yes all ports are open correcty (i tested on windows, and worked)
but now on the linux side...

btw that link is for windows, and as you have read quastion, im talking about linux

[UkrZilla]

Hi Hysterics!
Sorry, what do you mean "my vpn visible in unix-like systems, (fedora)"?

[Hysterics]

Hi
As you know, in the windows-version there is a button with it says "VPN Gate Setting"
When you press that button, you get some text like "Join the VPN Gate Acadmic Research Project?"
And then there is a checkbox that says "Enable the VPN Gate Relay Service and Join the VPN Gate Research as a Volumteer" that makes your vpn server visible to the website

I want to do this on the linux side, but so far, noting found...

[UkrZilla]

Hysterics wrote:
> I want to do this on the linux side, but so far, noting found...

Hm, just have connected to linux version. You are right.
So, all public servers on vpngate.net are windows...
I think it is inpossible on linux without manual adding record to site's db.
I think the reason of it is better support and work on windows platform.

[Hysterics]

aah...
well alright, its ok anyway, it works, i can connect and thats the most important.
Thank you for your help! i really appreciate it! :D