How to Configure PPTP on a Raspberry Pi Desktop (Debian)

The manual setup or the command line can both be employed. The installation of the ppp-Linux package is necessary if the manual configuration is chosen. The directory /etc/ppp/peers allow for the creation of files with names of your liking. Running the following command provides instructions on launching the program. On a Raspberry Pi, running this command is the best option for configuring a VPN.

Setting up a PPTP-VPN connection on a Raspberry Pi requires the following steps:

• Ensure you have a Raspberry Pi with Debian installed (specifically the official supported Raspberry Pi operating system based on Debian Buster, version February 2020).
• Obtain a premium ExtremeVPN account (if you don’t have one, purchase a subscription).
• Open the Terminal from the Menu bar.

• Install PPTP packages by typing the following commands:
  • sudo bash
  • sudo apt-get install pptp-linux

• Create a ExtremeVPN profile using the following command:
  • sudo nano /etc /ppp/peers/extremevpn
• Enter the following info:

pty “pptp ukl1.pointtoserver.com –nolaunchpppd –debug”
name extremevpn0sxxxxx #enter your extremevpn username in place of extremevpn0sxxx
password xxxxx #enter your extremevpn account password in place of xxxxx
remotename PPTP
require-mppe-128
require-mschap-v2
refuse-eap
refuse-pap
refuse-chap
refuse-mschap
noauth
debug
persist
maxfail 0
defaultroute
replacedefaultroute
usepeerdns

• Save and close the editor.
• Run the command to connect to the VPN: sudo pon extremevpn
• You are now connected to Extremevpn; to verify your current IP address and location, use: sudo curl ipinfo.io.
• Run the command to disconnect to the VPN:
• sudo pkill pppd

• To disconnect from the VPN, use the command sudo pkill pppd.