VPN Using Private Internet Access

[Colinhunter]

have been playing with this and have these settings

For those struggling to set up openvpn on their VU+ box, this guide may be useful.

1. goto the client support pages of private internet access site and download the OpenVPN Configuration Files (Default)

2. from the zip file we need ca.crt crl.pem and any ovpn file

3. edit the name of the ovpn file to client.conf.

4. open the client.conf and modify the line "auth-user-pass" so it reads "auth-user-pass password.txt" (without the quotes)

5. create a password.txt file

6. put your PIA username and password on seperate lines into the password.txt file

7. place all 4 files (ca.crt, crl.pem, client.conf, password.txt) into the openvpn folder on your box (etc/openvpn)

8. reboot your vu+

9. start the service from the settings - network - openvpn

10. ssh to your vu+ and check the ip with this command wget -qO- http://ipecho.net/plain;echo

[ChrisSat1]

Hello


I have got my PIA VPN up and running on DUO2.

Does anyone know how to request a port on the VPN and then always use this port. (This would hopefully allow for encrypted streaming) ?


Thanks in advance

[weigy104]

Hi Guys, I found a way to check external IP as command given in the steps didn't work for me. If you telnet onto your STB and run "wget http://ipinfo.io/ip -qO -"

You could then type that IP into http://whatismyipaddress.com/ip-lookup to check you are connected to the right server.

[harryajh]

have been playing with this and have these settings

For those struggling to set up openvpn on their VU+ box, this guide may be useful.

1. goto the client support pages of private internet access site and download the OpenVPN Configuration Files (Default)

2. from the zip file we need ca.crt crl.pem and any ovpn file

3. edit the name of the ovpn file to client.conf.

4. open the client.conf and modify the line "auth-user-pass" so it reads "auth-user-pass password.txt" (without the quotes)

5. create a password.txt file

6. put your PIA username and password on seperate lines into the password.txt file

7. place all 4 files (ca.crt, crl.pem, client.conf, password.txt) into the openvpn folder on your box (etc/openvpn)

8. reboot your vu+

9. start the service from the settings - network - openvpn

10. ssh to your vu+ and check the ip with this command wget -qO- http://ipecho.net/plain;echo

sorry to resurrect this but found it very useful after giving up on trying to setup openvpn with purevpn on vix 5.07, another user recommended PIA - which I invested in but -

1. something that caught me out, in password.txt, be careful to just put the ACTUAL user/password and not the full lines given on PIA's site which include those words, also stick a Carriage Return after the password.

2. ca.rsa.2048.crt & crl.rsa.2048.pem were the files I donwloaded - if you rename them to the above, you'll need to change the client.conf

3. OpenVPN now connects BUT (as in all good Linux, fix one, break one fashion ), when it starts, my CCCam stops - seems I can either have softcam or openvpn running but not together - any ideas anybody? - on verge of ditching 5 and going back to 4

thanks in advance for any help

[harryajh]

and today, 3. is now working no idea why!

hope 1 & 2 help someone

[NeRd666]

Is any way of getting vpn to work with purevpn service? i have ca.crt and wdc.key file but none of the others mentioned in guide

[harryajh]

Is any way of getting vpn to work with purevpn service? i have ca.crt and wdc.key file but none of the others mentioned in guide

sorry but I gave up, worked great with 4 but God knows what's changed in 5, I'm sure a techie will figure it out

[tinner]

did anyone get this working with purevpn, i've asked for help on pure's website but they direct me to linux set up,

[daz450]

cannot find openvpn folder in etc? also when I download the config files there is no .pem to find?

[tinner]

could anyone work out this error log for me?
Sun May 7 16:02:34 2017 WARNING: file '/etc/openvpn/login.txt' is group or others accessible
Sun May 7 16:02:34 2017 OpenVPN 2.4.0 mipsel-oe-linux-gnu [SSL (OpenSSL)] [LZO] [LZ4] [EPOLL] [MH/PKTINFO] [AEAD] built on Feb 18 2017
Sun May 7 16:02:34 2017 library versions: OpenSSL 1.0.2j 26 Sep 2016, LZO 2.09
Sun May 7 16:02:34 2017 TCP/UDP: Preserving recently used remote address: [AF_INET]31.24.226.146:1198
Sun May 7 16:02:34 2017 UDP link local: (not bound)
Sun May 7 16:02:34 2017 UDP link remote: [AF_INET]31.24.226.146:1198
Sun May 7 16:02:35 2017 WARNING: 'link-mtu' is used inconsistently, local='link-mtu 1558', remote='link-mtu 1542'
Sun May 7 16:02:35 2017 WARNING: 'cipher' is used inconsistently, local='cipher AES-128-CBC', remote='cipher BF-CBC'
Sun May 7 16:02:35 2017 [88ef1324f4e677348e5e16cd65243580] Peer Connection Initiated with [AF_INET]31.24.226.146:1198
Sun May 7 16:02:36 2017 AUTH: Received control message: AUTH_FAILED
Sun May 7 16:02:36 2017 SIGTERM[soft,auth-failure] received, process exiting

thanks

[sinky50]

I cant get openvpn to work im using Private Internet access wit con figs altered as example on page 1 para 2. hers log file i get which looks like its working but no internet access while its running on Vu+Duo 2 Vix 5.0.014

Sun Jun 4 17:04:25 2017 WARNING: file 'password.txt' is group or others accessible
Sun Jun 4 17:04:25 2017 OpenVPN 2.4.0 mipsel-oe-linux-gnu [SSL (OpenSSL)] [LZO] [LZ4] [EPOLL] [MH/PKTINFO] [AEAD] built on Feb 10 2017
Sun Jun 4 17:04:25 2017 library versions: OpenSSL 1.0.2j 26 Sep 2016, LZO 2.09
Sun Jun 4 17:04:25 2017 TCP/UDP: Preserving recently used remote address: [AF_INET]104.238.169.15:1198
Sun Jun 4 17:04:25 2017 UDP link local: (not bound)
Sun Jun 4 17:04:25 2017 UDP link remote: [AF_INET]104.238.169.15:1198
Sun Jun 4 17:04:26 2017 WARNING: 'link-mtu' is used inconsistently, local='link-mtu 1558', remote='link-mtu 1542'
Sun Jun 4 17:04:26 2017 WARNING: 'cipher' is used inconsistently, local='cipher AES-128-CBC', remote='cipher BF-CBC'
Sun Jun 4 17:04:26 2017 [dc7b0d700e89c11c167d8f4bef807d97] Peer Connection Initiated with [AF_INET]104.238.169.15:1198
Sun Jun 4 17:04:32 2017 TUN/TAP device tun0 opened
Sun Jun 4 17:04:32 2017 do_ifconfig, tt->did_ifconfig_ipv6_setup=0
Sun Jun 4 17:04:32 2017 /sbin/ip link set dev tun0 up mtu 1500
Sun Jun 4 17:04:32 2017 /sbin/ip addr add dev tun0 local 10.71.10.6 peer 10.71.10.5
Sun Jun 4 17:04:32 2017 Initialization Sequence Completed

Can someone check this log to see if they can help me. thanks sinky

[keeling55]

Not sure why this won't work. I've followed the instructions as best I can but the openvpn on the box is showing Current Status 'stopped', no idea how to get it running. Tried the green button to start it but nothing happens.

Anyone else had this.

[v8rick]

Not sure why this won't work. I've followed the instructions as best I can but the openvpn on the box is showing Current Status 'stopped', no idea how to get it running. Tried the green button to start it but nothing happens.

Anyone else had this.

I've tried all sorts (over the last month) with nordvpn. The closest i came was to get an error message in the log .
This could be the first thing i give up on.

[stephentg]

Any help, where can I find this OpenVPN Configuration Files to download.

[stephentg]

Sorry to ask the same question. I am using Openvix 5 on Duo2. I have OpenVpn set on my box .I have a VPN provider Digibit, they have sent me the following ca.crt, openvpn config files and I have my user and pass word.* I have tried using Telnet via the Vu+ Control Centre, but it say options error: In CMD-LINE. Can I use FileZilla. I have enclosed 2 Pics 1 is the config file set up. Any advice.20170725_171812_resized.jpg20170726_155752_1501137779850_resized.jpg