[VU+ Solo2] VPN Using Private Internet Access

[Ashley69]

Create it yourself.

 

[hadiskamal]

hello friends
i live in a country with intense filteration of internet. i like to use this image but i could not telnet to have the the essentials of OPENVPN installed on my VU SOLO 4K box. i mean it is impossible for me to get the OPENVPN files from the VIX server(portal) by telnet. could anyone help me please to install it.by the way i have bought the openvpn account.and got the config files
THANX IN ADVANCE

 

[hadiskamal]

do you think if i create a folder named openvpn in the etc folder of the box and put the so called files in it i t works?

 

[hadiskamal]

Hello
world

 

[Ashley69]

You need to install openvpn on the box for it to work. Yes you can create your openvpn folder and drop your files in there.

 

[hadiskamal]

You need to install openvpn on the box for it to work. Yes you can create your openvpn folder and drop your files in there.

THANK YOU for reply
so if i create that folder and put all the required config files in it without installing it by telnet and without downloading it then i would see the openvpn in the plugin's menu?

 

[Ashley69]

Openvpn in not in the plugin menu. It’s in Network/ utilities.

 

[s2tephen]

openvpn

All files and instruction here for PIA.View attachment openvpn.zip

 

[Dan626]

I have openvpn installed on my solo2 but for some reason it just will not start? Any idea what it could be?
I have all the files I need and even a startup script which just runs really quickly and says execution finished.
I am on 5.0.032

 

[bbbuk]

Got this from PIA forum:

I thought I'd post this because the info isn't easily available, and actually it's pretty easy if you follow the instructions (thanks Cory Thompson).

1. go to 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 of the ovpn files

3. rename the ovpn file to client.conf.

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

5. create a password.conf file (create a text file then rename to password.conf)

6. go to Private Internet Access site and log into your control panel. Click to generate a PPTP/L2TP/SOCKS Username and Password using the button within the control panel and add the info to the password.conf file so the username and password are by themselves on separate lines, eg:
x598723
as89a9b90a

7. create a new folder in your VU/Enigma box in the etc folder and name it openvpn. Then place all 4 files (ca.crt, crl.pem, client.conf, password.conf) into etc/openvpn.

8. reboot your vu+

9. Go to settings>network>services>openvpn and install it then start the OPENVPN service. Choose to autorun if you want.

DONE.

 

[dsayers]

Got this from PIA forum:

I thought I'd post this because the info isn't easily available, and actually it's pretty easy if you follow the instructions (thanks Cory Thompson).

1. go to 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 of the ovpn files

3. rename the ovpn file to client.conf.

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

I have been plating around with digibit and there setup is similar. I didnt need to rename to Client.conf I just named the location extension to .conf

What I have done is used putty

On box I created a folder called digibit and dragged all the configs to that folder.

Now I used putty in typed

cd /digibit

this will put putty in the digibit folder

Now I used a simple command to rename all the .ovpn files to .conf

for x in *.ovpn; do mv "$x" "${x%.ovpn}.conf"; done

Now to add password.txt line to each conf file with one command I used

sed -i -e "s/auth-user-pass/auth-user-pass password.txt/g" /digibit    /*.conf

I,m not sure if you can still use password.txt with PIA if not just change the command line to auth-user-pass password.conf

Then created a password.txt in etc/openvpn and added my username and password

So now I have all the configs in /digibit I can just drag the server I want to etc/openvpn and start openvpn.

I have seen a nice plugin that you can use to change locations. You need to put your configs on hdd/vpn/(location folder name) then you can easily change VPN,s within the plugin.


I've also manged to do a simple script with my-private-network

 

[khan888]

Does anyone know how to use PIA on the firestick? I’ve installed the PIA app and it’s says connected to VPN, but it says my current IP address is the same as my original still

Cheers


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[bassethound]

Does anyone know how to use PIA on the firestick? I’ve installed the PIA app and it’s says connected to VPN, but it says my current IP address is the same as my original still

Cheers


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The original firesticks don't support VPN,s

 

[khan888]

The original firesticks don't support VPN,s

If I use the firestick on a VPN supported router would that work?


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[TK4|2|1]

Depends what you are using the fire stick for? Netflix and Amazon won’t work through a vpn


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[corythompson]

If anyone still needs help setting up a vpn I try to answer any queries.

 

[s2tephen]

You may also want to look into Smart DNS services if you find VPN blocked

 

[fp2979]

same issue with virgin superhub 3 ....... got it working and resolved, all the previous tuts are correct one thing they didn't mention or wasn't a issue

etc/resolv.conf file

edited that to dns server
defualt

nameserver 192.168.4.100
nameserver 192.168.8.100

needs to be changed .......

to open dns addresses

works

 

[bbbuk]

same issue with virgin superhub 3 ....... got it working and resolved, all the previous tuts are correct one thing they didn't mention or wasn't a issue

etc/resolv.conf file

edited that to dns server
defualt

nameserver 192.168.4.100
nameserver 192.168.8.100

needs to be changed .......

to open dns addresses

works

I never had to do that for my setup but I don't have VM as ISP.

 

[fp2979]

Tried numerous times on vu duo, vu solo2 and mutant hd51, without that kept on error logs in open VPN wasn't clearing channels, soon as I edited the resolve.conf file

Cleared everything up on virgin superhub3

https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-networking-3/etc-openvpn-update-resolv-conf-and-dns-leakage-4175608639/

Good read