I have a small VPS which is based on OpenVZ and TUN/TAP is enabled. I am trying to set up a small VPN but I am running in some problems.
The first thing I have tried is to set up the VPN using PPTP, but I came to the conclusion that it does not work with OpenVZ.
Now my ISP recommended OpenVPN, but when looking at the tutorial I have to pay for the service if the network grows bigger than 2 clients. Another downside with OpenVPN I think is that you need to download a whole package with installer to use it.
So my question is what the best way is to achieve the VPN that I am looking for.
My server is linux based (debian / centos / etc), and the computer I use to connect is a Windows 7 machine.
Best Answer
Well, it should be possible to achieve a PPTP vpn to your OpenVZ server. But I have bad experiences with PPTPD (you will have to install a package for the PPTP deamon too!) and a lot of good experiences with OpenVPN and the costs are tiny: 5USD for a extra concurrent connection. You could add as much clients as you want, when you stay under 3 concurrent connections, you don't need to pay anything. I recommend installing OpenVPN instead of PPTPD since OpenVPN requires no set-up on a client, just download an executable and you're good te go. Installing and troubleshooting OpenVPN is also a lot easier, since you're dealing with a nice webinterface.