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Hi Commmunity,

I just ordered my first VPS and want to set up a PPTP-server on it (Debian 6.0).

However, I am not totally new to the Linux world and managed the setup at home on a VM, but this VPS-thing appears to be a little bit different.

I have setup the pptpd and it's config files but as i try to connect from any client, I always get an error that the connection timed out.

For test purposes, I have removed all iptables rules and - what a wonder - I get a ping from the machine.

Does anyone have an idea why I do not even get a connection to that thing?

Thanks in advance,
Christian

Hello :)

U may write german as well if u want - though back to topic - any specific reason for Iptables at this server ?
And if so, maybe enable logging that you can modify your rules matching your desired setup, based on the log output, so your pptp connection isn't blocked any longer.

Enabling logging had no effect in syslog... Are there any other firewalls that might be pre-installed on the system (used the hoster's standard debian appliance...)?

Well - related to Iptables logging - something like - the final REJECT rule
And the final Reject rules
Though note that pptp builds up another GRE based connection so just opening the port 1723 won't be enough when blocking the rest with a firewall.

Ok, so to make it short: I installed a clean, fresh Ubuntu Server and set the appropriate ports open in ufw.

So far, it now works from my iPhone when I am not on local WiFi so I think my router is doing some weird things, but that might be another topic...

Thanks anyway for your advices!