VPN server construction with Raspberry Pi

Create a script.

Rasbian

pi@raspberrypi:/usr/local/vpnserver $ sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/vpnserver.service

vpnserver.service

[Unit]
Description=SoftEther VPN Server
After=network.target network-online.target

[Service]
User=root
ExecStart=/usr/local/vpnserver/vpnserver start
ExecStop=/usr/local/vpnserver/vpnserver stop
Type=forking
RestartSec=3s
WorkingDirectory=/usr/local/vpnserver/
ExecStartPre=/sbin/ip link set dev eth0 promisc on

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Start the service and check the operation.

Rasbian

pi@raspberrypi:/usr/local/vpnserver $ sudo systemctl start vpnserver
pi@raspberrypi:/usr/local/vpnserver $ systemctl status vpnserver.service

If it says active, it's working.

Rasbian

Active: active (running) since Wed 2019-12-18 03:13:34 JST; 19s ago

The service will start automatically.

Rasbian

pi@raspberrypi:/usr/local/vpnserver $ sudo systemctl enable vpnserver.service

Check if the service is running.

Rasbian

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ systemctl status vpnserver.service
Active: active (running)

2. VPN Server Manager settings

Install VPN Server Manager on your Mac and configure VPN Server.

Start SoftEther VPN Server Manager. Click New Setting.

Create an administrator password.

With Bridge Easy Setup Check Remote Access VPN Server and click Next.

You will be asked if you want to initialize the VPN Server and VPN Bridge settings, but click Yes.

Enter any name in Virtual Hub Name and click OK.

Check Enable L2TP Server Function (L2TP over IPsec) in the IPsec L2TP server settings. Enter any password in IPsec Pre-Shared Key (* 1) in IPsec Common Settings. At this time, if you set a password of 10 characters or more, you will be warned that an error has occurred on the Android device, so set a password of 9 characters or less.

Azure setting is Disable.

Create a User.

Set any User Name (* 2), Password (* 3), and Confirm Password.

Do Local Bridge Setting. Enter any name in Virtual HUB Name in Virtual Pc. Check Bridge with New Tap Device. Select eth0 for the LAN adapter. Enter any name for New Tap Device Name.

This completes the VPN Server Manager settings. Ssh to the raspberry pi in the terminal and hit ifconfig. It is OK if there is a name set by tap_ + New Tap Device Name.

Rasbian

tap_softether: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500

3. Local bridge settings

Set up a local bridge on your Raspberry Pi.

Rasbian

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo apt install -y bridge-utils

Edit the network configuration of the Raspberry Pi.

Rasbian

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo nano /etc/network/interfaces

interfaces

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet manual

# SoftEther VPN
auto br0
iface br0 inet static
address 192.168.11.64
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.11.1

bridge_ports eth0 tap_softether
bridge_maxwait 10

Restart your Raspberry Pi. This completes the local bridge settings.

~~ The remaining router and client (Pixel 3a) settings will be added as soon as verification is complete. ~~ I have confirmed the connection, so I will add it. (2020/03/19)

4. Router settings

Set the WCR-1166DS mode toggle to AP mode.

• WCR-1166DS does not set the router.

Access 172.16.255.254 from your browser and log in to the SoftBank Hikari BB unit setting screen. (If you have not changed the settings, you can log in with ID: user, PASS: user.)

Wireless LAN setting-Stop the wireless LAN function of the SoftBank Hikari BB unit from the wireless LAN function stop setting.

Next, from the router function settings-IP address / DHCP server settings, match the IP address allocation range with the Raspberry Pi's IP address. The SoftBank Hikari BB router starts from "192.168.3.1" by default, but the Buffalo router starts from "192.168.11.1", so the device IP address / subnet mask is changed from "192.168.3.1" to "192.168.11.1". Change.

The IP address of Raspberry Pi is fixed by the fixed allocation on the same page.

Rasbian

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ ifconfig
Omission
ether Mac address txqueuelen 1000(Ethernet)

Check the Mac address under ether, and enter the IP address and MAC address in the fixed allocation.

Set up port forwarding. Enable, protocol UDP, port 500,4500, transfer destination IP address set to 192.168.11.64.

This completes the router settings.

5. Client (Pixel 3a) settings

Tap Settings-Network and Internet-Advanced-VPN to open the VPN settings page.

Tap the + button on the upper right. You can edit the profile, so enter it in the following items.

--Name: Arbitrary --Type: L2TP / IPSec PSK --Server Address: Global IPv4 Address of SoftEther Dynamic DNS Function --IPSec Pre-Shared Key: IPsec Pre-Shared Key (* 1) of IPsec Common Settings set by SoftEther --Transfer route: 0.0.0.0/0 --User name: User set by SoftEther (* 2) --Password: Password set by SoftEther (* 3)

Set the above and save.

After setting, tap the set profile and if you can connect, you are done. Thank you for your hard work.

The highlight of this time was the setting of the router. It took me a while to notice because I had no idea of using a wireless router as a mere AP and taking over the settings of the SoftBank Hikari BB unit.

Once the coronavirus turmoil has subsided, make sure you can connect in China.

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