This would be a fascinating docker container idea. On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 1:00 PM Michael Butash wrote: > The VM is pretty lightweight, I give it 2 cores and 2gb of ram, though > looking it's only using 102m of ram with everything running, but my current > pc is loaded with ram, so I don't much split harirs these days. > > -mb > > > On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 2:49 AM Jim wrote: > >> Thanks for the advice. I'll have to do some more reading to understand >> all that well enough to try it myself, and get some cash together before I >> buy a computer that will support all that. >> >> I have a Dell 32 bit dinosaur (wallace kubuntu 14) and this computer >> (ladmo kubuntu 18 64 bit). I have apache2 on wallace so I can share the >> occasional file with friends. Instead of taking a short sound clip and >> making a video out of it so I can share it with friends on facebook, I just >> put it on wallace and give them the url. I also keep copies of my pictures >> and music collection on wallace. So I have /var/www/html on wallace and >> the user account on wallace mounted on ladmo via nfs. I also have an ssh >> server on wallace so I can access it from ladmo and so I can transfer files >> between my phone and wallace via sftp. I had wallace connected to the >> router via the 100 mbit nic built into it until Saturday when I found a >> gigabit nic in the cabinet where I keep boxes of parts. >> >> Good luck with your setup Michael. I would suspect nobody knows what >> you're doing online except the CIA. :-) >> >> On 09/19/2018 10:34 PM, Michael Butash wrote: >> >> I use transmission-daemon as a server on the vm with the vpn, and connect >> to the server on port 9091 with a transmission-remote client on your local >> lan workstation. The vpn should override your default routing, and make >> sure to kill ipv6 as a sysctl too. I setup a dns for the local server ip >> running the transmission server, and make it available on a bridged >> interface to the rest of my lan. I use stickshift on my phone to >> manage/view them then. I usually run squid socks proxy on it too, using a >> proxy switcher on chrome as an extension to flip between on and off use out >> that connection as well. >> >> For extra credit, I setup unbound to do encrypted dns to cloudflare on it >> via some google tutorials, and I use zerotier as a link all my servers and >> clients into a local-ish lan vpn that I can access on cell, work, public >> wifi, wherever really. Check them out at zerotier.com. >> >> -mb >> >> On Tue, Sep 18, 2018 at 3:56 PM Jim wrote: >> >>> I finally got the vpn working, but I'm having trouble with bittorrent. >>> So far I've tried Deluge. The next time I have time to mess with it, I can >>> try another bittorrent client. Michael, which one do you use? >>> >>> On 09/18/2018 11:35 AM, Michael Butash wrote: >>> >>> How are you configuring the openvpn connection? Using PIA vpn, they >>> give you an openvpn file to connect with, or at least did last I set it up, >>> and otherwise should just need the package dependencies installed with >>> openvpn. >>> >>> I'd say launch openvpn via the cli in debug to see what errors it's >>> giving with the ovpn file. >>> >>> Bridge or nat should be irrelevant, I've run mine both ways. You should >>> only need ports 1194 out to your VPN provider, you don't need to port >>> forward one back, and actually recommend you do NOT unless you're wanting >>> an openvpn server yourself to connect back to. Mine works fine out via NAT. >>> >>> -mb >>> >>> On Mon, Sep 17, 2018 at 10:57 PM Jim wrote: >>> >>>> I decided to try a virtual machine for bittorrent. The host machine >>>> runs kubuntu 14.04 with 4GB RAM. I've installed virtualbox 5.2.18. The >>>> virtual machine is running lubuntu 18 and has 1GB RAM. The problem is >>>> with the vpn. I can't get openvpn or pptp to work. I configured them >>>> using the same instructions I did on the host machine. When I try to >>>> start a VPN connction(openvpn or pptp) on the guest machine, the icon >>>> appears to show it's trying to connect, then it just stops without >>>> offering any error message. In Virtualbox's settings for the guest >>>> machine under network, I chose attached to NAT. >>>> >>>> Any ideas what I should do different? >>>> >>>> thanks >>>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. 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