Markus Thielmann - Comments for "Hotspot Shield with Ubuntu"

we want freedom in our

we want freedom in our country, is no freedom of expression, so we need this program to access the blocked sites, we need help !!! and might be easy to use, our people not expert in digital world, maybe like hotspot shield in windows with simple right clique and connect on

we want freedom in our

Hey I need help please, I

Hey I need help please, I opened the confg file but I cant edit it, its read only, what should I do, If you got any help, use the email I entered in the format above... Much thanx

Hi, I am having the same

Hi, I am having the same problem here...
When I attempt to use the command to: route add -net 0.0.0.0 dev ppp0
I get SIOCADDRT: No such device
I tried stopping it and opening starting it again, but I get to the same problem every time... Can U help me?

thanks

I had the same error and read

I had the same error and read this
I still dont know what to do after stopping xl2tpd, could you please provide more explanation?

PLEEEEASE MARKUS

PLEEEEASE MARKUS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Spend a few minutes to clear up the confusion! Just copy and paste an example of the pap and chap files! I think that's where most of us made a mistake.

I wrote this comment after reading your tutorial 100 times, double and triple checking all the files (where I did not use quotation marks and stupidly just copy pasted everything you've written) and put in my own user name and the server ip i got from the hotspotshield site and reading all the comments as well!!!

STILL NO LOVE!!!

PLEEEASE Help!!!

This is where I got stuck:

root@andor-laptop:/# sudo etc/init.d/xl2tpd start

then terminal says:

Starting xl2tpd: root@andor-laptop:/#

then I type:

echo "c hotspotshield" > /var/run/xl2tpd/xl2tp-control

terminal says:

root@andor-laptop:/#

(now i think back where i started this doesn't look good, but I type anyway):

route add -net 0.0.0.0 dev ppp0

and then terminal says:

SIOCADDRT: No such device

so I say FCUK... This again...
And type:

xl2tpd -D

Terminal:

xl2tpd[3481]: parse_config: line 77: data 'lns = HotSpotShieldServerIP' occurs with no context
xl2tpd[3481]: init: Unable to load config file

Hello, # route add -net

Hello,

# route add -net 0.0.0.0 dev ppp0
SIOCADDRT: Aucun périphérique de ce type

i've got error after running xl2tpd -D

# xl2tpd -D
xl2tpd[1961]: setsockopt recvref[22]: Protocol not available
xl2tpd[1961]: This binary does not support kernel L2TP.
xl2tpd[1961]: xl2tpd version xl2tpd-1.2.5 started on omar-desktop PID:1961
xl2tpd[1961]: Written by Mark Spencer, Copyright (C) 1998, Adtran, Inc.
xl2tpd[1961]: Forked by Scott Balmos and David Stipp, (C) 2001
xl2tpd[1961]: Inherited by Jeff McAdams, (C) 2002
xl2tpd[1961]: Forked again by Xelerance (www.xelerance.com) (C) 2006
xl2tpd[1961]: Listening on IP address 0.0.0.0, port 1701

Is there no network-manager

Is there no network-manager plugin? Seems to me there is a bit of conflict between the two devices. Similar problems arise when using ppoeconf.

Oh, and the alternative has

Oh, and the alternative has to be free (as in beer), of course. 8-)

Dear Markus, thanks for

Dear Markus,
thanks for this.

if hotspot shield is rather hard to set up, could you tell me what the easiest, most user-friendly way to mask one's ip when using Ubuntu?

If you could also send a reply via email (aside from posting your answer here), that would be appreciated.

Thanks.

Hey i don't

Hey i don't understand....like half of it.. new to ubuntu.anywayz

on the second step, when you wrote "add", does that mean on the bottom of the page just copy and paste all that into bottom of the page of the xl2tpd.conf?

3rd step, create as in.. new page, then copy and paste all that without any changes and the file name save as "option.l2tpd.client"?

4th step
can you be more specific please? do u need the quotation marks?, is there a specific place where i write all that on each file? or do i just write it as it is
"hotspot name" hotspot ip "hotspotname" <-- just write your info down on the bottom of the page as it is.?? im really confused..sorry >< new to this scene

Hi everyone, I read all the

Hi everyone,
I read all the comments and followed all the instructions but still couldn't get it working, if unlike myself anyone got it working, please please please list the full commands to type so everybody gets out of this page happy and not confused.

Hi everyone, I read all the

I've got the same error as

I've got the same error as everyone here, is there really no fix?

well i think this vpn

well i think this vpn htts://www.ultravpn.fr has been around for a while and he’s completely free. As far as I know most people use it in the UAE where Skype is blocked. The speed is probably more than the average US broadband. I download at 700kb/s with this VPN.
I don’t really understand what trustworthy means? As long as Skype is unblocked and your computer is virus free for foreclosures, what else do you want? They cannot listen to your Skype conversations because Skype is encrypted. But even if they could, who cares?!

press Alt+F2 type gksudo

press Alt+F2
type gksudo nautilus /etc/xl2tpd/
now you have full control of the files under this folder

I attempted to do this but

I attempted to do this but unfortunately was unsuccessful.

You can read about it here:
http://www.kalvster.com/tools/ubuntu-hotspot-shield.html

Yeah, I get the exact same

Yeah, I get the exact same messages. Please help.

Ok, so I made it past the

Ok, so I made it past the install command in terminal, then every time i typed in [lac hotspotshield], it said "[lac" was not a valid command or something like that, so after a bit i gave up, only to find all embedded videos online no longer function, straight through from youtube shit to megavideo. I wish I hadn't closed terminal after I gave up so I could have paste the whole thing in here for a look over, but I'm pretty confused. I reloaded flash in terminal and it said I already had the most up to date version, I removed the xl2tpd in terminal, still all videos are blank. Somebody please help me out because the only thing I did on my machine between working and non-working net videos was that terminal command.

Thanks,
Justin

Ok can whoever has it working

Ok can whoever has it working post an entry on a blog about what steps they took exactly? I think this is kind of messy reading through all the comments

I had the same error, but

I had the same error, but found it was a configuration problem caused by a merry maids santa monica found on a hotspot shield.

I have the same error, any

I have the same error, any luck on how to fix it?

i cant edit the file and add

i cant edit the file and add ( on the 2nd step) it says i don have the permission to do so :S although i am the admin. can anyone help me on this plz

Traffic blocked? Now, for

Traffic blocked?

Now, for whatever reasong, I don't get a local error message any more. But I can't get a connection - not traffic coming through. Is Anchorfree blocking non-iPhone-traffic?

Hi All, I forgot: Try

Hi All,

I forgot:

Try this:

Liunx# route add -host 64.55.144.10 gw 192.168.1.1 -dev 8gil94

Update me.

Gadi

Hi Markus, after

Hi Markus,
after running xlt2tpd -D
I get
xl2tpd[23114]: parse_config: line 78: Unknown field 'refusepap'
xl2tpd[23114]: init: Unable to load config file

Do you know what I have done wrong?
I did find the line
4) Edit /etc/xl2tpd/l2tp-secrets, /etc/ppp/chap-secrets and /etc/ppp/pap-secrets, add
"YourHotSpotShieldUsername" HotSpotShieldServerIP "YourHotSpotShieldUsername"
confusing as I through I must add to each file
YourHotSpotShieldUsername IPaddress YourHotSpotShieldUsername

Over here I get this error

Over here I get this error message:

xl2tpd[8162]: setsockopt recvref: Protocol not available
xl2tpd[8162]: L2TP kernel support not detected.

I'm running Ubuntu 9.04. How can I extend my system/kernel to make it work? I've only found Russian and Chinese forums dealing with that issue, but I can't comprehend the answers.

TiA!

Hey Anonymous. Thank you very

Hey Anonymous. Thank you very much. All my hopes are put on you... Could you be more specific? How can I know fi pppd loaded ok or not?
When I try: route -host [HotSpotShieldServerIP] gw [gw ip] -dev [nic]
I get:
root@5920G:/home/isidro# route -host 64.55.144.10 gw 192.168.1.1 -dev 8gil94
route: opción incorrecta -- 'd'
Uso: route [-nNvee] [-FC] [] Muestra las tablas de ruteado del núcleo
route [-v] [-FC] {add|del|flush} ... Modifica la tabla de ruteado para AF

route {-h|--help} [] Sintaxis detallada de uso para el AF indicado.
route {-V|--version} Muestra la/el versión/autor y sale.

-v, --verbose descripción amplia
-n, --numeric no se resolverán nombres
-e, --extend muestra otra/más información
-F, --fib muestra la base de información hacia adelante (predeterminado)
-C, --cache muestra la caché de ruteado en vez de la FIB

=Use '-A ' o '--'; por defecto: inet
Lista de posibles familias de direcciones (que soportan el ruteado):
inet (DARPA Internet) inet6 (IPv6) ax25 (AMPR AX.25)
netrom (AMPR NET/ROM) ipx (Novell IPX) ddp (Appletalk DDP)
x25 (CCITT X.25)
I'm sorry for the spanish, It says that -d is an incorrect option. What is this -dev [nic]? The username we get from hotspot shield?
I'm sorry but I'm really lost... Just starting with linux and also my english is bad...
Thanks to everybody.

Ok After working all night ,

After working all night , I did it , It work now.

Markus Great tut, here are my comments (flow them and it will work)

1.After xl2tpd load "/etc/init.d/xl2tpd start" You need to run this command so pppd will load up.

I did try to do:
sudo echo "c hotspotshield" > /var/run/xl2tpd/l2tp-control

It didn't work.

You must be root "sudo su" and then run this command.

2. its good to load "xl2ptd -D" before "/etc/init.d/xl2tpd start" like markus say.

3. after pppd load ok , you can add pppd as default gw with this command:

route -host [HotSpotShieldServerIP] gw [gw ip] -dev [nic]
route del default gw
route add default gw -dev ppp0

Enjoy
Gadi

How do I get the needed info

How do I get the needed info on entry 5:
"YourHotSpotShieldUsername" HotSpotShieldServerIP "YourHotSpotShieldUsername"

With the download file being a .exe file I am unable to even open it in ubuntu.

Many thanks.