Tunneler Pro Installation Linux

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Tunneler Pro for Linux

There are many clients available for Linux, the native OpenVPN client is available for most Linux distributions. There are also many GUI clients available:

1. GoVPN for Linux, by Thomas Mathiesen.
2. OpenVPN-Admin a GUI for OpenVPN, programmed in Mono. Packages are available for Linux and Windows. By Reiner Jung and Everaldo Canuto.
3. KVpnc a KDE Desktop Environment frontend for various VPN clients including OpenVPN, by Christoph Thielecke.
4. OpenVPN Control a multi-platform GUI Management application for the OpenVPN server, by Ron Dorn.
5. kovpn an OpenVPN GUI for Linux using the KDE/QT toolkit, by Michael Kaufmann.

We recommend you investigate which client you wish to use.

Downloading your Tunneler Pro Configuration and Key Files

• Download your installer which contains the software, configuration and key files here:
  

http://www.metropipe.net/tunneler_pro_config_download.php
You will be asked to enter your Tunneler Pro ID: [This will be mailed to you]

Please consult your OpenVPN GUI Instructions on where to place your key and configuration files.

Quick Installation Example using the standard OpenVPN software on Debian

1. Install OpenVPN: apt-get install openvpn
2. Unzip and copy the configuration and key files to the /etc/openvpn/ directory.
3. Start OpenVPN: /etc/init.d/openvpn start
4. Log can be seen here: tail /var/log/messages | grep openvpn