OpenVPN for Palm Pre

The OpenVPN ipkg is a clean installation as the clipboard below proves. The Palm Pre's Linux OS is compiled with the /dev/tun driver built in, so you can ignore the module dependency warning. There is a project to create a GUI for the pre [1].

The OpenVPN IRC channel ##OpenVPN exists on the same Freenode server #WebOS-Internals is located on. Please stop either channel with questions after visiting [2]

OpenVPN is deployed quickly and easily. The OpenVPN.net website and source installations contain scripts that can make OpenVPN connect to your home or work when WiFi is activated. oc80z

note: oinstall is alias oinstall="sudo ipkg-opt install"

┌─(box@castle)-(09:28:44)->
└─(~)--> $ oinstall openvpn
Installing openvpn (2.1_rc15-1) to root...
Downloading http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/feeds/optware/cs08q1armel/cross/unstable/openvpn_2.1_rc15-1_arm.ipk
openvpn: unsatisfied recommendation for kernel-module-tun
Installing lzo (1.08-2) to root...
Downloading http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/feeds/optware/cs08q1armel/cross/unstable/lzo_1.08-2_arm.ipk
Configuring lzo
Configuring openvpn
Successfully terminated.


┌─(root@castle)-(10:17:05)->
└─(/opt/etc/openvpn)--> # unzip palmpre.zip
Archive:  palmpre.zip
   creating: palmpre/
  inflating: palmpre/ca.crt
  inflating: palmpre/palmpre.key
  inflating: palmpre/palmpre.crt
  inflating: palmpre/palmpre.conf
  inflating: palmpre/dh2048.pem
  inflating: palmpre/palmpre.ovpn

┌─(root@castle)-(10:19:33)->
└─(/opt/etc/openvpn)--> # openvpn --config /opt/etc/openvpn/palmpre/palmpre.ovpn >>/dev/null&

(...While pinging google, dropped wifi and monitored via SSH over Bluetooth PAN)

64 bytes from 74.125.67.100: seq=5 ttl=52 time=46.505 ms
64 bytes from 74.125.67.100: seq=6 ttl=52 time=45.603 ms
64 bytes from 74.125.67.100: seq=7 ttl=52 time=49.132 ms
64 bytes from 74.125.67.100: seq=8 ttl=52 time=101.013 ms 
64 bytes from 74.125.67.100: seq=9 ttl=52 time=1556.213 ms <-- cutover wifi to evdo
64 bytes from 74.125.67.100: seq=10 ttl=52 time=561.371 ms
64 bytes from 74.125.67.100: seq=11 ttl=52 time=54.932 ms
64 bytes from 74.125.67.100: seq=12 ttl=50 time=109.436 ms
64 bytes from 74.125.67.100: seq=13 ttl=50 time=105.896 ms
64 bytes from 74.125.67.100: seq=14 ttl=50 time=104.523 ms

┌─(root@castle)-(10:33:54)->
└─(/opt/etc/openvpn/palmpre)--> # ping 192.218.1.10
PING 192.218.1.10 (192.218.1.10): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 192.218.1.10: seq=0 ttl=42 time=456.665 ms
64 bytes from 192.218.1.10: seq=1 ttl=42 time=260.773 ms
64 bytes from 192.218.1.10: seq=2 ttl=42 time=268.189 ms

┌─(root@castle)-(10:35:13)->
└─(/opt/etc/openvpn/palmpre)--> # ping 192.218.0.1
PING 192.218.0.1 (192.218.0.1): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 192.218.0.1: seq=0 ttl=64 time=259.552 ms
64 bytes from 192.218.0.1: seq=1 ttl=64 time=114.898 ms
64 bytes from 192.218.0.1: seq=2 ttl=64 time=118.958 ms

┌─(root@castle)-(10:35:40)->
└─(/opt/etc/openvpn/palmpre)--> # ping 192.218.0.218
PING 192.218.0.218 (192.218.0.218): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 192.218.0.218: seq=0 ttl=64 time=502.137 ms
64 bytes from 192.218.0.218: seq=1 ttl=64 time=182.556 ms
64 bytes from 192.218.0.218: seq=2 ttl=64 time=123.016 ms