How to setup your own VPN server anywhere!
Before I start my tutorial I would like to say thank you to aspkin such a great ebook and website.
Using commercial VPN’s on eBay is always a risky business as many thousands of people could potentially be sharing an IP address with you.
The best way of getting around this is to create your own VPN SERVER. This guarantees you are the only person using the IP address and that eBay has not RED Flagged the IP address.
Believe it or not, it is no more expensive to create your own VPN than renting one from a company.
Total Cost: Between $5 - $20 per month depending on the location.
Difficulty: LOW
Time: 10mins
Step One: Get a VPS
Get a Linux XEN VPS with centOS (centos 5.4 is the best). A VPS is shortened for Virtual Private Server. It's not a whole machine (too costly!) but one portion of a machine. A 256 Ram VPS will be sufficient for setting up your VPN.
Pick your VPS service in the location you will be trading. E.g. if your selling on eBay USA select a VPS in the USA somewhere. (HINT: Make sure the VPS is within about 100 miles of the address registered on the eBay and PayPal account)
DO NOT BUY A VPS WITH ‘OPENVZ’ INSTEAD OF ‘XEN’….IT MAY BE CHEAPER BUT IT WONT WORK!
Step Two: Download Putty software
Putty is SSH software that allows you to log on to your remote VPS.
You can download putty at:
PuTTY Download Page Step Three: Log on to you VPS with putty
You will be issued with the following information from your VPS Provider:
VPS IP Address
SSH Username (normally ‘root’)
SSH Password
Open putty and type the ip address provided by your VPS provider into the ‘host name’ box and click ‘open’
A black MS Dos Style window will appear
Type Your SSH user name in and press enter
Type in your password and press enter (when you type your password no characters will display but your password is being captured….so don’t worry)
Step four: Install VPN Software
Type the following command line:
wget https://breakwall.net/promo/pptpd.sh
and press enter
then type in the following command line:
bash pptpd.sh
and press enter
you will then be issued with a VPN username and VPN password
Step Five: Connect to your VPN
Use the Ip address provided to you by your VPS as the Host name and the username and password provided in the Putty Window