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there is no deb package for the Raspberry PI h/w
should be easy to compile from source code,
doesn't work for me.

Anyone do it ? How ?



pi@raspberrypi ~ $ git clone https://github.com/SoftEtherVPN/SoftEtherVPN.git
Cloning into 'SoftEtherVPN'...
:
:
Checking out files: 100% (1039/1039), done.
pi@raspberrypi ~ $ cd SoftEtherVPN

pi@raspberrypi ~/SoftEtherVPN $ make
make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.

pi@raspberrypi ~/SoftEtherVPN $ ls
AUTHORS.TXT ChangeLog debian README THIRD_PARTY.TXT
BUILD_UNIX.TXT ChangeLog.txt LICENSE README.TXT WARNING.TXT
BUILD_WINDOWS.TXT configure LICENSE.TXT src
pi@raspberrypi ~/SoftEtherVPN $

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and configure, does not include Raspberry PI ARMv6 CPU


pi@raspberrypi ~/SoftEtherVPN $ sudo ./configure
---------------------------------------------------------------------
SoftEther VPN for Unix

Copyright (c) SoftEther VPN Project at University of Tsukuba, Japan.
Copyright (c) Daiyuu Nobori. All Rights Reserved.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation.

Read and understand README.TXT, LICENSE.TXT and WARNING.TXT before use.
---------------------------------------------------------------------

Welcome to the corner-cutting configure script !

Select your operating system below:
1: Linux
2: FreeBSD
3: Solaris
4: Mac OS X
5: OpenBSD

Which is your operating system (1 - 5) ? : 1

Select your CPU bits below:
1: 32-bit
2: 64-bit

Which is the type of your CPU (1 - 2) ? : 1

The Makefile is generated. Run 'make' to build SoftEther VPN.
pi@raspberrypi ~/SoftEtherVPN $ make
gcc -DNDEBUG -DVPN_SPEED -DUNIX -DUNIX_LINUX -D_REENTRANT -DREENTRANT -D_THREAD_SAFE -D_THREADSAFE -DTHREAD_SAFE -DTHREADSAFE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -I./src/ -I./src/Cedar/ -I./src/Mayaqua/ -O2 -fsigned-char -c src/Mayaqua/Cfg.c -o tmp/objs/Mayaqua/Cfg.o
In file included from src/Mayaqua/Cfg.c:104:0:
./src/Mayaqua/Mayaqua.h:257:31: fatal error: readline/readline.h: No such file or directory
compilation terminated.
make: *** [tmp/objs/Mayaqua/Cfg.o] Error 1
pi@raspberrypi ~/SoftEtherV

From a terminal use wget to download the software:

wget http://www.softether-download.com/files ... bit.tar.gz

Decompress it:
tar zxvf softether-vpnserver-v2.00-9387-rtm-2013.09.16-linux-arm_eabi-32bit.tar.gz
Compile it:
cd vpnserver
sudo make

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thanks to Tom
http://tomearp.blogspot.com/2013/11/set ... ether.html

Mind you that softether server on the Raspberry is dead slow. :(

mesa57,

I am running SoftEther on a Raspberry Pi and it is pretty faster with one or two connections. I would like to see the limitations on its performance. I was able to access network drives and my media server from a remote location with quick performance, but my Raspberry Pi is only running three services ... A Wakeup-On-LAN, the VPN server, and a VNC server. I will test additional users when I can recruit family and friends to make multiple VPN connections and the same time. I will let you know what happens.

Thanks,

brlathanjr

On the raspberry I get 2-3 Mb/sec whilest when Softether is installed on a PC I get 7-9 Mb/sec. Measured with LanSpeedTest.

mesa57,

Could you tell me how you did your speed test? I am curious so I can run the same type of test. Thanks!

brlathanjr

Download LanSpeedTest here :
http://www.totusoft.com/lanspeed.html

You can then execute the test by accessing a shared folder over the vpn network.
Btw, my internet connection is 60/5 on server side and 150/15 Mb on client side.

Download/Upload
Client 14.20 Mbps/12.60 Mbps
Server 17.15 Mbps/12.14 Mbps
VPN 4.80 Mbps/ 0.40 Mbps

The client I was using is my smartphone. Interestingly when I was at work access the VPN my performance was 2.8 Mbps / 2.8 Mbps

It seems like that should be good for 2 to 4 if they are using heavy traffic. I am thinking maybe even up to 10 or more if light internet surfing. What do you think?

During a lanspeedtest I see the cpu of the raspberry (model B) going to 100%. So it is stressed to it limits. But if you are comfortable with the speed, why not use it ?
I tested in a real live situation with the raspberry and PC located at one location and my PC some 120 km's away.
You're VPN upload test btw shows a strange low value.

With gcc 4.9.2 it fails to compile in Raspberry pi 3 (any source code, RTM or Beta, or from GIT).
I have installed a previous gcc/g++ (gcc-4.7/g++-4.7) version in order to compile it (RTM version that i tried) and specify in the Makefile CC=gcc-4.7 before successful compiling.

I followed this. worked for me.

[url]http://tomearp.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/s ... ether.html[/url]

I have two raspberry pi 1B models where i was initially running v4.03-9408-rtm, then upgraded to v4.20-9608-rtm (running without problems for some time), a raspberry pi 3b model with v4.20-9608-rtm all of them compiled from source without problems (as long the package requirements are met). I checked and none of them had gcc version 4.9.x. The last raspberry pi 3 i got, refused to get the source code compiled with this gcc (4.9.2) version for any source release.

Please install readline.
./src/Mayaqua/Mayaqua.h:257:31: fatal error: readline/readline.h: No such file or directory


SoftEther VPN require some libraries.
http://www.softether.org/4-docs/1-manua ... _Libraries