Install Softether VPN and create a Destination NAT (D-NAT) Rule to access the private Client VPN Node on a Debian 12 OS Rumi, February 14, 2026February 14, 2026 This installation is a bit long, hence split into 6 chapters. Part I: Install Softether VPN Server on a Freshly Installed Debian Server Part II: Install Webmin Part III: Configuring DNSMasq Part IV: Configuring SoftETher VPN Server using Softether VPN Manager Client Part V: Updating Interfaces Part VI: Iptables Part… Continue Reading
Softether with DNSMasq on Debian 11 Rumi, February 26, 2024 What is SoftEther A Free Cross-platform Multi-protocol VPN program, as an academic project from University of Tsukuba. It is a single server which support SSL-VPN (HTTPS) and 6 major VPN protocols (OpenVPN, IPsec, L2TP, MS-SSTP, L2TPv3 and EtherIP). I would like to also highlight the VPN over ICMP and VPN over… Continue Reading
VPNGATE from SoftEther Community Rumi, September 4, 2022 VPN Gate Academic Experiment Project is an online service as an academic research at Graduate School of University of Tsukuba, Japan. The purpose of this research is to expand the knowledge of “Global Distributed Public VPN Relay Servers” . How does VPN Gate work? VPN Gate network consists of many… Continue Reading
Softether Linux Client using Bridged with Softether VPN Server Rumi, August 2, 2021 It’s assumed that you already have a vpn server deployed in your network, created user, password and enabled bridged network during vpn server configuration. A sample snippet of VPN Server Bridge enabled is below- So here’re the setup value- On Softether Server IP- 103.146.221.30/24 and Gateway- 103.146.221.1 Client Server IP-… Continue Reading
Softether Auto Installer on CentOS/Debian/Ubuntu (Backward compatible edition) Rumi, April 17, 2021 Softether Auto Install Script for multi platforms updated version Softether VPN server latest version v4.27-9666-beta-2018.04.21 Revised to last known stable version due to compilation error from their latest release An open source VPN project from University of Tsukuba Japan Centos 6 or 7 x64 Debian 8 (jessie) (Not compatible for… Continue Reading
Softether on VPS Using Local Bridge Rumi, April 4, 2020 Problem on SecureNAT SecureNAT is a fairly simple way to setup Softether. You don’t need a lot of sysadmin skill and network understanding in order to get Softether up and running. The problem is SecureNAT is a bit SLOW. I will show a comparison at the end of this article. We… Continue Reading
Connect to Softether VPN from iPhone and Android Rumi, March 13, 2020 Phone and Android has a built-in VPN client but originally they need Cisco, Juniper or other expensive hardware-based VPNs for remote-access. SoftEther VPN has a same function to Cisco, and supports iPhone and Android easily. Continue Reading
How to Setup a Multi-Protocol VPN Server Using SoftEther Rumi, September 14, 2019 SoftEther VPN is one of the world’s most powerful and easy-to-use multi-protocol VPN software, made by the good folks at the University of Tsukuba, Japan. It runs on Windows, Linux, Mac, FreeBSD and Solaris and is freeware and open-source. You can use SoftEther for any personal or commercial use free… Continue Reading