Set up a vpn connection - firewall blocking?

[mlvmhn]

i need to find the terminal, in order to disable my firewall.

where do i find it?

which command disables the firewall?

[deadflowr]

Did you turn on the firewall?

But for the record, try ctrl + alt + T with the keyboard.

Don't know what system or desktop you're running so, it could be different as to where in the applications it is listed.

[mlvmhn]

now i got it.

which command disables the firewall?

[deadflowr]

Again, did you enable the firewall in the first place?
The firewall is disable by default, so...

But in case try

sudo ufw disable

to disable

sudo ufw enable

to enable
and

sudo ufw status

to see what state it is in.

Edit: I would run the status command first.

[mlvmhn]

itś says its disabled.

my problem is that iḿ trying to set up a vpn connection, and i thought it was the firewall that blocked it.

what does "sudo" mean?

[deadflowr]

sudo gives you root access, meaning it gives the regular ole user(You) the ability to make changes to the system.

Don't know what about what about vpn, but I think you might need to install additional packages.
Look here maybe
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/VPN

Edit: This might be more current
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/OpenVPN

[Iowan]

I've re-titled your thread.

[mlvmhn]

k, my problems is that i try to set up a pptp vpn connection. but i always get disconnected after a few seconds.

i have disabled the firewall, and did everything as the pptp vpn guide tells me.

what other things to do?

is it hard to set up a open vpn?