Systemd and a PPTP VPN

Question

Hello Arch Community!
I'm trying to set up a PPTP VPN that automatically connects and routes all traffic on startup. The Wiki page still has instructions for rc.d. I've tried the following, but it doesn't seem to work
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/pia.service
[Unit]
Description=Starts PIA_CALI.
[Service]
Type=Simple
ExecStart=/usr/bin/pon PIA_CALI
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
When I run systemctl start pia it acts like it works, but the ppp0 device is never created. It works fine when i simply run sudo pon PIA_CALI.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks
drsn0w

Answer 1

Hi slreno, 
Based on this link: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314076, the following ports and protocol must be enabled for PPTP on all firewalls and routers that are between the VPN client and the VPN server: 
Client ports                        Server port               Protocol
1024-65535/TCP              1723/TCP                 PPTP
But as what you've posted, you have a modem/router from timewarner, then you might also need to open those ports on that device.
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