Hi,
Thanks for all of this. I got it. I had to enable packet forwarding on
the vpn server not the lan gateway and add a few firewall rules and a nat
clause, it works great now in routing mode, haven't tried bridging yet.
Thanks.
Dave.
"Unruh" <unruh-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Dave" <(E-Mail Removed)> writes:
>
>>Hello,
>> Thanks. I can get connected to the openvpn server while i'm remote,
>> but
>>that's it, i can't ping any other boxes or see anything on the other side
>>of
>>the link.
>
> That is almost certainly a routing problem. You have to tell your machine
> which packets to send down the vpn link. It has no idea what you want it
> to
> do without telling it.
> Post your routing tables and tell us what you actually want to do.
> route -n
>
>
>>Thanks.
>>Dave.
>
>>"Unruh" <unruh-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>news:BNEaj.29120$UZ4.22346@edtnps89...
>>> "Dave" <(E-Mail Removed)> writes:
>>>
>>>>Hello,
>>>> Can anyone assist with setting up my first openvpn? I've read the
>>>> docs,
>>>>howtos, and books, but something basic isn't connecting. I've got the
>>>>openvpn setup on a centos 5.1 box, and remote clients can connect to it
>>>>which tells me my firewalls shouldn't be an issue, but they can't do
>>>>anything else, not pinging, not mounting samba shares.
>>>> I've got keys and can meet on aim or irc if anyone has done this and
>>>> can
>>>>help i'd appreciate it.
>>>>Thanks.
>>>>Dave.
>>>
>>>
>>> /etc/openvpn/openvpn.conf
>>> on the server
>>> -------------------------
>>> dev tun
>>> #The other side should use
>>> #ifconfig 10.8.0.2 10.8.0.1
>>> #remote your.server.name.ca
>>> persist-key
>>> persist-tun
>>> verb 3
>>> port 1194
>>> ifconfig 10.8.0.1 10.8.0.2
>>>
>>> #This static.key file must be transfered to the other side as well.
>>> secret /etc/openvpn/static.key
>>> ---------------------------
>>>
>>> On the remote machine
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------
>>> dev tun
>>> #The other side should use
>>> ifconfig 10.8.0.2 10.8.0.1
>>> remote 111.222.333.444 1194
>>> #That is the server ip address
>>> persist-key
>>> persist-tun
>>> verb 3
>>> ping 60
>>>
>>> #This static.key file must be transfered to the other side as well.
>>> secret /etc/openvpn/static.key
>>> -----------------------------------------
>>>
>>> And them make sure that you use those IP to make the connections.
>
>
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