OpenVPN is a free and open source software application that implements VPN techniques for creating secure point-to-point or site-to-site connections in routed or bridged configurations and remote access facilities. It uses SSL/TLS security for encryption and is capable of traversing network address ...
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Road Warrior VPN Setup
I apologise up front for the rather open ended nature of this question but I've got well out of my depth and could really do with some pointers.
I need to set up a road warrior VPN solution which ...
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openVPN - print to remote client
LAN (192.168.44.x)
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openVPN WinXP ws1 (192.168.44.37)
Server
(192.168.44.90)
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VPN1 VPN2
10.8.0.x 10.9.1.x
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OpenVPN and routing
I've a server running openvpn, and I have a little issue.
All my traffic is forwarded to the VPN, and when I use a website like "whatismyip" I see the server IP, so this part is working.
But when I ...
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NFS4 (TCP) over openvpn (UDP) - mount can be browsed, but D/L kills it
Setup works (client can browse nfs over openvpn and do some work and file transfers), but something is wrong because the NFS/OpenVPN mount will fail/freeze mid-transfer and (among other things) ...
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OpenVPN failing on self-signed certificate over udp, works over tcp
I have the following server.conf:
# OpenVPN 2.x config
proto tcp
port 1194
dev tun-vpn
dev-type tun
server 10.8.0.0 255.255.0.0
push "route 172.16.0.0 255.255.0.0"
push "dhcp-option DOMAIN ...
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multiple openVPN instances - tun1 fails
Various resources are on the below LAN, one of which is Linux openVPN server. For complicated reasons, I have to run 2 openVPN server instances, VPN1 and VPN2. VPN1 works great, hands out 10.8.0.x ...
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restrict Openvpn users to a certain segments
i have three segments behind openvpn server DMZ(192.168.1.x) Dev(192.168.2.x) and PROD(192.168.3.x). Their are two groups of users one group can connect to all segments from openvpn other users i want ...
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OpenVPN port share with Apache - client IP is not preserved
I have a port-share setup with OpenVPN and Apache over HTTPS which works nicely. However, in my Apache logs the requests are logged with the OpenVPN server IP, rather than the client's actual IP.
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Use OpenVPN gateway only on selected destinations?
Is it possible to set up OpenVPN on the client so that the gateway is used only on chosen destinations?
I have read this answer OpenVPN make redirect-gateway optional on making the use of the gateway ...
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How can an OpenVPN server be setup to use multiple certificates?
The OpenVPN documentation sets up a single certificate from a single CA to be used for all clients. Is there a way to set the server to enable multiple certificates from different CAs so long as the ...
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Ubuntu host and guest on VirtualBox as OpenVPN server
I'm setting up test environment to setup OpenVPN server as VirtualBox VM. Guest and host is on Ubuntu 12.04. Guest has bridget network adapter.
OpenVPN is configured by official ubuntu wiki ...
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how to pass traffic for port 80 not through openvpn?
Is there a way to configure OpenVPN clients to route traffic for HTTP port 80
and HTTPS port 443 directly (i.e. not through the VPN), but through the regular
default gateway the clients have. All ...
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Optimize OpenVPN connection?
This is a big headache for me for a few days now.
I having 2 servers on different location. We use OpenVPN to connect between the 2 servers.
Server1 has a Uplink of ~100mbps (OPENVPN Server)
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Socks or VPN or what when over a slow network that have a packet lost rate of 5-25%
I want use some kind if encryption to tunnel all my connection outside my laptop through an Internet server I have. My objective are two:
1- That all my Internet access appear to come from my server ...
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Timing issues with OpenVPN and NFS mounts (Debian Squeeze)
I'm trying to mount NFS filesystems over an OpenVPN link on Debian Squeeze. The problem is that the default layout of init scripts and such tries to mount the NFS filesystems before bringing up the ...
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OpenVPN configuration works standalone but not as daemon
The whole setup works standalone, ex: openvpn --config /etc/openvpn/openvpn.conf, remote can ping server, and server can ping the remote
When I start the server with --daemon, the remote client can ...
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How can I setup a VPN for remote users to connect to a AWS RDS server?
I have remote developers that travel and have constantly changing IP addresses. I would like them to be able to connect to a VPN running on a instance on EC2. Once they are connected to the VPN with a ...
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IPTables unable to nat trough VPN
I have a VPN connection to a server on a remote location. I want other pc's to be able to reach the webserver on the remote location trough the VPN connector. But i can't get where i want.
This is ...
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OpenVPN + traffic forwarding through external server
I would like to forward OpenVPN traffic through external server (like in ssh -D socks proxy).
A client connects to OpenVPN server but whole traffic is forwarded through encrypted channel to external ...
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OpenVPN port sharing - can traffic be distinguished from HTTPS?
I intend to set up OpenVPN with the port-share option on port 443.
--port-share
When run in TCP server mode, share the OpenVPN port with another application, such as an HTTPS server.
Can a ...
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howto only tunnel specific hosts route through openvpn client on tomato
I am relatively newbie in networking world although I did coding and know some sysadmin background for a long time. and here I'm only one step from my destination.
The whole picture is : at home I ...
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On a router that is an openvpn client, how do I connect the vpn to the lan?
I have a server with a public IP address. Let's call it $EXTERNAL. On that server, I have an OpenVpn server.
The server is set up to run a network:
server 10.14.0.0 255.255.255.0
I have a ...
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Selective VPN connection only for pre-defined websites
When I setup a VPN connection on my ubuntu box and enable it, all my network activity is taken over by it.
What I want to do is to go through VPN, only when I visit websites like Hulu and Netflix.
I ...
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Amazon VPC + OpenVPN
I successfully installed OpenVPN on my Amazon VPC NAT server in the public subnet.
How do I grant the OpenVPN subnet ssh access without allowing all ssh trafic to a security group in say the private ...
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pfSense - OpenVPN - tap - client connection: Default Gateway Error
We have setup a OpenVPN Server on a pfSense v2.0.1 Router with the "OpenVPN tap Bridging Fix package" to build a bridged VPN network. We followed this HOWTO: link
Nearly everything workes fine expect ...
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Port forwarding through OpenVPN
Here's my scenario. I have three hosts.
1) GATEWAY running OpenVPN Server. It has 1 LAN IP (192.168.1.10) and 1 OpenVPN IP (10.8.0.1).
2) LOCAL-CLIENT, a machine within the same LAN as GATEWAY, with ...
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Qos/iptables? for vonage and openvpn? … or something else?
I have a small home office setup. I use google voice and vonage for phone calls.
Please see the diagram --
I know this not the ideal but since my cisco switch (3550) packed up so this is the only ...
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Dnsmasq Configuration for OpenVPN
I'm trying to configure an OpenVZ VPS running Debian 6 to run OpenVPN. I've got OpenVPN running, and I can connect to it, but my traffic isn't passing through yet. I get an error when dnsmasq start, ...
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Linux: Connect from local network machines to vpn client connected to the server that is also gateway for local network
I have openwrt router. It has 3 interfaces: "wan", "lan" (192.168.1.1) and "tun" (10.8.0.2).
"wan" is connection with internet and it has real ip.
"lan" is my local network with 192.168.1.0/24 net.
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Host network injecting resets into my TCP connection?
I'm trying to figure out whether the host network I am on is injecting TCP Resets into my VPN connection.
I have a personal OpenVPN server, and recently my attempts to connect over TCP port 1194 have ...
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OpenVPN Setup - Service Won't Start
I'm in the process of setting up OpenVPN on a VPS running Debian 6. I've walked step-by-step through this guide twice now, and I can't get the service to start. When I start the service, the error ...
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VPN, Tunneling to hide 'real IP' through my proxy server while showing the client IP on 'real' server side
I would like to hide my 'main server' behind the load balancer, call it 'proxy server'
Although I use some closed-source software on 'main server' and it needs the client IP address to operate well.
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OpenVPN client “reboot loop”, but still working slowly
I have a personal OpenVPN server out on "the tubes". Last week, I was able to connect without incident and with very good performance. This week, when I manage to connect, the client seems to enter a ...
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Debugging multicast connection over VPN
I'm running Ubuntu 11.10. I have a local application that is trying to receive multicast UDP streams via an OpenVPN tunnel. I have network connectivity to the remote host that is generating the ...
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Wireshark/encryption and openvpn
I have a linux openvpn router and a home dsl modem. The dsl modem has port 1234 open and forwards it onto eth0 on the linux router.
I can connect to the router from a remote location no problem. All ...
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Lan access on windows2008-RC2 with OpenVPN
I'm running an OpenVPN server on a Win2008-RC2.
There's no firewall... for now ;)
LAN is 192.168.1.0/24
The win2008 is 192.168.1.14
I'd configured the OpenVPN file server.ovpn with :
server ...
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Tweaking network traffic for OpenVPN tunnel
I've set up an OpenVPN server on a VPS running Centos 5.7 via UDP. Clients connect to it on boot and if-up, get issued a 10.5.5.x address. The server runs mail, samba and jabber servers. OpenVPN is ...
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pfsense peer-to-peer OpenVPN not connecting
I'm trying to setup a peer-to-peer OpenVPN between two pfsense servers running 2.0.1-RELEASE, but the client keeps getting the connection dropped, with a status of "reconnecting; ping-restart" and ...
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Bizarre client IP switch-up on VPN
Let A.B.C.D be the public IP of my VPN server. Let W.X.Y.Z be the IP of the client before it connects to the VPN.
My VPN server's IP address on the LAN in 10.8.0.1, and the client is 10.8.0.6. I ...
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Using iptables to NAT VPN clients to Internet
I have set up a working OpenVPN server and client, and can apparently connect to each other just fine.
I'm trying to route all of the clients traffic (web+DNS) through the VPN server, however it ...
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PPTP a poor choice for VPN server?
I have an Ubuntu server with a static IP for personal use on which I want to install a VPN server. There are a few [unhelpful] tutorials on installing openvpn on Ubuntu but they all are predicated on ...
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Why my VPN doesn't work anymore?
I have openvpn server running on debian lenny. There is only one client - and it is running Windows 7 64-bit. This has worked for few months without any problems. And now, let's say for the last 7 ...
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Zyxel ADSL Router “P-660R-T1 v3s” and same-ports port forwarding
I have openvpn linux server behind the Zyxel ADSL Router.
In Zyxel web interface menu i do:
Advanced setup - Nat - Virtual Server
and add Virtual Server for openvpn
start/end port number 1194
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OpenWrt OpenVPN make two TAP interfaces instead of one
I have tp-link1043 v1.8, OpenWrt - Backfire (10.03.1, r29592)
Part of /etc/config/openvpn
Configuration created via web interface, by editing "sample_client_configuration", after adding, openwrt ...
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private subnet nat (openvpn / racoon)
I have a openvpn subnet 10.8.0.0/24 running one server and one client (laptop).
openvpn works fine. Browsing the web over openvpn from the laptop works also fine.
Now on the server there is a private ...
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Openvpn routing for a Racoon subnet
I'm able to connect successfully from a laptop to my server using Openvpn.
I have ipv4 forwarding and NAT enabled on the server.
I can access the web, etc.
But the server also has a S2S VPN with ...
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setting default gateway of virtual adapter on mac
I am trying to make a Parallels virtual adapter that forwards all traffic to a VPN I have connected on the host. I was thinking the best way to do this is with a route on the host's side.
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Debug VPN latency
Our openVPN VPN is having random latency issues (in particulier with ssh and smb).
How can I determine the cause of this latency? Can I play on the MSS with iperf for example, and how?
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Configure server to route all traffic through OpenVPN
I have an openvpn setup that is working great. There are some 50 clients connected and everything is handy dandy. I need one of these clients to route all traffic trough the vpn. I setup a ccd for ...
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SSH over dedicated OpenVPN connection
I have several SSH servers I want to connect to that can only be reached via (different) OpenVPN networks.
Now my question is: I have for each network a different set of certificates and sightly ...
