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iptables forwarding port to internal IP

I'm using OpenVPN on a VPS which I want to forward incoming port 7999 from the external IP 198.23.248.150 to the internal IP 10.1.10.2 using iptables. I cannot seem to get the syntax correct and I ...
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OpenVPN server won't start (CentOS 5)

I am trying to setup a VPN server on 1&1 VPS. I was able to install OpenVPN-AS more or less as instructed; separately, I have checked and cat /dev/net/tun/ yields cat: /dev/net/tun: File ...
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OpenVPN Client timing out

I recently installed OpenVPN on my Ubuntu VPS. Whenenver I try to connect to it, I can establish a connection just fine. However, everything I try to connect to times out. If I try to ping ...
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Trying to set up OpenVPN server on a vps

I'm trying to set up an OpenVPN server on my VPS for myself when I'm in public places, using this tutorial, http://tipupdate.com/how-to-install-openvpn-on-ubuntu-vps/ However whenever I try to start ...
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OpenVPN-based VPN server on same system it's “protecting”: feasible?

Scenario: hosted machine (typically a VPS) serving wiki, svn, git, forums, email lists (eg: GNU mailman), Bugzilla (etc) privately to < 20 people. People not on team not allowed access. Seeking ...
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OpenVPN Continually Reauthorizes

I have been running OpenVPN on a small VPS for my family for the past several months, and have been happy with it. Last week my host rebooted the box and now I'm having issues. They turned TUN back ...
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Cannot open TUN/TAP dev /dev/as0t0: No such file or directory (errno=2)

I just attempted to install OpenVPN Access Server on my Debian VPS that uses OpenVZ. It installed fine, however when I try to start it from the administration panel, I get these errors: process ...
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OpenVPN on VPS working correctly until I add “iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -j SNAT --to-source <venet's IP>” to iptables

I have a VPS(with OpenVZ virtualisation) set up with OpenVPN. Clients can connect to the server and the server can ping and access clients. But clients does not have access to the internet through ...
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Bridged OpenVPN: Are these iface settings safe on a dynamic DHCP?

I'm following this guide in order to set up OpenVPN. The tutorial looks fine, but I got a bit sceptical when it told me to change my network interface settings. More precisely it tells me to switch ...
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OpenVPN and PPTP on XEN VPS

I have Debian based system (Ubuntu 11.10) on XEN VPS. I've installed OpenVPN and works great. I need to install PPTP too, so did it and clients can connect, but they have no internet on client side. ...
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Whitelist a certificate in openvpn

To revoke the access to a client, I can do $./revoke-full client_name And then place the new crl.pem in the server. But, how do I re-enable that client? Removing the crl.pem file is not a ...
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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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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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openvpn: distribute other ip

i have openvpn installed on my vps now what i an trying to do is to let the client have their own ip as of now when a client connect to my vpn(2.2.2.2 example ip) -they will get the same ip as my ...
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Recommended VPN approach for SOHO

I need to implement a VPN solution in a SOHO environment. So far I know of several alternatives: -Hire a VPN provider -VPS with OpenVPN. -Run a dd-wrt OpenVPN enabled router. I'm searching for a ...
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Installing software from RPMForge repo

I have a centos 5 x86 vps and I want to install openvpn in the easiest and fastest way possible. So I decided to use a repo. The rpmforge repo has openvpn. As you can see, that link shows that there ...
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Issues with OpenVPN 2.1.4 running on CentOS VPS server

I have a VPS server with Media Temple, running CentOS with Plesk Parallels installed. It has a VPN module which I would ultimately like to configure to allow multiple clients to connect to the VPN ...
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surfing internet through openvpn

i have openvpn server and the client are able connect to the server by ( openvpn Gui ver2.2beta5 ) but the clients can't surf the internet what can i do to solve this problem?????? thanks all
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Direct connection between multiple clients on OpenVPN

I've spent my entire day learning about VPN, and have been working with following setup: 2 VPS Servers at the same data centre in Texas. (Texas1 and Texas2), 1 VPS in England and 1 VPS in Atlanta and ...
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Does A SSL Certificate Need to be Purchased and Setup for OpenVPN?

I'm planning on setting up OpenVPN on a Cloud Server from Rackspace Cloud. Does a SSL certificate need to be purchased and setup manually for OpenVPN? What about Amazon EC2?
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Connecting to different OpenVPN servers

I have set up two different OpenVPN servers, one in the US and one in London. I connect to them from home using Windows 7, and the software I use is the basic OpenVPN client. Now the problem I have ...
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Want to route all internet traffic through VPN

I want to route all internet traffic through a VPN client, so if the VPN somehow lose connection, nobody can find my real IP. So if VPS goes down, so my internet access. I'm using OpenVPN with this ...
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Setting up VPN on Ubuntu VPS @ linode

I'm really struggling with this because I'm not a network admin, only a mortal programmer. Linode gives you an external and internal IP for use with other nodes on the linode network. In my case I've ...