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FW: [Openvpn-users] OpenVPN, setting up on XP - stuck !


  • Subject: FW: [Openvpn-users] OpenVPN, setting up on XP - stuck !
  • From: "Conor Rafferty" <cr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2004 09:53:33 -0000
  • Importance: Normal

OK... I was not "really" connecting laptop via dialup the first time, but
merely connecting it from the LAN, to "simulate" dialling in...

When I pulled it off the LAN, and dialled in - my OpenVPN seems to work, in
as much as I can now PING from both ends.

So problem solved...

Can anyone tell me why it didn't work when my laptop was connected into same
LAN as OpenVPN server ?

-----Original Message-----
From: openvpn-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:openvpn-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Conor
Rafferty
Sent: 01 November 2004 09:01
To: openvpn-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [Openvpn-users] OpenVPN, setting up on XP - stuck !


I am running a LAN connected to the internet via broadband/router combo, and
a remote laptop that has a dialup connection.

I want laptop to be able to see my LAN

I have installed OpenVPN on both laptop, and a PC on the LAN.
Both machines have Windows XP.

I have followed instructions on OpenVPN site (very unix based!), but not
managed to ping each end yet.

I noticed the documentation talking about setting up a firewall:
"OpenVPN's usage of a single UDP port makes it fairly firewall-friendly. You
should add an entry to your firewall rules to allow incoming OpenVPN
packets. On Linux 2.4+:
iptables -A INPUT -p udp -s 1.2.3.4 --dport 5000 -j ACCEPT
This will allow incoming packets on UDP port 5000 (OpenVPN's default UDP
port) from an OpenVPN peer at 1.2.3.4. "

...very unix based - I think this assumes that firewall is on same machine
as the VPN server, hence when you open the port, you don't need to provide
an IP address to forward the traffic on to ?

On my LAN the firewall is in my Netgear router, and the VPN server is a
seperate machine, connected to the router.

I have set up port forwarding to forward traffic to UDP port 5000 to the VPN
Server machine - is this right ?

where am I going wrong ?




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