RE: [Openvpn-users] OpenVPN with XP client - can ping both ends but do little else !

["Conor Rafferty" <cr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

OK, went back through and read everything AGAIN, and took a chance on
changing over to a "dev tap" connection -

didn't work on its own

but then I found out about "bridges" and how to set them up in Windows

hey presto - could ping from laptop to every machine on LAN, and vice versa

Eventually the network shares on the LAN became visible too !

So now I am well and truly OpenVPN-enabled.....

BUT, disappointed by the performance over dial-up, and also my
"client-server" business application won't work. Its not really client
server at all !!

.. may need to go back to VNC, using a faster connection for laptop e.g.
broadband...

Any ideas on how to boost performance ?

(e.g. Outlook is currently loading a .pst file with 10,000 emails in it over
the VPN, taken 10mins so far, and no sign of being finished)

### LATER #####

With broadband both ends (300k & 500k respectively, obviously limited to
300k) the VPN becomes usable though slow....

Luckily VPN and VNC can co-exist, so I'll run them both - use the VNC for my
business' client-server app, email etc, and if I need to do any extensive
edits on a file, I'll drag it down using VPN and edit it locally.

Maybe will revisit doing it all on VPN if I upgrade both broadband ends to
1M+, but in the meantime I have a workable solution.

I have learned tonnes from this process and am ever so grateful to all you
guys for your support.

-----Original Message-----
From: openvpn-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:openvpn-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Conor
Rafferty
Sent: 01 November 2004 11:23
To: Openvpn-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [Openvpn-users] OpenVPN with XP client - can ping both ends but
do little else !


Hi all,

I've progressed my OpenVPN to the point where I can ping both ends, but do
precious little else.

ENVIRONMENT:

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, so that when I am away from my LAN,
I can still access it - to copy files, map to a network drive etc. so I can
run c/s apps etc.

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

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 external router traffic to UDP port 5000, on to the VPN Server
machine.

>> ENVIRONMENT END;

Now I can ping from the laptop to the VPN server and vice versa, using the
private VPN addresses, 10.1.0.2 for laptop, 10.1.0.1 for VPN server.

However none of the LAN computers show up on the laptop under "Microsoft
Network" or "Network Neighbourhood" or whatever its called.

I have configured both ends to use 'dev tap' as the documentation hinted
that was the easiest, but I've a feeling I should be using 'dev tun'.
...and also internet bridging as opposed to routing...

Any ideas ?



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