I currently have a small office server running Debian Lenny, Samba 3, & dnsmasq (DNS/DHCP). All office based XP clients have access. I now need to add XP road warrior access via VPN, and have installed openvpn. (It was installed per this howto.) All appreaed to go well at both server & client ends (using my XP machine @ home for testing.) When I start the vpn connection, it appears to connect, I get notified that a TCP connection has been established, but then it resets & closes the socket. It waits 5 seconds, tries to reestablish, and continues in this loop. I have searched for the openvpn log, but cannot find it in /var/log/ or any other location. Any help would be much appreciated. myclient internal IP (at home): 192.168.10.2 office internal network on 192.168.20.xxx myserver public IP (static): 111.111.111.111 myserver IP (lan): 192.168.20.100 office gateway: 192.168.20.1 Server.conf file: Client.ovpn file: Snippet of connection window messages: I notice the [undef] notification, but am not sure what it relates to. Thanks for any tips.
If you use 'server-bridge', you should have to start and stop bridge with given scripts. In my opinion, its not necessary to use server-bridge, you may use server routing as well. Please change this line with Code: server 10.8.0.0 255.255.255.0 and with Code: push "route 192.168.20.0 255.255.255.0" Similarly change, 'dev tap' to 'dev tun', and appropriate changes to client config files also. You may please refer to http://www.openvpn.net/index.php/open-source/documentation/howto.html It has step-by-step howto and guidance on every parameters, it would ease the things. Do come back here, if more clearance required. Dipesh
I appreciate the comments. Unfortunately, I still end up with the same issue - no connection. I have disabled the firewall (at both ends!) as well, and still no luck. My logs are showing an initial TCP connection, and then it just drops. In the end, though, I am in a position where I need a bridged connection - my remote hosts need to be able to see & browse the local network, and routed mode will not allow it to happen.
you still would have access to entire network with routed mode. I use routed mode of openvpn, and while I am on tour I can access all network resources of office. Dipesh
Hmmmm...that's interesting. According to everything I have read (which is a LOT lately!!!), bridged mode will allow browsing of the remote network, while routed mode will not - the [windows] client will not be able to see the browse list served up by Samba. I'm going to have to try it out, as currently I can get a successful connection from any client I have tried - but that is it. No pinging, nothing. I have tried with ALL firewalls disabled, so I know that is not the issue. Actually, I am beginning to think that my internal DNS is the issue stopping me now. I am using DNSMasq, and have noticed that it is not always pushing the default gateway to clients, and occasionally seems to drop the name resolution of my server (sometimes a ping by name works, other times I must use the IP to get a successful ping). Unfortunately, I am not sure if the installation of OpenVPN affected DNSMasq, or if there is a deeper issue with it. I am going to set up a non-production server her for testing today, as I had to get some files up for the office based clients. Any changes on that machine are now on a live server... Again, thanks so-o-o much for all your input. I will keep pushing away, and let you know what I find out.
