Tom Lynn wrote: > Does anybody have an example config for using OpenVPN for remote > access. I'm using Astlinux as my home router and I'm looking for a > secure way to access my home network while at work or away with > business travel. > > I'll be using a Windows client. > > I tried the mini-howto on the OpenVPN.net website, but got hung up > because the Tap-WIN driver requires a subnet mask of 255.255.255.252 > , which would seem to allow only two hosts. My home network has a > subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 which supports at least five hosts at > this time.
Tom, That's not entirely accurate. Look at the client/server example here. http://openvpn.net/index.php/documentation/howto.html#examples The server sets up an address pool that must be different from your lan ip addresses (I use 192.168.15.0/255.255.255.0). It will take 4 addresses per openvpn connection. (so the netmask could limit how many clients you have available). By default, we're setup to follow the client server example which specifies a netmask of 255.255.255.0. The openvpn client config is pretty straight-forward. I don't have my windows workstation booted right now, but if you are not able to figure it out with these comments, let me know and I can post an example. You'll also need to open up port 1194 (udp). I have not used openvpn with astfw, only arno's fw. In arno's fw, there's a config variable to enable trusted interfaces. I added tun+ to this varable to allow vpn connections access to the local network. Darrick -- Darrick Hartman DJH Solutions, LLC http://www.djhsolutions.com http://www.djhsolutions.com/wiki ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone _______________________________________________ Astlinux-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
