Hi list, I'm trying to connect to a openvpn server. This server is set up to use the companies DHCP server (dnsmasq) to provide IPs to the VPN clients. >From what I understand (reading the error message of nm-applet) NetworkManager currently relies on using OpenVPNs internal "DHCP server". Is that true?
I use OpenVPN to establish a connection and provide me a tap0 interface. After that I use a DHCP-client to get an adress for the tap0. Is NetworkManager able to use OpenVPN just as a "transport layer"? ----------------------------- Example client configuration: ----------------------------- remote XXX proto tcp-client port 1194 client dev tap0 verb 3 persist-tun persist-key status /tmp/openvpn-status.log log-append /var/log/openvpn.log ca /etc/openvpn/XXX/ca.crt cert /etc/openvpn/XXX/YYY.crt key /etc/openvpn/XXX/YYY.key pull resolv-retry infinite ns-cert-type server tls-remote XXX ----------------------------- Example server configuration: ----------------------------- proto tcp-server port 1194 mode server dev tap0 verb 3 persist-tun persist-key user openvpn group openvpn tls-server status /tmp/openvpn-status.log log-append /var/log/openvpn.log ca /etc/openvpn/XXX/ca.crt cert /etc/openvpn/XXX/YYY.crt key /etc/openvpn/XXX/YYY.key dh /etc/openvpn/XXX/YYY.pem client-to-client push "dhcp-option DNS 192.X.Y.Z" push "dhcp-option DOMAIN XXX.YYY.ZZZ" keepalive 10 120 max-clients 20 Thanks and keep up the good work, Christoph Brill _______________________________________________ NetworkManager-list mailing list NetworkManager-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list