[Security Firewall] openvpn fail

[Vito Sarcina]

VPN server menu configuration   Type ->  tls-server Device Type -> tap Local Name -> servervpn Certificate Name -> servervpn Local VPN Point -> 192.168.2.1 Port -> 1194 Ping Restart -> 30 Remote IP -> -- CA Name -> ca Remote VPN Point –> -- Remote Subnet/Netmask -> 192.168.2.0/255.255.255.0   This configuration create this tls-servervpn.conf file   dev tap ifconfig 192.168.2.1 --- up /etc/openvpn/servervpn.up tls-server dh /etc/openvpn/dh2048.pem ca /etc/openvpn/ca.crt cert /etc/openvpn/servervpn.crt key /etc/openvpn/servervpn.key port 1194 verb 3   and this servervpn.up file   route add –net 192.168.2.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 gw $5   This is the error of openvpn start   Wed Jan 12 11:12:35 2005 0[0]: OpenVPN 1.6.0 i586-mandrake-linux-gnu [SSL] [LZO] [PTHREAD] built on Jun  8 2004 Wed Jan 12 11:12:35 2005 1[0]: Diffie-Hellman initialized with 2048 bit key Wed Jan 12 11:12:35 2005 2[0]: Control Channel MTU parms [ L:1573 D:138 EF:38 EB:0 ET:0 EL:0 ] Wed Jan 12 11:12:35 2005 3[0]: RESOLVE: Cannot parse IP address: --- Wed Jan 12 11:12:35 2005 4[0]: Exiting -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   So I modify the ifconfig line : ifconfig 192.168.2.1 255.255.255.0   an restart openvpn openvpn --config tls-servervpn.conf     This is the error   Wed Jan 12 11:15:21 2005 0[0]: OpenVPN 1.6.0 i586-mandrake-linux-gnu [SSL] [LZO] [PTHREAD] built on Jun  8 2004 Wed Jan 12 11:15:21 2005 1[0]: Diffie-Hellman initialized with 2048 bit key Wed Jan 12 11:15:21 2005 2[0]: Control Channel MTU parms [ L:1573 D:138 EF:38 EB:0 ET:0 EL:0 ] Wed Jan 12 11:15:21 2005 3[0]: TUN/TAP device tap0 opened Wed Jan 12 11:15:21 2005 4[0]: /sbin/ifconfig tap0 192.168.2.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 mtu 1500 broadcast 192.168.2.255 Wed Jan 12 11:15:21 2005 5[0]: /etc/openvpn/servervpn.up tap0 1500 1573 192.168.2.1 255.255.255.0 init SIOCADDRT: Network is unreachable Wed Jan 12 11:15:21 2005 6[0]: script failed: shell command exited with error status: 7 Wed Jan 12 11:15:21 2005 7[0]: Exiting   What’s the problem ?   Thanks. Vito Sarcina