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How should I configure OpenVPN from gateway server to private server?
Seeking a bit of guidance on how I should set up my OpenVPN tunnel from client -> gateway server -> home server.
Right now I'm running an Ubuntu 20.04 server on my home network. In order to
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Not all traffic works through a OpenVPN gateway
I'm setting up my Pi to act as a VPN gateway for selected devices on my home network. At the moment I can configure my phone to use the Pi as the router and can browse the internet, my IP shows up as ...
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Using Plex through a VPN only works for HTTPS but not the iOS apps
I have an OpenVPN server running on my NAS. Also on that NAS is Plex media server.
When my phone is on the same network as my NAS, I can use the Plex iOS apps fine.
When I am not on my home network, I ...
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Establishing a VPN connection between 2 PCs behind CGNAT through a cloud server
I have 3 devices in different countries. I want to establish an OpenVPN server on my machine and a client on the other 2 machines and route all their traffic through my network. The problem is that ...
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Issues with internet connection via openvpn
The organization I'm with uses an OpenVPN connection and RDP to log into a virtual environment we work with. The way I understand it only traffic that is aimed at our internal net (in the 10.0.0.0/8 ...
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DockOvpn: TLS key negotiation timeout
I am running alekslitvinenk/openvpn (aka "DockOvpn") with the following docker-compose.yaml:
version: '3'
volumes:
dockovpn:
networks:
frontend:
services:
dockovpn:
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Has anyone ran a pfsense firewall behind a Starlink dish and successfully deployed OpenVPN?
So I've connected my Netgate pfsense firewall directly to my starlink dish (gen 1 router with round dish) successfully, and have WAN/LAN running smoothly. Port1WAN 192.168.
I followed this video and ...
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Cannot access internet through openVPN on certain IP pools
My setup currently is an Ubuntu 20.04 server running docker with an OpenVPN server inside a container, specifically this one.
Running with the default config:
server 192.168.255.0 255.255.255.0
verb 3
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OpenVPN Client connects to host server but internet does not work on client
I have searched everywhere for an answer and I am still at a loss. I have setup an OpenVPN host server on a windows PC on a personal network. When I initiate a connection to the server on the ...
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Problems configuring OpenVPN to use the public IP and LAN as their own, for clients
I ran into a problem when configuring an OpenVPN server to use my public IP address and access devices on my local network through that server. My goal is to allow users to use my public IP and access ...
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forward tcp requests through VPN
I have 3 devices:
A server, connected to Network1
A laptop, connected to Network2
A Raspberry Pi, also connected to Network2
There is also a openVPN server on Network1, plus port forwarding for ...
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Strange VPN problems in new home network
I have a very strange problem after I moved apartments. I'm working remotely from Japan using a OpenVPN connection and connect to my work computer via Remote Desktop. I recently moved apartments. In ...
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Can I access multiple OpenVPN connections, each accessed through socks proxy?
I have a piece of software, I'll call it "FooSoft" here, which needs to connect to multiple devices on networks protected by a variety of third party VPNs. Each VPN is independent and I have ...
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Allow cross-subnet/VLAN connections for client connected to VPN
I've re set-up my network and have started using VLANs to segregate my normal devices, homelab, and IoT devices. I have one device in the homelab VLAN that I want to be connected to a VPN at all times....
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OPNSense OpenVPN Site to Site VPN unable to reach internal networks
I've been pulling my hair out setting up a site to site vpn with OPNSense.
I followed the official guide with one exception, I'm using certificates.
And I saw in a video that the interfaces created by ...
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How to get through restrictions blocking OpenVPN?
I have recently set up a VPN server on my desktop at home in the hopes I can connect to it while at the university from my laptop. I have confirmed that I can connect easily on a mobile data hotspot, ...
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Issue with passing OpenVPN connection from Raspberry Pi device to only one particular device in subnet
I'm trying to figure out, how to pass OpenVPN connection to device from Raspberry Pi
There is openVPN connection set up on Raspberry Pi. Also pi-hole is set up for the whole network via main gateway (...
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Why I can’t access to internet with this vpn setup?
I try to setup a vpn between 2 networks over internet following this link https://openvpn.net/community-resources/how-to/
On my server
openvpn runs
port 1194 transfered
interface ; inet 10.9.8.1 peer ...
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Troubleshooting problems with Viscosity and DNS requests
I'm using Viscosity 1.10.8 on macOS 14.2.1. A friend of mine has just sent to me the following OpenVPN configuration file for my client:
client
dev tun
remote <MY FRIEND'S IP> 1194 tcp
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SSH Connection Timed Out - TryHackMe Linux Walkthrough
I am a beginner trying to learn Linux from TryHackMe's Linux Fundamentals. I ran out of time on the attack box and have been trying to connect to my active machine using a VPN over OpenVPN Connect.
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Network Manager does not take into account OpenVPN dhcp-option directives
I am quite amateur in the world of VPNs. I've set up an OpenVPN server at home, and I was expecting that by connecting to that server when traveling abroad I would be "virtually" using the ...
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How to have pfSense append an RFC 6238 suffix to client passwords when connecting to OpenVPN server?
I want to setup pfSense to bridge two networks using OpenVPN.
But due to non-security reasons, and not security reasons, it is required that the user's password have a 6-digit suffix (that follows the ...
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How can I use iptables to forward all traffic through an interface based in gid?
I'm on Debian 12 bookworm
I'm trying to forward all traffic from (and to) users in the group watchers through interface tun9 and prevent them from using enp2s0.
I've set up a tunnel using openvpn with ...
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Openvpn connect to server's lan
Could somebody help me because I do not understand what's happening?
I setupped openvpn server on windows 10 successfully and everything is alright with it. I can ping computers on server side lan ...
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Which server & client options are needed to create an OpenVPN "Remote Access" i.e. "Client-to-Site" VPN, without routing all traffic through the VPN?
the goal & issue
I have tried very hard to solve this, but I'm stuck. I'm not looking to create a site-to-site VPN, for reference.
I have successfully installed OpenVPN using ansible: https://...
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How to avoid integrated KDE vpn to redirect all traffic through the VPN?
I just setup a VPN server with OpenVPN. It seems to work so far.
I created a client configuration and keys on my Debian/KDE computer and when I start the VPN client through command-line:
sudo openvpn -...
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OpenVPN Initialization Sequence Complete with a .ovpn from VPNBook but no Internet connection
I'm learning with a Kali Linux on a VM and I am not able to connect through any VPN from vpnbook.com. I am following this tutorials, but I get stuck in the part where it connects through the VPN.
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OpenVPN can't open (Kali)
I'm setting up an OpenVPN server on Kali. When the service is started, this error occurs:
Job for [email protected] failed because the control process exited with error code. See "...
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VPN over VPN using Amazon EC2 instance
I have a OpenVPN configuration file for TryHackMe that I need to connect to. However, I also need to connect to another OpenVPN Access Server hosted on an Amazon AWS EC2 instance. Is there a way that ...
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How can I set up OpenVPN on a Windows Server to allow clients to authenticate against Active Directory and access LAN
I have setup OpenVPN and my test client is able to ping the OpenVPN Server and vice-versa.
However, I am unable to connect to (or ping) any other device on the local network.
Ultimately, I would like ...
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OpenVPN through Tunnelblick - "Unrouteable TLS received" connecting to Riseup VPN
I'm trying to connect to RiseupVPN on my Macbook Pro M2 running macOS 14.1 Sonoma. I downloaded the branded BitmaskVPN client from them, and with 2 nondescript errors in the installation, I launched ...
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People say that VPN tunnels are bi-directional, but how to you actually route traffic in the reverse direction
I am trying to understand how you can use a VPN in the reverse direction. There are plenty of post on here asking a question about is a tunnel bidirectional spanning over 10 years, and there are lots ...
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How to update OpenVPN Server on Windows?
I have OpenVPN 2.6.6 installed on Windows 10, configured to run as a server.
For security reasons, i like to keep all components of my server up to date, and when i noticed that OpenVPN 2.6.7 had been ...
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Is it possible to use 2 VPN connections on MacOS simultaneously and route traffic through connections based on hosts?
I use MacOS and I want to use 2 VPN connections simultaneously and route traffic through connection based on hosts.
Traffic to hosts example1.xxx and example2.xxx should be routed through ...
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How can I setup 2 VPS can connect without using VPN which those VPS has already setup the ListenAddress to the VPN
I have 2 VPS,
and those 2 VPS are setup OpenVPN, and we only can access it by connect to VPN, then ssh it to VPN gateway itself. I set it up from sshd_config by adding ListenAddress.
here's the ...
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route all traffic through vpn, on the fly
I just installed openvpn on my server and my client. It seems to work fine.
Now, I would like to route all the traffic from my client through my VPN server, over internet, on demand, just in some ...
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What does the OpenVPN 'auth' directive do?
What does the 'auth' directive do in an OpenVPN config file?
I am using a PKI system with my OpenVPN setup, as detailed here, and i have got everything working OK (I.E Client connects to server). ...
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macOS Ventura - Losing network connection after VPN disconnects
I have an OpenVPN, and when I make a connection everything looks good - both the internet and VPN connection works. But after I disconnected the VPN, I am immediately loosing the internet connection. ...
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OpenVPN Tunnel Through IP-Restricted Modems
I have an OpenVPN server running on an untangle/ARISTA device (A). It has a site-to-site connection with another untangle/ARISTA device (B). Also connected to that (B) is an IP-restricted modem (B1). ...
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OpenVPN Timeout when connecting
I have followed instructions here (with slight adaptations, as listed below) to set up OpenVPN on an OpnSense router, but clients are not able to connect.
Differences:
I set Local port to 1179
I set ...
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Connect to remote computer attached to my network via VPN
I have a RasberryPi with an OpenVPN server running on it on my home network. Works great for my typical usage. I can connect with RDP and ssh to my PC at home while I am traveling by connecting my ...
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Is it possible to spoof the browser's useragent using a local VPN?
Context: I'm trying to log in to my YouTube account on the Steam overlay browser but Google is flagging it as unsecure probably because the embedded browser is outdated. However, while looking around ...
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OpenVPN with subnets and other permission for each of them
Is it possible to configure openVPN network in topology subnet to split network for subnets and add other behavior for each subnets regarding to possibility to communicate for each clients e.g. in ...
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How to use ExpressVPN inside virtual box using "Bridged Adapter"
ExpressVPN has an option called split tunnel which can connect only certain applications to the VPN network, I have tried it and it worked, but the problem is:
1- I must turn on the VPN on my desktop ...
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OpenVPN Site to Side tunel with specific client
I have two networks.
First network: 192.168.10.0/24 (router TP-LINK [192.168.10.10] and RPI [192.168.10.17])
Secound network: 192.168.15.0/24 (only one RPI [192.168.15.10])
I would like site-to-site ...
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open VPN issue on Mac connecting fileshare
I have a qnap NAs where I use QVPN service with open VPN. Under windows the connection works fine and I can access all shares. If I do the same with a mac it also connects to the NAS without problems. ...
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Openvpn Android client unable to connect after upgrade to Android 13
I run an Openvpn server at home and have done for many years.
I have a certificate for each of my devices and it has always done what I've needed of it.
This morning, I updated my personal phone (...
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OpenVPN: How to reach a specific ip on client network side (TAP-DEV)?
I have the following task:
LOCAL-PC -> VPN-SERVER
-> VPN_CLIENT1 (10.11.0.6) -> TARGET (10.0.200.1)
-> VPN_CLIENT2 (10.11.0.8) -> TARGET (10.0.200.1)
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How to generate unique key pair for unique client device with easyrsa3 for vpn
Have this requirement, where the client cerification generate for a user shouldn't be exported or used from a different device and make a successful vpn connection.
I was following this steps to ...
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OpenVPN traffic through TLS-enabled TCP connection
I have to obfuscate OpenVPN traffic. So I created a TLS-enabled TCP tunnel with socat, and I want to pass OpenVPN traffic through this tunnel.
Server:
sudo socat openssl-listen:443,cert=/home/ubuntu/...
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