openVPN passes wrong IP.

[steph007]

I've installed the openVPN RPM on a Centos 6.2 behind a firewall which nats the public ip on port 943 to the openVPN servers private IP address (10.104.100.104). I'm able to get pass the first screen after login but I'm getting stuck where I need to use openVPN connect since the client software seems to be configured with the VPN servers private address... Is there a way to configure openVPN to pass the firewalls IP instead of the actual server ip in a config file or something?

thanks in advance,
-steph

[Delphinus]

Steph,

You need to configure the 'remote' parameter in your Defaults.txt file with the Public IP or DDNS entry.

Example:

client
dev tun
proto udp
remote PUBLIC_IP_GOES_HERE
resolv-retry infinite
nobind
persist-key
persist-tun
mute-replay-warnings
ns-cert-type server
key-direction 1
cipher AES-128-CBC
comp-lzo
verb 2
mute 20

[Angel_I]

Hey Delphinus!

where is this defaults.txt file on an debian server? It happens to me as well, thanks!

[jamesanderson9182]

For me, this file was in (Ubuntu)

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/etc/openvpn/client-template.txt

[openvpn_inc]

Hello,

I assume that you're talking about OpenVPN Access Server here. In that case just go to the Admin UI, log in as the openvpn administrator, and go to Network Settings. In the 'host name or IP address' field put in the correct external public IP, or better, a DNS name that resolves to that external public IP, and save settings and update runnings servers. From now any new connection profiles downloaded from this Access Server will contain the correct public address to reach your Access Server at. Already installed VPN clients may need a reinstall or reimport of the profile.

Kind regards,
Johan