cheruvian
I have tried 4 tutorials on setting up a simple VPN and thus far I have gotten 0 successful connections. This is the first time I have tried setting up a VPN, so I'm probably just missing something super obvious, but I'm ready to pull my hair out. Does anyone have a simple way to set up OpenVPN or a beginner's tutorial?
I can build the keys, but the configuration files are like a foreign language to me and I'm guessing my issues are somewhere in there.
A little more information: I would like to set up the server on a Windows XP machine (though I have a Ubuntu Server Machine and an Ubuntu Server Virtual Machine that I can use). I have access to a static IP so I don't need to use DynDns, No-ip etc...
I know this is a really broad call for help, but any pointers would be appreciated.
maikcat
a very simple server config...
proto udp
port 5005
dev tun
ca ca.crt
cert server.crt
key server.key
dh dh1024.pem
server 172.16.1.0 255.255.255.0
client-to-client
keepalive 10 60
comp-lzo
max-clients 100
persist-key
persist-tun
status /etc/openvpn/status.log
log /etc/openvpn/openvpn.log
verb 3
please read the manual for each directive to get an idea what they do...
Michael.
cheruvian
Maybe I should start even simpler.
I want to start by setting up a VPN with no authentication, no certificates, no encryption.
Again, I'm sure this is super easy for all you OpenVPN pros... and to people in general, I think I may just have an intelligence impairment, so Thank you for all the help in advance.
cheruvian
Ok, I tried using that config file.... still no luck.
Maybe someone can help me start simple: Set up a VPN (on local network, for now) with no authentication, no encryption, no certificates.
Again, I apologize for being so incapable.
Thanks in advance
maikcat
cheruvian
That was quite helpful I think I am understanding things a little more.
Unfortunately that didn't have any Server - Client Examples.
Does anyone know of any basic server-client config files
