poddo
I honestly have no idea if I'm doing this right, but I'll explain my situation and you can all laugh at me if I'm way off base.
We have 2 offices, one office has a "Server" (windows desktop where we store a lot of files). We want the other office to be able to access that server. Security is a big issue, which is why I went with openvpn instead of something easy like hamachi.
I installed openvpn using vmware on the server. I configured it enough to be able to connect from a client, and it says "connected" but I am unable to ping or access any of the computers (including the "server") on the network.
I'm sure there are other things I need to do to get this working, but I don't know where to start.
Other information:
1) I don't need to use the internet connection through the VPN. We're just trying to connect the 2 networks.
2) *possible issue?* Both networks at each office are running in the 192.168.1.XXX range. Openvpn assigns an ip in the 5.5.8.X range when connected, but could the similar networks be clashing?
Mimiko
Okey, I will laught if you want this. ))
First, disable firewall on client and server, or add excepcions. Usually one disables firewall for tunnel adapter and put it as Work or Home type.
Second, having same network on both sides will not allow you access anything else besides server, so avoid same network.
