Hi, I am really new to all of this, and I would like to set up my own VPN. I have set up an OpenVPN server on an old XP machine that is always running. I have also installed the OpenVPN client on my Windows 7 machine, and Tunnelblick (OpenVPN client for Mac) on my Mac (I am not that bothered if I can't connect to the server from the Mac). This is what my server configuration file looks like: [code] local 192.168.1.102 port 1194 proto tcp dev tun ca ca.crt cert server.crt key server.key dh dh1024.pem server 10.8.0.0 255.255.255.0 ifconfig-pool-persist ipp.txt keepalive 10 120 cipher AES-128-CBC comp-lzo persist-key persist-tun status openvpn-status.log verb 3 push "redirect-gateway def1" [/code] And this is what my client configuration looks like: [code] client dev tun proto tcp remote resolv-retry infinite nobind persist-key persist-tun ca ca.crt cert .crt key .key ns-cert-type server cipher AES-128-CBC comp-lzo verb 3 [/code] I have heard that you have to do some NAT, or something, which I have never encountered before. But I did some research online, and followed this tutorial: [url]http://forum.codecall.net/topic/42782-how-to-set-up-nat-routing-on-windows-xp/[/url]. And punched in these commands: [code] netsh routing ip nat install netsh routing ip nat add interface "LAN" full netsh routing ip nat add interface "LAN-VPN" private [/code] Where the "LAN" is the NIC that I used before I started dealing with OpenVPN, and connects me to the internet fine. And the "LAN-VPN" NIC is the one that OpenVPN created when I installed it. So, I think I have a handle on what is going on. The client connects to the server and starts sending over all the traffic. The server receives the traffic in through the "LAN-VPN" NIC and routes it to the "LAN" NIC, which gives the client internet access. Currently, the client connects fine, no problems. But, when I try and go to a website, the ring keeps spinning for a few minutes and then come back saying "This webpage is not available". So, I figure that this must be a server side problem, possibly to do with the routing out to the internet. I really am new to all of this, and would appreciate any help or advise. Thanks in advance! P.S.- I thought it would be worth mentioning that I am currently doing all of this on my home network. I do not have another network which I have easy access to near me, so I would like to get everything set up at home, so that I can easily connect to the server when I'm out.

Can connect to server, but no internet access at all. NAT?

crowoy

Hi,

I am really new to all of this, and I would like to set up my own VPN. I have set up an OpenVPN server on an old XP machine that is always running. I have also installed the OpenVPN client on my Windows 7 machine, and Tunnelblick (OpenVPN client for Mac) on my Mac (I am not that bothered if I can't connect to the server from the Mac).

This is what my server configuration file looks like:

local 192.168.1.102
port 1194
proto tcp
dev tun
ca ca.crt
cert server.crt
key server.key
dh dh1024.pem
server 10.8.0.0 255.255.255.0
ifconfig-pool-persist ipp.txt
keepalive 10 120
cipher AES-128-CBC
comp-lzo
persist-key
persist-tun
status openvpn-status.log
verb 3
push "redirect-gateway def1"

And this is what my client configuration looks like:

client
dev tun
proto tcp
remote <server-ip> <server-port>
resolv-retry infinite
nobind
persist-key
persist-tun
ca ca.crt
cert <name>.crt
key <name>.key
ns-cert-type server
cipher AES-128-CBC
comp-lzo
verb 3

I have heard that you have to do some NAT, or something, which I have never encountered before. But I did some research online, and followed this tutorial: http://forum.codecall.net/topic/42782-how-to-set-up-nat-routing-on-windows-xp/. And punched in these commands:

netsh routing ip nat install
netsh routing ip nat add interface "LAN" full
netsh routing ip nat add interface "LAN-VPN" private

Where the "LAN" is the NIC that I used before I started dealing with OpenVPN, and connects me to the internet fine. And the "LAN-VPN" NIC is the one that OpenVPN created when I installed it.

So, I think I have a handle on what is going on. The client connects to the server and starts sending over all the traffic. The server receives the traffic in through the "LAN-VPN" NIC and routes it to the "LAN" NIC, which gives the client internet access. Currently, the client connects fine, no problems. But, when I try and go to a website, the ring keeps spinning for a few minutes and then come back saying "This webpage is not available". So, I figure that this must be a server side problem, possibly to do with the routing out to the internet.

I really am new to all of this, and would appreciate any help or advise.

Thanks in advance!

P.S.- I thought it would be worth mentioning that I am currently doing all of this on my home network. I do not have another network which I have easy access to near me, so I would like to get everything set up at home, so that I can easily connect to the server when I'm out.