pfancher
Hello all,
I've been an OpenVPN user for several years, and I am a huge fan. That said, I'm still a noob.
I am trying to provide technical support for a client by running VNC over VPN. I already VPN into their network on a daily basis as part of my job, and, as of last week, I have been able to VNC while I am hard-wired into their network using UltraVNC SC.
UltraVNC SC requires that I set up a listening port on my computer and store my IP address and the listening port number in a client app, which is then run by the user on the computer I need to connect to. All of this is working, but when I tried it yesterday over VPN, I hit a brick wall: I don't know what IP address and port number to tell the client app to connect to when I remote into their network using OpenVPN.
I don't know the IP address for the VPN tunnel on the network side... I know the IP address of the OpenVPN server I connect to, and the port number used for communication with me, but I can't seem to find an IP address on the network side that behaves like my computer (i.e. responding to ping, accepting TCP port connections, etc.)
How do I determine the IP address on the network side that corresponds to my computer (responding to pings, accepting TCP port connections, etc.)? Does such a thing even exist?
Thank yall for your time, and I hope I have put this question in the right place.
pfancher
pfancher
I like the quiz 🙂 I was scared to death until I got to the bottom...
OpenVPN version
OpenVPN 2.1.1 i686-pc-cygwin [SSL] [LZO2] built on May 7 2010
Client OS: Windows 8
Server OS: Astaro Firewall (which is linux-based)
I deeply apologize, but I cannot yet post the config files, as I do not own them. They belong to my client, and I will need their permission to post them to the forum, which may take a while to get.
I'll request permission to post them first thing tomorrow morning if yall would like (which, based on the quiz, is almost guaranteed)
Thank you again for your time,
pfancher
P.S. noob question: where were the forum rules? I looked for them before I posted, but I couldn't find them, so I just winged it...
