csd.baltimore
Hello everyone,
I apologize very sincerely if this question has been asked/answered hundreds of times; I did a somewhat moderate search of the forums and didn't see this specific problem, but here goes:
I have an Access Server running on a Ubuntu 12.04.4 machine (not as scary as I thought it would be, considering it is the first time I have ever used linux, but that's besides the point). I was able to download the relevant installer package from openvpn.net, and I have gotten access to the web admin interface. My problem comes when I try to change the hostname. It defaulted to 10.1.1.38, which is the private ip address assigned to my access server computer by my router. I do have a static public ip address, and I have set up port forwarding on my router so that UDP 1196 is forwarded to the Ubuntu machine. If I do not change the hostname from 10.1.1.38, I have no problem connecting a client to the server, so long as they are under the same router, which pretty much defeats the purpose. If I connect a client computer to any other network (wired or wireless), the OpenVPN connect client is unable to connect to my Access Server, which I expected would be the case. However, if I go into the web admin interface and try to change the hostname to my static public ip address and save the changes, I cannot get any clients to connect, regardless of if they are under the same router or not. (Just to clarify, after having changed the hostname, I uninstalled/reinstalled the OpenVPN connect software on the client computer, so that the change in the hostname would be reflected).
Now, I know the public IP address I entered is the correct one, because I had previously used the open-source version of OpenVPN to run a VPN server with that particular address, and it works fine (still using it, but on port 1194 and on a different computer instead, so that there is no conflict). Also, under "Server Network Settings" I have also changed the UDP port to 1196, to match my port forwarding rule.
I realize that this is not a huge deal of information to go on, but if anyone could offer any thoughts, I would greatly appreciate it.
Just FYI, my ultimate goal is to have 5-8 concurrent client connections at any time, who would connect to my Access Server, and then use that connection to access another computer under the Access Server's router (I believe this is referred to as bridging? I'm not quite sure) because I have software that has a network license, and the only way for people to use that software is if they are able to connect to the network license computer (which must be windows, so I cannot just setup the Access Server on that computer).
Again, I greatly appreciate any thoughts/ideas you may have. If you require any further information on my part, please let me know and I will do my best to accommodate you.
