HELP: Client connects to Server but cannot access LAN

elchakal3000

Hello!!

Recently I installed OpenVPN on a Windows 2008 Server, which is behind a router.

I follow the steps to generate the config files in server and client:
Results:

- Certificate generation:..................... OK
- Port 1194 (udp) forwarding: .............OK
- Pinging server at 10.8.0.1:................OK

The router is a Cisco RV016 (using NAT public static IP)

The logs give no error.

I turned off Windows firewall on both sides.
Right click, and run as administrator both OpenVPN icons.

I used route add, from cmd:

route add 10.8.0.1 mask 255.255.255.0 192.168.1.53

being 10.8.0.1 the openvpn server IP, and 192.168.1.53 the IP of the LAN´s Windows 2008 Server.

also I apply this setting in the advanced routing section of the RV016.

Still, I can´t access the LAN 192.168.1.x on the server side.

I am really stuck here.
I dont know what else to do.

I would really appreciate your help.
Thanks in advance!

elchakal3000

Ok, now I added the following route on the client side:

route add 192.168.1.0 mask 255.255.255.0 10.8.0.5

192.168.1.x remote LAN IP range (the one I cant reach)
10.8.0.5 OpenVPN Gateway (on server side)

With the addition of this route, now I CAN PING THE ENTIRE LAN, BUT I CANNOT ACCESS THE SHARE FOLDERS

The only shares I can access are the ones from the machine where OpenVPN is installed.

Here goes the config files:

Server

port 1194
proto udp
dev tun
ca "C:\\Program Files\\OpenVPN\\config\\ca.crt"
cert "C:\\Program Files\\OpenVPN\\config\\server.crt"
key "C:\\Program Files\\OpenVPN\\config\\server.key"
dh "C:\\Program Files\\OpenVPN\\config\\dh1024.pem"
server 10.8.0.0 255.255.255.0
ifconfig-pool-persist ipp.txt
push "route 192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0"
keepalive 10 120
comp-lzo
persist-key
persist-tun
status openvpn-status.log
verb 3

Client

client
dev tun
proto udp
remote (remote server ip) 1194
resolv-retry infinite
nobind
persist-key
persist-tun
ca "C:\\Program Files\\OpenVPN\\config\\ca.crt"
cert "C:\\Program Files\\OpenVPN\\config\\JP1.crt"
key "C:\\Program Files\\OpenVPN\\config\\JP1.key"
ns-cert-type server
comp-lzo
verb 3

The Windows firewalls of mi pc (client), the pc where openvpn is installed (server), and the pc on the LAN I want to Access the shared folder, are disabled.

I really dont know what else to do.

elchakal3000

I am sorry but I am a newbie with OpenVPN.

What I need to do to use TAP or install a WINS server?

Thanks in advance!

elchakal3000

yes, I edited both configs.

I also have to bridge connect both lan adapters (the TAP and the Ethernet connection).

the thing is, that now, I cant even conect between client and server, and the internet conection of the machine is gone.

Before I go entirely with tap, I would like to test using WINS with tun (as recomended in the fórum rules above).

Where exactly do I have to configure WINS? In the network properties of the TAP controller, or the Ethernet controller?
Or do I have to install a WINS software?

elchakal3000

IT´S WORKING!

I follwed these instructions:

http://openvpn.net/index.php/open-source/documentation/miscellaneous/76-ethernet-bridging.html

My mistake is that I didnt configure the IP of the machine in the Bridge adapter.
Once I did that, it worked like a charm.

Thanks for your help!
Regards!