Lullaby1243
Hi I tried to use OpenVPN to my university as a proxy. I installed it all correctly and ran it as an administrator. Connection gets established and it says I get a new IP 132....
But when I open Firefox it says IP 95..... (the old one). In my firefox settings I configured it to automatically detect proxies.
What's the problem? Why don't I get the proxy connection over firefox or other programs. (Usually) it should proxy all traffic.
boland
I messed up my previous reply. I had the same problem. If you are running win7/8, under network and sharing center, you should see multiple active networks. One of the connections should be the newer TAP adapter that was install with openvpn, and connection using the VPN TAP adapter is blocked (has a red x, no internet access) in my case. Which seems odd because the normal local area connection should be the one that is blocked. But it seems to be working fine with the ip changed to a different country.
Previously when I ran it as a normal user, there were 2 working connections under network and sharing center and unless you modify the routing table manually or block it using your firewall - I'm not sure if that would even work, the vpn connection might not be the one that gets used.
