OpenVPN are connected, no device can be ping-ed

lhjordanlh

Hi everyone,

I am new to OpenVPN, and have been digging and got something out, but I am really stuck here. The current setup I have is two DDwrt routers (both of them are Buffalo WZR-1750DHPD flashed with the latest DDwrt firmware), when each acts like the OpenVPN server and the other one acts as the OpenVPN client, they are successfully connected.

The settings I have are:
Tunnel Device: TUN
Tunnel Protocol: TCP
Encryption Cipher: BlowFish CBC
Hash Algorithm: Sha1
TLS Cipher: None
LZO Compression: Adaptive
NAT: Enable
Tunnel MTU Setting: 1400
nsCertTye verification: Ticked

The two routers are located at different office in the city.
On the status, it says my client is connected successfully, and I can indeed ping the server router's local IP address from my laptop that is connected to the client router.
The problem is that I can't ping any of the devices from one side to the other side that are connected to the routers, and vice-versa.
The end goal is to have all the devices from both offices to see each other as they are in the same local network "securely".

Can anyone please help me on this? Is it because I am missing some code in the additional configuration, my devices connected to the router need to be configured or the setup is simply not working?

If the setup is not going to work, then what is the benefit of having the two routers connected via OpenVPN? Much appreciate for any kind of help!

Traffic

You are going to need routing.

See this HOWTO:
HOWTO: Expanding the scope of the VPN to include additional machines

I recommend you read the entire HOWTO Thoroughly.

lhjordanlh

Traffic wroteYou are going to need routing.

See this HOWTO:
HOWTO: Expanding the scope of the VPN to include additional machines

I recommend you read the entire HOWTO Thoroughly.

Thanks so much for helping out and replying. I can see that it is exactly what I want. However, the solution seems to be only applicable to OpenVPN server set up on Windows or Linux. But my OpenVPN server is the router, how do I modify the method and apply the configuration files?
Many thanks.