I have setup open vpn on a windows 8 machine and it seems to be running properly but i cannot connect to it. I have two other computers a windows 7 and a mac that i would like to connect to. Both inside my LAN and outside.
Can i connect to my VPN(assuming everything is set up properly) to a url and browse webpages from there?
ex. connect to
https://my-hostname.noip.tv and have that traffic rerouted to my router and login to my openvpn from there. And from inside the same instance of the browser, search the web through my vpn connection?
If not do i have to connection using a openvpn client? And will this client fully take over my internet connection or could i be connected to two vpns at once?
I keep seeing "openvpn" client and instructions to download and install the same msi installer and somehow there is a client? I have yet to find where this client is
https://openvpn.net/index.php/access-server/docs/admin-guides-sp-859543150/howto-connect-client-configuration/397-how-to-connect-to-a-vpn-server-with-the-openvpn-client.html
Do i first have to connect to any openvpn to get a prompt to download this client? If the client is already bundled with the server why can i not just use this right away?
https://openvpn.net/index.php/access-server/docs/admin-guides/457-connect-to-openvpn-access-server-using-the-connect-client.html
Is my tap adapter forwarding all connections to my machine(10.0.0.7:1194) to the openvpn (10.8.0.1) and giving it a new ip of (10.8.0.[something])? If so why can i not see hits in my openvpn eventlog when attempting to hit
http://localhost:1194 or 127.0.0.1:1194?
I also dont see where the admin web ui is. I believe this is linux only and i do no see any other ovpn-ini scripts for windows. If its just packaged into the windows msi then maybe it is there whenever i am able to hit the web interface.
Note: In some circumstances for certain configurations you may need to run the complete ovpn-init script terminal: /usr/local/openvpn_as/bin/ovpn-ini
Background: My openvpn server is on my windows 8 and i am trying to connect with windows 7 and a mac. I have yet been able to see if its connecting so i havent port forwared it from my router yet. I took down my server firewall and still cannot get a openvpn connection but i can connect to other things on the machine(apache)
Sorry for all the questions but i am a little lost and wanted to make sure i was on the right path and to even see if what i was trying to do was possible.
