Linksys LRT214 OpenVPN Problem

mrbaliw

I am having trouble getting a client to router VPN connection to work. I setup OpenVPN server on the router and installed a client on my Windows 8.1 laptop. I can connect to the router and I am given an IP address for my LAN. However, the subnet mask I receive is the same as what my ISP uses (255.255.255.252) instead of what my LAN uses (255.255.255.0) and there is no gateway assigned. Once connected I cannot ping the LAN interface on the router (192.168.1.1) or any other LAN IP. I opened a case with Linksys and tried their suggestion to turn off the Windows firewall and reboot the router which did not help.

OpenVPN Server Settings:
GLOBAL CONFIGURE SETTINGS
Authentication Type: Password
Server IP Address: 192.168.1.0
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Protocol: TCP
Port: 1194
Encryption: AES-128

ADVANCED CONFIGURE SETTINGS
Tunnel Mode: Split Tunnel
Security IP Address: 192.168.1.0
Security Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0

Does anyone have any suggestions where to look or what I might change?
Do I need to open port 1194 on the router firewall (I did and makes no difference)?
I tried both Split Tunnel and Full Tunnel with the same results.

Thank you for your help.

Traffic

mrbaliw wrotethe subnet mask I receive is the same as what my ISP uses (255.255.255.252)

The default --topology for openvpn is net30 which is why you get a .252 netmask.

See --topology in The Manual v23x

mrbaliw

The first line in my ovpn file looks like this:

dev tun
proto tcp
remote xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx 1194
cipher AES-128-CBC
auth SHA1
resolv-retry infinite
nobind
persist-key
persist-tun
client
auth-user-pass
verb 3

Do I need to add a net24 statement someplace so that I receive a 255.255.255.0 subnet mask?
What about the blank gateway?

Thank you for helping!

Traffic

mrbaliw wroteDo I need to add a net24 statement someplace so that I receive a 255.255.255.0 subnet mask?

Not in your client config .. consult your router documentation for OpenVPN --topology functionality .. or don't worry about it the mask is valid for your Tunnel.

For further assistance please post your server config. (consult your router documentation for OpenVPN config)

mrbaliw

My initial post has the server info. OpenVPN is already installed on the Linksys LRT214 router. It's a GUI interface and I am not aware of how to get a command line listing of the config.