Able to connect to OpenVPN server, unable to resolve hosts

Achab

Hi,

I have installed an OpenVPN server on a Debian based remote dedicated server.
I am able to connect to it using my Ubuntu client. However, I am unable to browse (using my Ubuntu client) web sites using their names, and get the following types of errors when I try to ping them:

achab@ZT:~$ ping cnn.com
ping: unknown host cnn.com
achab@ZT:~$ ping google.com
ping: unknown host google.com

Pinging the same from my server works fine.

Server side configuration: server.conf with no comments:

port 1194
proto udp
dev tun
ca ca.crt
cert server.crt
key server.key # This file should be kept secret
dh dh2048.pem
server 10.8.0.0 255.255.255.0
ifconfig-pool-persist ipp.txt
push "redirect-gateway def1 bypass-dhcp"
push "dhcp-option DNS 208.67.222.222"
push "dhcp-option DNS 208.67.220.220"
keepalive 10 120
comp-lzo
user nobody
group nogroup
persist-key
persist-tun
status openvpn-status.log
verb 3

Client side configuration: no sure which file(s) you need. Please tell me which file(s) you need and I will post them here.

Client side misc.:

achab@ZT:~$ netstat -nr
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt Iface
0.0.0.0 10.8.0.5 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 tun0
10.8.0.1 10.8.0.5 255.255.255.255 UGH 0 0 0 tun0
10.8.0.5 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 tun0
192.168.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
198.27.65.89 192.168.0.1 255.255.255.255 UGH 0 0 0 eth0
achab@ZT:~$
achab@ZT:~$
achab@ZT:~$
achab@ZT:~$ brctl show
bridge name bridge id STP enabled interfaces

I am not a sys admin type of guy, to put it very very mildly, so, when you suggest something for me to try, instead of saying something like "you need to start a semaphore that will spawn a deamon that will route your bridge to the external gateway", which I have no clue what it means, tell me instead exactly which command lines to type on both the server and client, which files to edit, and what lines I need to add and/or change in such files. Tell it as if you were talking to a dumb blonde.

Thanks.

Traffic

Achab wroteI am able to connect to it using my Ubuntu client. However, I am unable to browse (using my Ubuntu client) web sites

Please see the HOWTO:
HOWTO: Routing all client traffic (including web-traffic) through the VPN

Notes:

On your server:
enable IP_Forwarding
enable NAT with iptables

Achab wroteClient side configuration: no sure which file(s) you need

Config file and log at --verb 4

Achab wroteClient side misc.:
<..>
achab@ZT:~$ brctl show
bridge name bridge id STP enabled interfaces

Whatever you do .. do not use a bridge on your client.