Redirect-Gateway def1 problem

PhilJCook

Hi,

I have an Openvpn server working at a remote site but all internet traffic on my local network was being directed via the tunnel to the remote site, thus making local internet access very slow.
I read on the net that "push redirect-gateway def1" in the server config was causing it so I commented out the redirect-gateway line in the hope that local internet traffic would use the local gateway, and now I cannot connect to the remote subnet, although Openvpn does connect me to the server.
I won't be at the remote site until after the holidays and I use VPN to monitor CCTV cameras and snapshots they take.
My question: is there anything I can do at the client end to fix this problem?

Client logfile (WAN address obscured for security reasons):

Tue Dec 22 15:33:50 2015 OpenVPN 2.3.8 x86_64-w64-mingw32 [SSL (OpenSSL)] [LZO] [PKCS11] [IPv6] built on Aug 4 2015
Tue Dec 22 15:33:50 2015 library versions: OpenSSL 1.0.1p 9 Jul 2015, LZO 2.08
Enter Management Password:
Tue Dec 22 15:33:57 2015 WARNING: this configuration may cache passwords in memory -- use the auth-nocache option to prevent this
Tue Dec 22 15:33:57 2015 Control Channel Authentication: tls-auth using INLINE static key file
Tue Dec 22 15:33:57 2015 UDPv4 link local: [undef]
Tue Dec 22 15:33:57 2015 UDPv4 link remote: [AF_INET]xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:pppp
Tue Dec 22 15:33:59 2015 [RaspberryPi2VPN] Peer Connection Initiated with [AF_INET]xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:pppp
Tue Dec 22 15:34:01 2015 do_ifconfig, tt->ipv6=0, tt->did_ifconfig_ipv6_setup=0
Tue Dec 22 15:34:01 2015 open_tun, tt->ipv6=0
Tue Dec 22 15:34:01 2015 TAP-WIN32 device [Ethernet] opened: \\.\Global\{5B250FF3-0342-4029-8305-55039AD5EA70}.tap
Tue Dec 22 15:34:01 2015 Notified TAP-Windows driver to set a DHCP IP/netmask of 10.8.0.6/255.255.255.252 on interface {5B250FF3-0342-4029-8305-55039AD5EA70} [DHCP-serv: 10.8.0.5, lease-time: 31536000]
Tue Dec 22 15:34:01 2015 Successful ARP Flush on interface [7] {5B250FF3-0342-4029-8305-55039AD5EA70}
Tue Dec 22 15:34:06 2015 Warning: address 192.168.254.254 is not a network address in relation to netmask 255.255.255.0
Tue Dec 22 15:34:06 2015 ROUTE: route addition failed using CreateIpForwardEntry: The parameter is incorrect. [status=87 if_index=7]
Tue Dec 22 15:34:06 2015 env_block: add PATH=C:\Windows\System32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem
Tue Dec 22 15:34:06 2015 ROUTE: route addition failed using CreateIpForwardEntry: The object already exists. [status=5010 if_index=7]
Tue Dec 22 15:34:06 2015 env_block: add PATH=C:\Windows\System32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem
Tue Dec 22 15:34:06 2015 Initialization Sequence Completed

Thanks
Phil Cook
UK

Traffic

You do not want to redirect your client gateway but you do want to see the servers LAN. Please see this:
HOWTO: Expanding the scope of the VPN to include additional machines

and Disable redirect gateway ..

PhilJCook wroteMy question: is there anything I can do at the client end to fix this problem?

If you can connect remotely to your server with suitable privileges then you can edit your server and restart openvpn ..
Take care not to make typos .. (Pro tip: Run two openvpn servers on one machine)

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