gwez79 Hello I have followed the Easy Windows Guide to set up OpenVPN on a Windows 2008 server and Windows 7 clinet. I've established a connection from the remote laptop to my server though am having trouble accessing the file shares at my server. I'm aware I don't understand quite what is going on when OpenVPN makes a connection, so am a bit stuck. I can't connect to the shares of my server using the server's local IP (Class C). Neither can I ping the local ip of my server or its domain name. I also can't make a remote connection using the local IP. I can ping the server side instance (10.8.0.1) of OpenVPN from the remote client. I can map drive using 10.8.0.1 as a prefix and I can remote desktop to the 10.8.0.1 address. However, I need to be able to map drive using the local IP. After looking though other similar posts, I've tried adding the .local domain name of my server to 'DNS suffix' area in the properties of the VPN connection, but hasn't made a difference. Am I missing something?
Traffic Please see the Forum rules (top of page) FYI: Openvpn does not give you access to your Server/client LAN IP by default. See: HOWTO: Expanding the scope of the VPN to include additional machines
