OpenVPN-Server with multiple TAP-Devices over 1 Server

mniehren

Hi together,

currently i have running an OpenVPN-Server with the client-config-dir directive where multiple clients connect
to 1 server instance and got assigned ip's and route's over an ccd-File.

Now i want to do the same thing with TAP-devices. First i create xxx TAP-Devices (with --mktun option). Each
client has assigned 1 TAP-device. If a client connects, i want to allocate him the assigned TAP-device.
That would be very easy, if i could do an
dev tapx
directive in the ccd-File of the Client.But sadly that did not work (in V2.3), which i tried.

So, does there exists a config for such a scenario ?

best regards
Michael

TinCanTech

If you mean

"You want to push the name of the --dev tun or --dev tap to the client"

You can not.

Otherwise, please explain your question clearly, perhaps with an example.

mniehren

maybe it's better to make an example ...

If client1 connects to the server, on the server side tap1 should be used for that connection
If client2 connects to the server, tap2 should be used
...

so, the tap-device should be configureable for each client, so that was my idea with the ccd.

all that over 1 server instance with 1 listen port. I think it would be possible if i run xxx instances,
but then i need xxx different ports.

Michael

TinCanTech

I think you are wasting your time chasing after nothing ..

mniehren

i have a concrete project, which i try to solve with this openvpn scenario.

Do you think, that it is possible to do with openvpn ?

TinCanTech

While OpenVPN is a versatile tool, you have to remember that;

OpenVPN is constructed respecting specific rules, namely RFC's ..

I have my doubts that your concrete project is so rigorously constructed.

But .. if you like, you can email me specifics : tincanteksup <at> gmail