How to get rid of default gateway, but not pushed DNS servers*

MatejKovacic

Hi,

my OVPN server is configured to be a gateway to the Internet. I have a directive in server's config:

push "redirect-gateway def1"

I also have:

push "dhcp-option DNS 10.10.8.1"

and:

client-to-client

However, for one client I do not want to use server as a gateway to the internet. So in client's config I add:

route-nopull

This works just fine, which means:
1. if I go to the Internet with client, I can see client's real IP address, not server's one
2. I can ping other machines on a VPN

But the client does not use server's DNS.

if I try to ping machines in a VPN like: "ping client2.vpn", it does not work. But it works, if I ommit "route-nopull" directive from client's config.

So my question is: how to get rid of default gateway, but not pushed DNS servers?

TinCanTech

There are lots of ways .. like configuring each client individually at the server with --client-config-dir foo

But for your case see --pull-filter in The Manual v24x

300000

On the client config you should add like this

Route 10.10.8.1 255.255.255.255. vpn_gateway

On this like it tell client using. 10.10.8.1 using vpn server ip. And you shoud set ip openvpn network card static ip and 10.10.8.1 as dns in the fields. It work