I'm a beginner.. 😃
Installed and configured VPN successfully on my Dedian 6 VPS using tutorial.
VPN client also connects to the server but my connection is not routing through the VPN, my IP is not changing.
My server.conf file
;local a.b.c.d
;proto tcp
proto udp
;dev tap
dev tun
;dev-node MyTap
ca /etc/openvpn/keys/ca.crt
cert /etc/openvpn/keys/server.crt
key /etc/openvpn/keys/server.key
dh /etc/openvpn/keys/dh1024.pem
server 10.8.0.0 255.255.255.0
ifconfig-pool-persist ipp.txt
;server-bridge 10.8.0.4 255.255.255.0 10.8.0.50 10.8.0.100
;server-bridge
;push "route 192.168.10.0 255.255.255.0"
;push "route 192.168.20.0 255.255.255.0"
;client-config-dir ccd
;route 192.168.40.128 255.255.255.248
;client-config-dir ccd
;route 10.9.0.0 255.255.255.252
push "redirect-gateway def1 bypass-dhcp"
push "dhcp-option DNS 8.8.8.8"
push "dhcp-option DNS 8.8.4.4"
;client-to-client
;duplicate-cn
keepalive 10 120
;tls-auth ta.key 0 # This file is secret
;cipher BF-CBC # Blowfish (default)
;cipher AES-128-CBC # AES
;cipher DES-EDE3-CBC # Triple-DES
comp-lzo
;max-clients 100
;user nobody
;group nogroup
persist-key
persist-tun
status openvpn-status.log
log /var/log/openvpn.log
;log-append openvpn.log
verb 3
;mute 20
rc.local file
iptables -A FORWARD -m state --state RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
iptables -A FORWARD -s 10.8.0.0/24 -j ACCEPT
iptables -A FORWARD -j REJECT
iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o venet0 -j SNAT --to-source **.**.**.** # IP masked
OpenVpn LOG
Wed Nov 23 16:13:25 2011 OpenVPN 2.1.1 i686-pc-mingw32 [SSL] [LZO2] [PKCS11] built on Dec 11 2009
Wed Nov 23 16:13:25 2011 NOTE: OpenVPN 2.1 requires '--script-security 2' or higher to call user-defined scripts or executables
Wed Nov 23 16:13:25 2011 LZO compression initialized
Wed Nov 23 16:13:25 2011 UDPv4 link local: [undef]
Wed Nov 23 16:13:25 2011 UDPv4 link remote: **.**.**.**:1194 # masked my IP
Wed Nov 23 16:13:30 2011 WARNING: 'dev-type' is used inconsistently, local='dev-type tap', remote='dev-type tun'
Wed Nov 23 16:13:30 2011 WARNING: 'link-mtu' is used inconsistently, local='link-mtu 1574', remote='link-mtu 1542'
Wed Nov 23 16:13:30 2011 WARNING: 'tun-mtu' is used inconsistently, local='tun-mtu 1532', remote='tun-mtu 1500'
Wed Nov 23 16:13:30 2011 [eco] Peer Connection Initiated with **.**.**.**:1194 # masked my IP
Wed Nov 23 16:13:33 2011 WARNING: Since you are using --dev tap, the second argument to --ifconfig must be a netmask, for example something like 255.255.255.0. (silence this warning with --ifconfig-nowarn)
Wed Nov 23 16:13:33 2011 OpenVPN ROUTE: vpn_gateway undefined
Wed Nov 23 16:13:33 2011 OpenVPN ROUTE: failed to parse/resolve route for host/network: 192.168.1.0
Wed Nov 23 16:13:33 2011 OpenVPN ROUTE: OpenVPN needs a gateway parameter for a --route option and no default was specified by either --route-gateway or --ifconfig options
Wed Nov 23 16:13:33 2011 OpenVPN ROUTE: failed to parse/resolve route for host/network: 10.8.0.1
Wed Nov 23 16:13:33 2011 TAP-WIN32 device [Local Area Connection 8] opened: \\.\Global\{79B1C8EC-D6D3-4722-A869-5827BD53716B}.tap
Wed Nov 23 16:13:33 2011 Notified TAP-Win32 driver to set a DHCP IP/netmask of 10.8.0.6/10.8.0.5 on interface {79B1C8EC-D6D3-4722-A869-5827BD53716B} [DHCP-serv: 10.8.0.4, lease-time: 31536000]
Wed Nov 23 16:13:33 2011 Successful ARP Flush on interface [65542] {79B1C8EC-D6D3-4722-A869-5827BD53716B}
Wed Nov 23 16:13:38 2011 NOTE: unable to redirect default gateway -- VPN gateway parameter (--route-gateway or --ifconfig) is missing
Wed Nov 23 16:13:38 2011 Initialization Sequence Completed
PLZ help Guys..