Using OpenVPN on a VPS for a single client - help?

tudordewolf

I have a VPS which I can log into and access with Putty, and see all the files for, with WinSCP

I've successfully (as far as I can tell) installed OpenVPN onto it, configured as a server.

I downloaded and extracted the keys from the .tgz file.

I installed OpenVPN onto the client computer, and am able to connect, using the .ovpn configuration file I got from the .gz file. However, once I do this, I am unable to make new connections to the internet, and for all intents and purposes am disconnected, with the only exception being that putty / logging into my vps continues to work.

I'm not sure what kind of additional information you would need. The purpose of this is to use the VPS's internet connection and IP to let some american citizens temporarily living overseas use their netflix account. (I consider this a moral and acceptable way to get around the IP block - they are american citizens, who pay for a netflix account, but have to use a foreign ISP and as such can't access it)

Any help is much appreciated, I'm fairly new to this, and installed OpenVPN using this guide:
http://bluemodule.com/software/openvpn-install-script-for-openvz-vps/

Thank you any and all for your input.

Mimiko

tudordewolf

Mimiko wroteLog in to your VPS and delete from the server.ovpn (or .conf) file the directive push "redirect-gateway".

Can you explain what you mean by the second part in slightly more detail?

tudordewolf

Could you explain what you mean in slightly more detail? I can do the first part, but don't understand the second.

Mimiko

When you setup OpenVPN server side, you create a file with configurations. Usually its named server.ovpn or server.conf. You have to manualy edit this file and remove the line where the push "redirect-gateway" is writted.

tudordewolf

Ahh, thanks. I didn't understand that first time