2.4.3 client connected, browser fails ...

[brrrknee]

...and as soon as I disconnect, the browser works. i.e., Chrome browser open, on google.com page, before connecting; any search for "whatever" pops up immediately. I connect the client to the openVPN, and the browser window times out on any attempt to navigate or search. Disconnect VPN, all works again.
So it appears all client network traffic is grabbed by the VPN (internal TAP net 10.8.0.*)?
How do I enable this to reach out through to the internet, either independent of the VPN or via the VPN server?
The same issue doesn't happen on the server system, browsers are usable w or wo VPN connected.
Though I still cannot access the VPN via browser, on either server or client.

View Originalserver

local 192.168.xx.xx
port 1194
proto udp
dev tun
ca "C:\\Program Files\\OpenVPN\\config\\ca.crt"
cert "C:\\Program Files\\OpenVPN\\config\\server.crt"
key "C:\\Program Files\\OpenVPN\\config\\server.key"
dh dh4096.pem
topology subnet
server 10.8.0.0 255.255.255.0
ifconfig-pool-persist ipp.txt
push "redirect-gateway autolocal def1"
client-to-client
keepalive 10 120
cipher AES-256-CBC
max-clients 10
persist-key
persist-tun
status openvpn-status.log
verb 6
mute 10
explicit-exit-notify 1

View Originalclient

client
dev tun
proto udp
remote mysys.HopTo.org nnnnn
#nnnnn is really a 5d number, mysys is my unique hostnm

resolv-retry infinite
nobind
persist-key
persist-tun
mute-replay-warnings
ca "C:\\Program Files\\OpenVPN\\config\\ca.crt"
cert "C:\\Program Files\\OpenVPN\\config\\myclient.crt"
key "C:\\Program Files\\OpenVPN\\config\\myclient.key"

remote-cert-tls server
# If a tls-auth key is used on the server
# then every client must also have the key.
;tls-auth ta.key 1 #removed from server in effort to get browser access to VPN, no help but not yet reconfigured
auth-nocache

cipher AES-256-CBC
verb 6
mute 10

[TinCanTech]

You must have missed this:

Please see:
HOWTO: Request Help ! {2}

[brrrknee]

You must have missed this:

Please see:
HOWTO: Request Help ! {2}

Sorry, the cryptic response doesn't help, I read the linked thread and do not understand the implication or what you must feel is obvious. I've been wrestling this install on win10 for well over a week, frustrating.

[TinCanTech]

This is not a "cryptic response" ..

This is the post you have to read in order to understand how we can help.