Help with HMA and OpenVPN

[dev>null]

Hi,

I've finally decided to ask for help

I am struggling with the OpenVPN client on Ubuntu (I am using the command line, not the Network Manager). I've got to the stage where the VPN connects fine (to HMA server), I temporarily disable the firewall (I will get to the iptables config once I can get it going), I get a new ip address and I can ping out fine. I start a browser, and can sometimes get a couple of Google searches done, then bang, I lose connectivity. Ping stops, web browser hangs, but VPN still appears active in terminal window. Re-starting client gives consistent behaviour. As you can probably tell, I'm no expert in networking...

Has anyone got any ideas?

Thanks in anticipation..............

[krzee]

look at the logs on both sides with verb 5... anything interesting there? if you dont know you can post them here.
can you ping the other side of the vpn?