Alternative methods to delegate IP to clients?

[dtremolo]

Hi,

As for now, I have gotten a list of IPs to use from my hoster. The IP's are however not in the same subnet as my primary IP (on the server is). Even though it might be weird, it actually works because the primary gw of my server routes them, so I can setup interface aliases with netmask 255.255.255.255 and use them.
I would like to let clients use them, and ultimately it would be best to assign them to clients and route them to the default router. If that does not work, I could settle with, if possible, assign them to alias interfaces and map up NAT to internal IP's.

What are my options here? The 'server' directive only seem to work as a simple dhcp, requiring openvpn server and clients to be on the same subnet.

Server is Debian Lenny, the server is on x.122.219.0/24 net.

The list of IP's is:
x.122.219.158
x.122.217.228
x.122.219.201
x.33.47.190
x.33.45.176
x.33.40.244
x.33.41.19
x.122.219.67
x.33.44.246
x.33.43.39
x.33.44.47
x.33.43.147
x.122.218.197
x.33.41.62

[gladiatr72]

Hello,

Wow.

First, let's assume eth0 is your internet facing device.

I would start out by setting up an ethernet bridge between eth0 and tap0 and then configuring openvpn for bridging via tap0. I would suggest setting up unique/static client configurations for your various client systems--in other words, no server-bridge configuration line on your server.

It is unorthodox and not terribly convenient, but I don't think it's impossible.

Good luck? Heh.

Regards,
Stephen