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I am trying to set up an OpenVPN where traffic to and from the clients is redirected over the server. The server is on a machine running Windows XP.

The OpenVPN FAQ has advice for how to NAT the TAP interface to the Internet in Linux, but there are no equivalent instructions for someone working in Windows. In addition to simply adding 'push "redirect-gateway"' to the server config file, what steps do I need to take to allow the server to communicate with the Internet at large?

Baeraad wrote:I am trying to set up an OpenVPN where traffic to and from the clients is redirected over the server. The server is on a machine running Windows XP.

The OpenVPN FAQ has advice for how to NAT the TAP interface to the Internet in Linux, but there are no equivalent instructions for someone working in Windows. In addition to simply adding 'push "redirect-gateway"' to the server config file, what steps do I need to take to allow the server to communicate with the Internet at large?

Is the server Windows? Not sure I'm understanding you.

The server is running under Windows, yes. I'm sorry if I was unclear.

AFAIK, you're going to need a third-party firewalling software which is capable of NAT and port-forwarding. I've never actually done this on Windows, as FreeBSD or Linux are more suitable for this use.

http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articl ... ation.html for a guide on setting up NAT in windows 2003, or http://www.nanodocumet.com/?p=14 for windows XP