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ok so i took a shortcut and downloaded the ubuntu vm for hyper-v it works wonderfully i can ping from client i can map drives on clients i can ping clients from the virtual server but not the hyper-v host or any other box/brick/pc on the server side lan. the clients work very well and sync with the DC on the serverside lan but for the life of me i cannot figure out why i cannot access the remote client from other workstations onsite. i have went into the server and atempted to follow directions of blogs and posts i found on the net with no success. here is what i have done to attempt to conquer this beast.

on server i found the directory to be in a totally different tree path than i have yet to see
/usr/local/openvpn_as/etc/# vi as.conf and i get this

# OpenVPN AS 1.1 configuration file
#
# NOTE: The ~ symbol used below expands to the directory that
# the configuration file is saved in

# remove for production
# DEBUG=false

# enable AS Connect functionality
AS_CONNECT=true

# temporary directory
tmp_dir=~/tmp

lic.dir=~/licenses

# run_start retries
run_start_retry.give_up=60
run_start_retry.resample=10

# enable client gateway
sa.show_c2s_routes=true

# certificates database
certs_db=sqlite:///~/db/certs.db

# user properties DB
user_prop_db=sqlite:///~/db/userprop.db

# configuration DB
config_db=sqlite:///~/db/config.db

# log DB
log_db=sqlite:///~/db/log.db

# wait this many seconds between failed retries
db_retry.interval=1

# how many retries to attempt before failing
db_retry.n_attempts=6

# On startup, wait up to n seconds for DB files to become
# available if they do not yet exist. This is generally
# only useful on secondary nodes used for standby purposes.
# db_startup_wait=

# Node type: PRIMARY|SECONDARY. Defaults to PRIMARY.
# node_type=

# bootstrap authentication via PAM -- allows
# admin to log into web UI before authentication
# system has been configured. Configure PAM users
# allowed to access via the bootstrap auth mechanism.
boot_pam_service=openvpnas
boot_pam_users.0=openvpn
# boot_pam_users.1=
# boot_pam_users.2=
# boot_pam_users.3=
# boot_pam_users.4=

# System users that are allowed to access the server agent XML API.
# The user that the web server will run as should be in this list.
system_users_local.0=root
system_users_local.1=openvpn_as

# The user/group that the web server will run as
cs.user=openvpn_as
cs.group=openvpn_as

# socket directory
general.sock_dir=~/sock

# path to linux openvpn executable
# if undefined, find openvpn on the PATH
#general.openvpn_exe_path=

# source directory for OpenVPN Windows executable
# (Must have been built with MultiFileExtract)
sa.win_exe_dir=~/exe

# The company name will be shown in the UI
sa.company_name=OpenVPN Technologies, Inc.

# server agent socket
sa.sock=~/sock/sagent

# If enabled, automatically generate a client configuration
# when a client logs into the site and successfully authenticates
cs.auto_generate=true

# files for web server (PEM format)
cs.ca_bundle=~/web-ssl/ca.crt
cs.priv_key=~/web-ssl/server.key
cs.cert=~/web-ssl/server.crt

# web server will use three consecutive ports starting at this
# address, for use with the OpenVPN port share feature
cs.dynamic_port_base=870

# which service groups should be started during
# server agent initialization
sa.initial_run_groups.0=web_group
#sa.initial_run_groups.1=openvpn_group

# use this twisted reactor
sa.reactor=epoll

# The unit number of this particular AS configuration.
# Normally set to 0. If you have multiple, independent AS instances
# running on the same machine, each should have a unique unit number.
sa.unit=0

# If true, open up web ports on the firewall using iptables
iptables.web=true
# This is the global route for all users edit by jeremy
client-config-dir /usr/local/openvpn_as/clients
route 192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0

vpn.server.user=openvpn_as
vpn.server.group=openvpn_as

its really odd if i ping the client that is connected by hostname it actually resolves to the correct ip but i get request timed out and it actually registers in my dns server on openvpn server side lan as the 5.5.8.x ip provided by openvpn and correct hostname of the client pc but i cannot access any thing on the pc from a local pc on openvpn server side lan. really odd sounds like a firewall issue but i donno. im lost maybe i need to nat the ipaddress and give it a local nat ip i donno

i really need to get a backup running from the server side lan and archive to a remote client for offsite backup