OpenVPN Support Forum

Hi I am newbie here and been reading about openvpn but cannot fully understand even. Maybe Im not comprehend very easily.

Please help me how to create in windows xp:

1. openvpn server
2. openvpn client

Another question:

Can I just connect my openvpn client to a computer with port forwarded router (meaning on my openvpn client I have already place the "remote" line directing to my port forwarded IP?) therefore, I will not create an openvpn server (meaning I dont need to run a computer which will run the openvpn server)

hi there,

basically you must do the following...

1) install openvpn
2)generate certificates (if you want to use certificates)
using (edit vars.bat first and then running clean-all,build-ca,build-key-server server,build-dh and
then use build-key keyname1 to generate keys)
3) create a basic server .ovpn file
4) start openvpn service
5) copy client certificates to client
6) create client .ovpn file pointing to your server
7) connect your client (using openvpn as service or via openvpn gui)
...
there is a VERY detailed how to online please read it and we will help..

cheers,

ps

Can I just connect my openvpn client to a computer with port forwarded router (meaning on my openvpn client I have already place the "remote" line directing to my port forwarded IP?) therefore, I will not create an openvpn server (meaning I dont need to run a computer which will run the openvpn server)

can you please explain it a little bit more..
you mean to run the client WITHOUT the server?......:s