________________________________ From: Ryan Coleman <edi...@d3photography.com> To: Bill Tillman <btillma...@yahoo.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Sent: Saturday, November 5, 2011 9:32 PM Subject: Re: OpenVPN - what configuration do I need/want
So... basically you've just set up servers that utilize the host connection or doesn't route? On Nov 5, 2011, at 5:35 AM, Bill Tillman wrote: > > ________________________________ > > From: Ryan Coleman <edi...@d3photography.com> > To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> > Sent: Friday, November 4, 2011 10:22 AM > Subject: OpenVPN - what configuration do I need/want > > I have a PE 2450 with dual NICs and I want to turn it into a bridging VPN for > the guys in the office to utilize. > > Our configuration: > My office: 192.168.46.0/24 > Server IPs: 192.168.46.2 [8.2-RELEASE] + public IP > Corporate office: 192.168.45.0/24 > My VPN: 192.168.47.0/24 [preferred] > There's a NetVanta VPN between my office and the corporate office and I > presume that will still work to route 47.0/24 to 45.0/24 when all is said and > done. > > I am going to be supporting Windows and Mac clients (well, all windows and > then my mac) and I'd like to test it from my 8.2 server at home before > pushing this over to my MacBook Pro (using Tunnelblick) and then to my > Windows users. > > I've tried the FreeBSD handbook and the Section6.net walkthroughs to no avail. > > Any help would be appreciated. > > Thanks, > Ryan > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" > > > > I can't say that I'm familiar with your setup which uses "bridging". But I > setup OpenVPN to work on a server inside my LAN which is behind my FreeBSD > firewall server. The setup wasn't that hard, you just have to forward the > right ports and get the certificates copied to the clients correctly. The > docs on the OpenVPN site were very helpful in this for me. > The trouble you may find is that this other VPN appliance you reference, > NetVanta, may or may not be compatible with OpenVPN. I tried this several > years ago with a remote company I was working for and found out quite > dissappointingly that the protocol used by OpenVPN would not work whatsoever > with Cisco equipment. That may have changed now but at the time all the > advice I got was forget about it. Cisco equipment would not work with OpenVPN > period. Luckily at the time I had a small Cisco appliance at my house and > that is the only way I could get that setup to work. These days I happily > connect to my LAN with encrypted tunnels from most places like hotels, etc... > There is a problem sometimes at places like Starbucks or McDonalds where they > have equipment which is blocking ports needed to run VPN. And in most cases > it's not that they are blocking specific ports, it's that they are blocking > everything except port 80 to only let their freebie users surf web > content. > YMMV....check the docs on the OpenVPN site. Many HOWTOs and examples will > help you get going. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" Yes, but the setup is very similar. The docs available on the OpenVPN website give HOWTOs on both setups and they are very similar. I would check these as I found them to be very helpful. OpenVPN also has a great mailing list where I got some additional help. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
