OpenVPN setup help

[mayamaniac]

I'm trying to get OpenVPN 2.1.RC7 to work. I have it installed as a server on Windows 2003. I have a Vista machine outside the LAN and a few local machines on the network. I'm following the tutorial from here: http://www.itsatechworld.com/2006/01/29/ho...figure-openvpn/

Here's my setup info:

LAN: 192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0

VPN: 192.168.10.0 255.255.255.128

Server IP: 192.168.1.100 (LAN) /192.168.10.1 (VPN)

Vista Computer outside LAN: 192.168.10.3

ALL FIREWALLS ARE DISABLED

Currently, I have only one machine outside the LAN, and it's running Vista. It can ping the server's VPN (192.168.10.1) and local IP (192.168.1.100). And the server can ping it back.

The problem now is this Vista VPN client can't ping any of the other local machines. And the local computers can't ping it either. But both the the local machines and the VPN client can ping the server's VPN (192.168.10.1), they just can't ping each other.

Here's are the server and client config files:

server.ovpn:

local 192.168.1.100
port 1194

proto udp
mssfix 1400

push "dhcp-option DNS 78.74.xxx.xxx"
push "dhcp-option DNS 78.74.xxx.xxx"

dev tap
#dev-node MyTAP

ca "C:\\Program Files\\OpenVPN\\easy-rsa\\keys\\ca.crt" 
cert "C:\\Program Files\\OpenVPN\\easy-rsa\\keys\\server.crt"
key "C:\\Program Files\\OpenVPN\\easy-rsa\\keys\\server.key"
dh "C:\\Program Files\\OpenVPN\\easy-rsa\\keys\\dh1024.pem"

server 192.168.10.0 255.255.255.128
ifconfig-pool-persist ipp.txt
push "redirect-gateway def1"

keepalive 10 120
cipher BF-CBC
comp-lzo
max-clients 100
persist-key
persist-tun
status openvpn-status.log
verb 1

client.ovpn:

client

dev tap
#dev-node MyTAP

proto udp
remote mydomain.com 1194
route 192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0 vpn_gateway 3
resolv-retry infinite

nobind
persist-key
persist-tun

ca "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\OpenVPN\\easy-rsa\\keys\\ca.crt"
cert "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\OpenVPN\\easy-rsa\\keys\\client3.crt"
key "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\OpenVPN\\easy-rsa\\keys\\client3.key"

ns-cert-type server
cipher BF-CBC
comp-lzo
verb 1

#Vista
route-method exe
route-delay 2

On my router's Routing settings, I have:

Destination IP: 192.168.10.0
Netmask: 255.255.255.128
Gateway: 192.168.1.100
Interface: LAN
Metric: 1

There's one thing in the tutorial that I did not do, it says:

WINDOWS 2000 SERVER:
For routing to work properly on W2K server I had to enable and configure some settings in Routing and Remote Access.

Go to Control Panel - Admin tools - Routing and remote access
Right-click computer name - Select: Configure and enable Routing and remote access
Click Next
Select: Internet Connection Server
Select: Set up a router with the Network Address Translation (NAT) routing protocol
Highlight the real network interface connected to the router when prompted: Use the selected Internet connection
Highlight the TAP-Win32 Adapter V8 when prompted: Select the routing interface for the network that should have access to the internet
Click Finish
This should take care of the routing on your server.

Since I'm running Windows 2003 server, it doesn't have the Internet Connection Server option in Routing and Remote Access. I tried the NAT option it has which is similar to the instruction above, but it didn't seem to work at all. With NAT on, the VPN client could not connect at all.

I'm pulling my hair at this point. I don't know why the VPN client and the local machines can't ping each other, yet they can ping the server (both LAN and VPN IPs). So I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. Please advise.

[McSmiggins]

I've only ever configured this on Linux, so take that as a warning.

However, the part you didn't do relates to turning on IP Forwarding on the server. Essentially, your packets are coming in to the Windows 2003 machine, but it doesn't know what to do with them

I'd check this first with Wireshark on the Server (you'll see the packets coming in, but not going out)

Try:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/323339/en-us

Hope it helps

EDIT: FIRST try adding a persistant route on your router to point 192.168.10.0 255.255.255.128 to the IP of your Windows 2003 server.

[mayamaniac]

  McSmiggins said:

I've only ever configured this on Linux, so take that as a warning.

However, the part you didn't do relates to turning on IP Forwarding on the server. Essentially, your packets are coming in to the Windows 2003 machine, but it doesn't know what to do with them

I'd check this first with Wireshark on the Server (you'll see the packets coming in, but not going out)

Try:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/323339/en-us

Hope it helps

EDIT: FIRST try adding a persistant route on your router to point 192.168.10.0 255.255.255.128 to the IP of your Windows 2003 server.

Thanks, that was it, you nailed it. The retarded thing is I thought I already enabled IPEnableRouter in the registry because it was in the tutorial, but appraently I didn't. :laugh:

[+BudMan MVC]

Guess your good to go then ;) I just got your PM and was going to take a look - but seems I was not fast enough to help on this one.

[mayamaniac]

Yeah McSmiggins was quick with the solutions. Thanks for the response though.

[Netman06]

I would like to know how you setup OpenVPN and routing on windows server 2003. I have been trying to get this to work for a long time.

Thanks,

Mike

[+BudMan MVC]

And what part of http://openvpn.net/howto.html is confusing you??

[Netman06]

Hello,

I have been having troubles configuring OpenVPN to work with bridging.

I would like to see if anyone can see if I have a configuration error or is it a network infrastructure problem.

Also how can you setup OpenVPN to listen on both a local address and remote address, say when you can on the local lan or when on remote wan.

I can ping the client and OpenVPN server, but can not ping anything else on my local lan except the OpenVPN server, was is going on with my config.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Mike

My configuration:

Server:

#################################################

# Sample OpenVPN 2.0 config file for #

# multi-client server. #

# #

# This file is for the server side #

# of a many-clients <-> one-server #

# OpenVPN configuration. #

# #

# OpenVPN also supports #

# single-machine <-> single-machine #

# configurations (See the Examples page #

# on the web site for more info). #

# #

# This config should work on Windows #

# or Linux/BSD systems. Remember on #

# Windows to quote pathnames and use #

# double backslashes, e.g.: #

# "C:\\Program Files\\OpenVPN\\config\\foo.key" #

# #

# Comments are preceded with '#' or ';' #

#################################################

# Which local IP address should OpenVPN

# listen on? (optional)

;local a.b.c.d

local x.x.x.x (IP Address removed)

# Which TCP/UDP port should OpenVPN listen on?

# If you want to run multiple OpenVPN instances

# on the same machine, use a different port

# number for each one. You will need to

# open up this port on your firewall.

tls-server

port 1194

# TCP or UDP server?

;proto tcp

proto udp

# "dev tun" will create a routed IP tunnel,

# "dev tap" will create an ethernet tunnel.

# Use "dev tap0" if you are ethernet bridging

# and have precreated a tap0 virtual interface

# and bridged it with your ethernet interface.

# If you want to control access policies

# over the VPN, you must create firewall

# rules for the the TUN/TAP interface.

# On non-Windows systems, you can give

# an explicit unit number, such as tun0.

# On Windows, use "dev-node" for this.

# On most systems, the VPN will not function

# unless you partially or fully disable

# the firewall for the TUN/TAP interface.

;dev tun

dev tap

dev-node OpenVPN # added on 070208 11:54AM

;ifconfig 128.236.243.56 255.255.255.0

# Windows needs the TAP-Win32 adapter name

# from the Network Connections panel if you

# have more than one. On XP SP2 or higher,

# you may need to selectively disable the

# Windows firewall for the TAP adapter.

# Non-Windows systems usually don't need this.

;dev-node MyTap

# SSL/TLS root certificate (ca), certificate

# (cert), and private key (key). Each client

# and the server must have their own cert and

# key file. The server and all clients will

# use the same ca file.

#

# See the "easy-rsa" directory for a series

# of scripts for generating RSA certificates

# and private keys. Remember to use

# a unique Common Name for the server

# and each of the client certificates.

#

# Any X509 key management system can be used.

# OpenVPN can also use a PKCS #12 formatted key file

# (see "pkcs12" directive in man page).

;;ca ca.crt

;;cert server.crt

;key server.key # This file should be kept secret

ca "C:\\Program Files\\OpenVPN\\easy-rsa\\keys\\ca.crt"

cert "C:\\Program Files\\OpenVPN\\easy-rsa\\keys\\VPN3.crt"

key "C:\\Program Files\\OpenVPN\\easy-rsa\\keys\\VPN3.key"

# Diffie hellman parameters.

# Generate your own with:

# openssl dhparam -out dh1024.pem 1024

# Substitute 2048 for 1024 if you are using

# 2048 bit keys.

dh "C:\\Program Files\\OpenVPN\\easy-rsa\\keys\\dh2048.pem"

# Configure server mode and supply a VPN subnet

# for OpenVPN to draw client addresses from.

# The server will take 10.8.0.1 for itself,

# the rest will be made available to clients.

# Each client will be able to reach the server

# on 10.8.0.1. Comment this line out if you are

# ethernet bridging. See the man page for more info.

;server 10.8.0.0 255.255.255.0 # commented out on 070208 12:00PM

# Maintain a record of client <-> virtual IP address

# associations in this file. If OpenVPN goes down or

# is restarted, reconnecting clients can be assigned

# the same virtual IP address from the pool that was

# previously assigned.

;ifconfig-pool-persist ipp.txt

# Configure server mode for ethernet bridging.

# You must first use your OS's bridging capability

# to bridge the TAP interface with the ethernet

# NIC interface. Then you must manually set the

# IP/netmask on the bridge interface, here we

# assume 10.8.0.4/255.255.255.0. Finally we

# must set aside an IP range in this subnet

# (start=10.8.0.50 end=10.8.0.100) to allocate

# to connecting clients. Leave this line commented

# out unless you are ethernet bridging.

server-bridge 128.236.243.2 255.255.255.0 128.236.243.50 128.236.243.55 # uncommented on 070208 12:01PM

# Push routes to the client to allow it

# to reach other private subnets behind

# the server. Remember that these

# private subnets will also need

# to know to route the OpenVPN client

# address pool (10.8.0.0/255.255.255.0)

# back to the OpenVPN server.

;push "route 192.168.10.0 255.255.255.0"

;push "route 192.168.20.0 255.255.255.0"

;push "route 128.236.243.0 255.255.255.0" #commented out on 070208 12:35

# To assign specific IP addresses to specific

# clients or if a connecting client has a private

# subnet behind it that should also have VPN access,

# use the subdirectory "ccd" for client-specific

# configuration files (see man page for more info).

# EXAMPLE: Suppose the client

# having the certificate common name "Thelonious"

# also has a small subnet behind his connecting

# machine, such as 192.168.40.128/255.255.255.248.

# First, uncomment out these lines:

;client-config-dir ccd

;route 192.168.40.128 255.255.255.248

# Then create a file ccd/Thelonious with this line:

# iroute 192.168.40.128 255.255.255.248

# This will allow Thelonious' private subnet to

# access the VPN. This example will only work

# if you are routing, not bridging, i.e. you are

# using "dev tun" and "server" directives.

# EXAMPLE: Suppose you want to give

# Thelonious a fixed VPN IP address of 10.9.0.1.

# First uncomment out these lines:

;client-config-dir ccd

;route 10.9.0.0 255.255.255.252

# Then add this line to ccd/Thelonious:

# ifconfig-push 10.9.0.1 10.9.0.2

# Suppose that you want to enable different

# firewall access policies for different groups

# of clients. There are two methods:

# (1) Run multiple OpenVPN daemons, one for each

# group, and firewall the TUN/TAP interface

# for each group/daemon appropriately.

# (2) (Advanced) Create a script to dynamically

# modify the firewall in response to access

# from different clients. See man

# page for more info on learn-address script.

;learn-address ./script

# If enabled, this directive will configure

# all clients to redirect their default

# network gateway through the VPN, causing

# all IP traffic such as web browsing and

# and DNS lookups to go through the VPN

# (The OpenVPN server machine may need to NAT

# the TUN/TAP interface to the internet in

# order for this to work properly).

# CAVEAT: May break client's network config if

# client's local DHCP server packets get routed

# through the tunnel. Solution: make sure

# client's local DHCP server is reachable via

# a more specific route than the default route

# of 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0.

;push "redirect-gateway"

# Certain Windows-specific network settings

# can be pushed to clients, such as DNS

# or WINS server addresses. CAVEAT:

# http://openvpn.net/faq.html#dhcpcaveats

;push "dhcp-option DNS 10.8.0.1"

;push "dhcp-option WINS 10.8.0.1"

# Uncomment this directive to allow different

# clients to be able to "see" each other.

# By default, clients will only see the server.

# To force clients to only see the server, you

# will also need to appropriately firewall the

# server's TUN/TAP interface.

client-to-client

# Uncomment this directive if multiple clients

# might connect with the same certificate/key

# files or common names. This is recommended

# only for testing purposes. For production use,

# each client should have its own certificate/key

# pair.

#

# IF YOU HAVE NOT GENERATED INDIVIDUAL

# CERTIFICATE/KEY PAIRS FOR EACH CLIENT,

# EACH HAVING ITS OWN UNIQUE "COMMON NAME",

# UNCOMMENT THIS LINE OUT.

duplicate-cn

# The keepalive directive causes ping-like

# messages to be sent back and forth over

# the link so that each side knows when

# the other side has gone down.

# Ping every 10 seconds, assume that remote

# peer is down if no ping received during

# a 120 second time period.

keepalive 10 120

# For extra security beyond that provided

# by SSL/TLS, create an "HMAC firewall"

# to help block DoS attacks and UDP port flooding.

#

# Generate with:

# openvpn --genkey --secret ta.key

#

# The server and each client must have

# a copy of this key.

# The second parameter should be '0'

# on the server and '1' on the clients.

;tls-auth ta.key 0 # This file is secret

# Select a cryptographic cipher.

# This config item must be copied to

# the client config file as well.

;cipher BF-CBC # Blowfish (default)

;cipher AES-128-CBC # AES

;cipher DES-EDE3-CBC # Triple-DES

# Enable compression on the VPN link.

# If you enable it here, you must also

# enable it in the client config file.

comp-lzo

# The maximum number of concurrently connected

# clients we want to allow.

;max-clients 100

# It's a good idea to reduce the OpenVPN

# daemon's privileges after initialization.

#

# You can uncomment this out on

# non-Windows systems.

;user nobody

;group nobody

# The persist options will try to avoid

# accessing certain resources on restart

# that may no longer be accessible because

# of the privilege downgrade.

persist-key

persist-tun

# Output a short status file showing

# current connections, truncated

# and rewritten every minute.

status openvpn-status.log

# By default, log messages will go to the syslog (or

# on Windows, if running as a service, they will go to

# the "\Program Files\OpenVPN\log" directory).

# Use log or log-append to override this default.

# "log" will truncate the log file on OpenVPN startup,

# while "log-append" will append to it. Use one

# or the other (but not both).

;log openvpn.log

;log-append openvpn.log

# Set the appropriate level of log

# file verbosity.

#

# 0 is silent, except for fatal errors

# 4 is reasonable for general usage

# 5 and 6 can help to debug connection problems

# 9 is extremely verbose

verb 6

# Silence repeating messages. At most 20

# sequential messages of the same message

# category will be output to the log.

;mute 20

Client:

##############################################

# Sample client-side OpenVPN 2.0 config file #

# for connecting to multi-client server. #

# #

# This configuration can be used by multiple #

# clients, however each client should have #

# its own cert and key files. #

# #

# On Windows, you might want to rename this #

# file so it has a .ovpn extension #

##############################################

# Specify that we are a client and that we

# will be pulling certain config file directives

# from the server.

tls-client

;pull

# Use the same setting as you are using on

# the server.

# On most systems, the VPN will not function

# unless you partially or fully disable

# the firewall for the TUN/TAP interface.

;;dev tun

dev tap

;ifconfig 10.8.0.2 255.255.255.0

# Windows needs the TAP-Win32 adapter name

# from the Network Connections panel

# if you have more than one. On XP SP2,

# you may need to disable the firewall

# for the TAP adapter.

;dev-node MyTap

;dev-node 3Com 3C2000-T Gigabit Adapter #2

# Are we connecting to a TCP or

# UDP server? Use the same setting as

# on the server.

;proto tcp

proto udp

# The hostname/IP and port of the server.

# You can have multiple remote entries

# to load balance between the servers.

;;remote my-server-1 1194

;remote my-server-2 1194

remote x.x.x.x (IP Address removed)

# Choose a random host from the remote

# list for load-balancing. Otherwise

# try hosts in the order specified.

;remote-random

# Keep trying indefinitely to resolve the

# host name of the OpenVPN server. Very useful

# on machines which are not permanently connected

# to the internet such as laptops.

resolv-retry infinite

# Most clients don't need to bind to

# a specific local port number.

nobind

# Downgrade privileges after initialization (non-Windows only)

;user nobody

;group nobody

# Try to preserve some state across restarts.

persist-key

persist-tun

# If you are connecting through an

# HTTP proxy to reach the actual OpenVPN

# server, put the proxy server/IP and

# port number here. See the man page

# if your proxy server requires

# authentication.

;http-proxy-retry # retry on connection failures

;http-proxy [proxy server] [proxy port #]

# Wireless networks often produce a lot

# of duplicate packets. Set this flag

# to silence duplicate packet warnings.

;mute-replay-warnings

# SSL/TLS parms.

# See the server config file for more

# description. It's best to use

# a separate .crt/.key file pair

# for each client. A single ca

# file can be used for all clients.

dh C:\\Program Files\\OpenVPN\\easy-rsa\\keys\\dh1024.pem"

ca "C:\\Program Files\\OpenVPN\\easy-rsa\\keys\\ca.crt"

cert "C:\\Program Files\\OpenVPN\\easy-rsa\\keys\\VPN-client1.crt"

key "C:\\Program Files\\OpenVPN\\easy-rsa\\keys\\VPN-client1.key"

# Verify server certificate by checking

# that the certicate has the nsCertType

# field set to "server". This is an

# important precaution to protect against

# a potential attack discussed here:

# http://openvpn.net/howto.html#mitm

#

# To use this feature, you will need to generate

# your server certificates with the nsCertType

# field set to "server". The build-key-server

# script in the easy-rsa folder will do this.

ns-cert-type server

# If a tls-auth key is used on the server

# then every client must also have the key.

;tls-auth ta.key 1

# Select a cryptographic cipher.

# If the cipher option is used on the server

# then you must also specify it here.

;cipher DES-EDE3-CBC # Triple-DES

# Enable compression on the VPN link.

# Don't enable this unless it is also

# enabled in the server config file.

comp-lzo

# Set log file verbosity.

verb 3

# Silence repeating messages

;mute 20

[Sam23]

Hi My name is Sam

I configured OpenVPN on Windows XP Professional as server.

I installed Openvpn client on Windows XP and Vista

Windows XP is working very well for openvpn but I have one technical issue for Windows Vista Home Premium.

When I connect to VPN Server, I can ping and map the drive to the server. but I lose my internet connection. If I disconnect VPN connection, then I can use the Internet again. :(

Is there anyway to use VPN and the Internet at the same time in Windows Vista Home Premium?

I am using Openvpn-2.1_rc9-install.exe as a client in windows Vista home premium.

I typed in

route-method exe

route-delay 2

in the client config. I also ran openvpn client as administrator.

[smooth_criminal1990]

  Sam23 said:

Hi My name is Sam

I configured OpenVPN on Windows XP Professional as server.

I installed Openvpn client on Windows XP and Vista

Windows XP is working very well for openvpn but I have one technical issue for Windows Vista Home Premium.

When I connect to VPN Server, I can ping and map the drive to the server. but I lose my internet connection. If I disconnect VPN connection, then I can use the Internet again. :(

Is there anyway to use VPN and the Internet at the same time in Windows Vista Home Premium?

I am using Openvpn-2.1_rc9-install.exe as a client in windows Vista home premium.

I typed in

route-method exe

route-delay 2

in the client config. I also ran openvpn client as administrator.

try doing "diagnose and repair" on your net adapter with the internet connection, and then click reset network adapter.

Or try disabling the OpenVPN network adapter when your have finished.

And if none of that works, try typing:

ipconfig /flushdns

into command-prompt or "run".

EDIT: @Netman06, your "dev-node" in the client config file is commented out, you'll need to uncomment it and put single backslashed before each space to tell OpenVPN that the line is continuing despite the spaces (but though the newer version may have "warmed to it"):

dev-node 3Com\ 3C2000-T\ Gigabit\ Adapter\ #2

You should also have used windows to network-bridge the openvpn adapter and your adapter of choice.

To get it working with multiple IP addresses, you may have to create a copy of your server .ovpn file on the server computer, rename it, and modify the address it listens on, and then tell openvpn to make another TAP adapter, which you would bridge with your WAN adapter, and modify the dev-node and local parts of the server config file.

The alternative is that you use port-forwarding to forward port 1194 UDP to your server, whatever its address. Idon't think OpenVPN suffers from NAT or port-forwarding as others do.

Edited September 13, 2008 by smooth_criminal1990