Re: [Openvpn-users] can't connect from client LAN to server LAN

[Tim W. <ti...@th...>]

On Wednesday 24 January 2007 1:43 pm, Tim Wunder wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm new to opnVPN and have read the docs on http://openvpn.net/howto.html
> and have managed to successfully  make a vpn connection using those
> instructions. Unfortunately, I'm having difficulty expanding the scope of
> the vpn connection to the local LAN behind the vpn client box.
>
> The machines are as follows:
<snip conf files>
> TCP packets are making their way from a Unix box behind the vpn client to
> the tunnel (established by using 'tcpdump -i tun0' on the vpn client and
> executing a ping command from the Unix box), but the ping response never
> comes back.
>
> ip forwarding is enabled on the vpn client box
> (/proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward has a 1 in it), and there is currently no
> iptables firewall that would be blocking anything.
>
> What am I missing?

Well, either this is too easy and I should be RTFM'ing, or others are stump=
ed,=20
too. Or perhaps I'm just not being patient enough.... :(

Question: Should I be using openvpn to bridge the networks instead of=20
configuring it as a simple connection?

Thanks,=20
Tim

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