Re: [Openvpn-users] Multiple OpenVPN server on one NIC

[Gert D. <ge...@gr...>]

Hi,

On Sun, Jul 23, 2023 at 01:32:19PM +0000, Jason Long wrote:
> 1- If the port number is different, then "server" IP can be the same? For example, the first server use:

No.  That is inside IPs (and something else again), they must be distinct.

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> 2- You said, "A "NIC" can have multiple IP addresses", so, a server does not need to have multiple NAT NICs ? For example, A VPN provider can have a VPN server with a NIC that use three or four public IP addresses.

Sure.

There's some practical limits - like, some OSes start getting funny when
you exceed something like 500 IP addresses on one interface - but besides
that it's just a matter of setting up routing/interface config properly.

gert

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