Questions tagged [openvpn]
OpenVPN is a free and open source software SSL VPN solution. It allows secure point-to-point or site-to-site connections with routed or bridged configurations and remote access facilities.
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How to make OpenWRT only route some clients through a VPN?
I have an openWRT router and would like only certain client devices' traffic to be routed through a VPN to the internet. How can I do this with openWRT or similar router software? VPN client ...
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pfSense: How to set OpenVPN client as default gateway for just one interface?
I have two LAN interfaces, 192.168.2.1 and .31.1 on my pfSense VM, with VLAN ID 2 and 31, and two WAN interfaces, one to my ISP and another an OpenVPN client to PIA.
I've set the default firewall &...
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How to set speed limit per IP in IP range in Ubuntu
What I want:
I've setup a openvpn-server and want the clients in range of 10.8.0.0/21 limit their speed to 10mbit for each IP as a total limit of 100mbit.
wan interface : eth0
openvpn interface : ...
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Force a program to multicast on a specific network adapter
An openVPN layer 2 client has 2 network adapters:
Physical network adapter (192.168.1.0/24)
OpenVPN network adapter (10.0.0.0/24)
Now the client wants to start (server) a LAN game.
Server advertises ...
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what is the most stable and fastest tunnel for a VPN?
i live in Iran and is all u guys know our goverment is limiting the access to the internet and they are really getting serious about this.
so what the situation is right now : first of all we cant ...
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OpenVPN+xfreerdp works on Linux Mint but not on ChromeOS - how to debug?
I work from home and use openvpn to connect to company network, then use xfreerdp to connect to my workstation. It works on Linux Mint. When I copied all the files to my Chromebook, installed the same ...
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Options error: Unrecognized option or missing parameter(s) in /etc/openvpn/server.conf:17: ecdh-curve (2.3.10)
I'm getting line no 17 which is ecdh-curve prime256v1 can anyone help me to solve this problem. Thanks in advance
Options error: Unrecognized option or missing parameter(s) in /etc/openvpn/server....
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Inbound Port Forwarding From One LAN To Another Via OpenVPN Tunnel (PFSense On Both Sides)
I am going to do my best to explain this. Hopefully this isn't too confusing.
Networks (IPs are EXAMPLES and are not actually mine).
There is a site to site OpenVPN connection setup between Site Alpha ...
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KDE Connect not connecting over OpenVPN
I am trying to get KDE Connect to work through my OpenVPN server I'm hosting at home, but I'm having a really weird problem. I'm running it in TUN mode which means broadcast packets won't work, which ...
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Can I setup a nested VPN on Windows?
I used ProtonVPN on my machine but at some point it stopped connecting as its servers were blocked in Russia.
However, I found another working solution using OpenVPN and another VPN provider.
But I ...
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"SIGUSR1[soft,connection-reset] received" when connecting vpn
I followed this tutorial : https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/OpenVPN
Then I followed this tutorial : https://gist.github.com/gangsta/679e224900003f51ec184b7b8e56968b
This is the conf file :
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OpenVPN server not routing to its own LAN (Windows)
I'm trying to enable communication between local LAN of existing oVPN server and remote networks.
Both remote and local devices are communicating with PC (this was working for years) but they cannot ...
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How do I connect two LANs via routing?
I have the following layout. The OpenVPN client on 192.168.100.100 (Raspbian) is connected to OpenVPN Server/router 192.168.72.72 (Ubuntu) through TAP (bridged connection).
I want to make PC1/PC2 see ...
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Any need for DNS over HTTPS if there is a VPN running?
I am using OpenWrt 22.03.3 with OpenVPN. I was getting DNS leaks (ipleak.net was showing my country DNS), but after setting custom DNS (CloudFlare) for WAN and WAN6 in OpenWRT, ipleak.net shows ...
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Route only Foreign traffic via OpenVPN
I am running an OpenVPN Server via Softether on Ubuntu 22
I want to edit my client .ovpn config file so that the traffic going to servers hosted in my country bypass vpn and go direct (via domain TLD ...
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How do I connect a corporate VPN client such as Pritunl (OpenVPN) through another VPN tunnel such as Mullvad (WireGuard)?
I'm on Windows 10 and 11. I use the Pritunl/OpenVPN client to connect to a corporate LAN.
At some point, the VPN stopped working. It won't connect. Maybe my ISP is blocking it, maybe my IP got ...
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OpenWRT: TCP connect to [AF_INET]127.0.0.1:1080 failed: Connection refused?
I am trying to add Mullvad VPN on openWRT router. I have uploaded mullvard vpn .ovpn config file in the openwrt's openVPN section. I have also provided the mullvard.auth details which contains the ...
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How can I ping a device outside my VPN network but connected to a router that is in my VPN network
A schema will better explain the situation:
With the computer (10.8.0.2) I would like to be able to ping the cameras. From the computer I can already ping the router since the VPN is configured to ...
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Asus router static route not behaving correctly
I am running into a roadblock that I thought I could troubleshoot but have not been able to.
I am running a Asus RT-AC86U router (192.168.120.1) with Merlin and am trying to set up a site to site VPN ...
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TLS Error: TLS key negotiation failed to occur withing 60 seconds
I'm working remotely using my laptop by connecting to the office VPN server (in India), if I connect from UAE, the connection works immediately fine... But now when I try to connect from Egypt (using ...
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Openvpn connection error from hackthebox vpn file?
I'm trying to connect to openvpn for hackthebox using this command:
$ openvpn my_vpn_file.opvpn
And I get this error:
Options error: Unrecognized option or missing or extra parameter(s) in ...
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Trying to understand my level of privacy with a VPN in play, but also routing DNS directly to root servers
When I run a http://dnschecks.tools I get the following:
Given I'm using pfSense with Unbound and OpenVPN, I'm doing my own DNS queries to the root servers. The IP listed on IPXO is my VPN IP, and on ...
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Is it possible to connect to one VPN by temporary connecting to the other (due to the regional blockage of the first one)?
I have access to 2 VPN services: A via application — paid and unlimited and B via openvpn file (ovpn) — free but limited. The problem is that ISP blocks A but not B (well, some ovpn files do work and ...
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Cannot connect to Surfshark via a Azure VM
I am trying to connect to a 3rd party VPN via a Azure VM.
Following the instructions here: https://support.surfshark.com/hc/en-us/articles/360011051133-How-to-set-up-manual-OpenVPN-connection-using-...
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OpenVPN don't route a specific IP address
Would like to prevent a specific subnet (say 200.*.*.*) from routing. Don't have access to the OpenVPN server config, can modify only the client-side config. How can it be done?
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OpenVPN client behind CGNAT, traffic only passing server to client
I have a Draytek Vigor 2927ax router with built-in OpenVPN server at my main site on a static IPv4.
I'm trying to establish a VPN tunnel from a remote site using the OpenVPN client built in to an Asus ...
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Vaultwarden behind OpenVPN
I have a very specific question. I'm trying to setup Vaultwarden behind OpenVPN.
I want to allow access to Vaultwarden only for clients connected to the VPN and nobody else. So far I've managed to ...
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How can I get the OpenVPN config file?
I have a private VPS server at estnoc.ee. Through the computer I can get VPN, as I understand, by pptp.
I used to have openvpn working, but something must have updated or broken. The person who did ...
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How do I use an OpenVPN connection to load the DSM in a Synology NAS from an external location?
I have installed the VPN server (OpenVPN) on a Synology NAS running DSM (DiskStation Manager) 7.1.1. I have installed the OpenVPN client on Windows 11. I successfully connect to the VPN Server. How do ...
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How to know the OpenVPN version in the Synology VPN Server package?
How can I know which version of OpenVPN is contained inside the package "VPN Server" 1.4.7-2901 on my Synology NAS? Package description is a one-liner only...
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Wrong Internet connection sharing on a remote machine
1 ) I did a stupid mistake and I'm wondering if I can do something to fix it. I was trying to connect from PC A to the OpenVPN server that's running on my TP-link router. Instead of installing the TAP ...
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OpenVPN works with version 2.3.8 but not with openvpn 2.6.0
I have tried two different versions of OpenVPN
Version 2.3.8
OpenVPN 2.3.8 i686-w64-mingw32 [SSL (OpenSSL)] [LZO] [IPv6] built on Oct 30 2018
library versions: OpenSSL 1.0.2l 25 May 2017, LZO 2.09
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How to tell which process is hogging network resources through OpenVPN (Windows 10)
Sometimes I detect that some process is downloading a lot of data (it actually uses the maximum speed that my mobile connection can get), and when I try to check it with Task Manager or Process ...
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Ookla speedtest cli bypassing OpenVPN
I have a Raspberry Pi connected to a VPN. All traffic is routed through it (redirect-gateway def1). If I try curl 'https://api.ipify.org?format=json' I correctly read the IP address of the VPN server ...
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The Windows 10 OpenVPN client cannot connect to the server
When trying to connect, an error appears:
I'm trying to parse 'path/openvpn.ovpn' as an --option parameter, but I don't see a leading '--' ".
How do fix this?
I tried to upgrade to an older ...
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Is it safe to have public ip server with access to local network?
I have server (vpn) with public IP. This server also connected to the local network and provides access to this network for users connected via openvpn (openvpn hosted on this server). Let's say this ...
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OpenVPN direct to Archer7 router IP address issue
I have an office location with an Archer7 router setup with VPN access. I use OpenVPN from home to access the router directly. On the office side of the router, the network is DHCP using 192.168.101....
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How to connect a VPN to a VDS server in order to still be able to connect to that VDS through OpenVPN?
I'm from Russia so many internet services don't work in my country right now. Also the most of the VPN services are banned. So I bought a VDS server and installed OpenVPN on my VDS server with this ...
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Options error: Unrecognized option or missing or extra parameter(s) in myfile.ovpn:1: ��c (2.5.8)
I'll add the file's contents excluding the various secret contents
client
nobind
dev tun
remote-cert-tls server
remote myserver.com 1194 udp
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OpenVPN Port Forwarding
I have an Ubuntu server running an OpenVPN access server and want to redirect traffic from a certain port to a windows machine connected to the vpn. IE: A server is running on my windows machine @ ...
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Openvpn server client-connect to a specific Openvpn client configuration
Is there a way to specify what OpenVPN Client configurations to execute a client-connect script. For example, here is my directive on the OpenVPN server.conf file:
### SMS Notification on OpenVPN ...
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OpenVPN: TLS Error: TLS key negotiation failed to occur within 60 seconds [macOS]
I am getting this error when I try to connect to my VPN from my MacBook (MacOS: Ventura 13.1, but the same happened with 12.x as well)
The config file is ok, as it works fine on my iPhone and iPad.
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RDP via openvpn working on one nic but not another to windows server 2019
I have a setup that is a bit complex but am basically trying to get rdp traffic to work to a Windows 2019 server on two different network segments using different openvpn tunnels.
The network on the ...
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How to use OpenVPN only for Chrome only?
I have a .ovpn config file that can be used in the OpenVPN GUI (Windows system). However, I only need the google Chrome to use the OpenVpn.
Is there a simple way to do it?
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Can I connect to a device thats connected to another vpn?
i have a Unifi USG-3P, with a L2TP VPN Server setup where i connect to access my local devices
I also have a Synology NAS, this NAS connects to ExpressVPN via OpenVPN and allows to be set as a gateway ...
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OpenVPN on OPNsense fails to start after restore
After restoring my OPNsense system, the OpenVPN server fails to start.
Here’s how I restored the system:
Restored an image I had taken from the fully configured system (minus later configuration ...
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Multiple simultaneous VPN connections
I am using terminal to connect to multiple VPN instances (in parallel, from a single terminal) with openvpn api in Go. I have many VPN servers. Some combinations of VPNs work together but some of ...
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My Debian Server have a dynamic ip address. Have one program like a VPN to give a Static IP?
I need put a website to work, but my desktop doesn't have a static IP, only a dynamic IP. The internet provider created a lot of difficulties to upgrade my internet to statics IPs. I tried to put in ...
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Having a certificate authority on a dedicated hardware like SBC
I configured an OpenVPN server on Digital Ocean according to their guide. As the guide mentioned, having an OpenVPN server and a certificate authority on the same machine is a major security risk, so ...
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openvpn adds wrong route rule
I setup an openvpn server. And I have one client machine. It has two interfaces
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| OpenVPN client |
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