Originally Posted by
SOMDdan
ZENGUY: your PDF instructions were admittedly better than all the others I have found so far, including the official guide from OpenVPN, as well as the Ubuntu guide, but................there are still some significant questions that have yet to be answered. My first attempt at using your guide was a failure, and I hope you can help me clear them up. Here they are:
Does your guide work for a standard-issue distribution of Ubuntu desktop, or does it have to specifically be Ubuntu Server? (I have been trying to install OpenVPN on a newly installed Ubuntu 10.4 Desktop virtual Machine running on VMWare workstation, with a bridged interface to the host)
When I run an ifconfig command after the VPN server is running (or at least I assume it is), I get listings for eth0, br0, and tap0. Both eth0 and br0 have ethernet addresses on the same subnet, but they are different (192.168.102.36 and 192.168.102.38, respectively), and tap0 does not have an address. Is this what I am supposed to be seeing?
A part of your instruction involves installing network manager. Prior to installing and configuring OpenVPN on my Ubuntu box, I was using Wicd to manage my network connections. Does the Wicd application interfere with the proper operation of NetworkManager or the configurations that are part of configuring the OpenVPN server?
Does this work with an installation of Ubuntu that has only one NIC?
I have been trying for a week to make OpenVPN work, and your instructions have gotten me further than any other instructions have, but there still are some gaps in my understanding of exactly how it should look and work when properly configured and running. I will keep trying, but any help you could provide answering those questions would be a big help - Thanks
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