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Date:      Tue, 5 Sep 2017 01:36:51 -0700
From:      Doug Hardie <bc979@lafn.org>
To:        "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Bruce Ferrell <bferrell@baywinds.org>
Subject:   Re: openvpn
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> On 4 September 2017, at 23:33, Doug Hardie <bc979@lafn.org> wrote:
>=20
>>=20
>> On 4 September 2017, at 17:27, Bruce Ferrell <bferrell@baywinds.org> =
wrote:
>>=20
>> Doug,
>>=20
>> I use a pfsense firewall with an openvpn server installed.  I connect =
from Android, iOS, OS X, Windows and Linux.  The vpn connection use a =
separate subnet from my "normal" subnet and simply routed in.  No port =
forwarding needed that way.  Because the pfsense firewall is the default =
route, all server automatically are able to reach the vpn subnet because =
all non-lan traffic goes there and is then directed as needed.
>>=20
>> Bruce
>>=20
>> On 09/04/2017 03:09 PM, Doug Hardie wrote:
>>> I have a home LAN with a number of servers on it.  I have one public =
fixed IP address.  I need to be able to access all the servers when away =
from home.  Openvpn appears to be the best approach as there is a client =
available for ios which is what I carry.  There is duplication of port =
usage on multiple servers so just  port routing in the router is not =
viable.
>>>=20
>>> I have installed openvpn on one server and will setup the port in =
the router to route to it. However, there are a number of sample =
configuration files provided and I can't figure out which is the best =
one for me to use.  My first thought was server.conf, but then =
tls-office.conf or static-office.conf also look reasonable.
>=20
> Thanks for the info.  I am making headway on this.  I used the =
server.conf file and after a bit of horsing around with the key file, I =
got a connection to work.  However, there are still some routing issues =
from the client to local machines.  While everything works well with IP =
addresses, DNS is an issue.  Ios is still going to the internet for DNS. =
 I need to be able to tell it to "drop" the internet connection for =
everything (except connectivity) and use the VPN or to use the VPN for =
DNS.  I am using routing, but wonder if bridging might be a better =
approach.

Headway just ended.  Bridge mode is what I need.  iOS does not support =
bridge mode...  Somehow I will need to figure out how to munge DNS to =
give what I need.

-- Doug





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