Date: Wed, 11 May 2011 08:17:54 -0500 From: Ryan Coleman <editor@d3photography.com> To: Bill Tillman <btillman99@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OpenVPN Setup Message-ID: <EF2A0C5E-0E72-4456-8FCF-03022FB8FA1E@d3photography.com> In-Reply-To: <307390.53296.qm@web36507.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <001b01cc0f75$770ddfd0$65299f70$@yahoo.com> <BANLkTi=mHsT9LJ1bS7kHv7o=6CMU6yoXqA@mail.gmail.com> <307390.53296.qm@web36507.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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You can still test it from home... do pings through a specific = interface. Or change your routing table information. Also you can communicate from = the server itself to the client to test. On May 11, 2011, at 8:11 AM, Bill Tillman wrote: > Thanks to everyone for the replies yesterday on OpenVPN. I'd like to = report a=20 > few interesting things: >=20 > 1. In doing some google searches on this last night, believe it or not = some of=20 > the search results were the exact questions I asked in this group, = only=20 > yesterday afternoon. And this was while I was watching Fox News make = reports on=20 > how Google is watching and recording everything these days...Sheesh I = didn't=20 > know their spiders ran that fast. >=20 > 2. I have my OpenVPN process running on my FreeBSD server and wish to = test it=20 > with the OpenVPN client for Windows on my laptop from an outside = location. But=20 > the only outside locations I have access to right now are the local = McDonalds=20 > and Starbucks which offer free WiFi via AT&T's network. The trouble = with this is=20 > they appear to be blocking almost everything at these locations with = the=20 > exception of HTTP traffic. I can't make the connection and I cannot = acces my LAN=20 > via SSH either. I don't think they are blocking any particular ports = on these=20 > systems as much as they are just blocking everything except those = ports which=20 > allow users to surf the web. The only thing which appears in the = status window=20 > is that's it trying to make the handshake but then fails. I can ping = my home=20 > server from these outside locations so I know my server is reachable. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to = "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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