From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 11 13:18:12 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C82571065672 for ; Wed, 11 May 2011 13:18:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from editor@d3photography.com) Received: from server.cwis.biz (70-89-202-5-invergrove-mn.hfc.comcastbusiness.net [70.89.202.5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B46D8FC15 for ; Wed, 11 May 2011 13:18:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from server.cwis.biz (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by server.cwis.biz (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA1DB264F91D; Wed, 11 May 2011 08:20:12 -0500 (CDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at cwis.biz Received: from server.cwis.biz ([127.0.0.1]) by server.cwis.biz (server.cwis.biz [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 0jomRyndfXLq; Wed, 11 May 2011 08:19:55 -0500 (CDT) Received: from [192.168.46.114] (173-160-104-249-Minnesota.hfc.comcastbusiness.net [173.160.104.249]) by server.cwis.biz (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id C311A264F91C; Wed, 11 May 2011 08:19:55 -0500 (CDT) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1084) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: Ryan Coleman In-Reply-To: <307390.53296.qm@web36507.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Date: Wed, 11 May 2011 08:17:54 -0500 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: <001b01cc0f75$770ddfd0$65299f70$@yahoo.com> <307390.53296.qm@web36507.mail.mud.yahoo.com> To: Bill Tillman X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1084) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OpenVPN Setup X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 11 May 2011 13:18:12 -0000 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"