re [KLUG Members] OpenVPN & DHCP

Adam Tauno Williams adam at morrison-ind.com
Mon Jun 20 08:30:27 EDT 2005


> >But the current DHCP server is at that address.  The OpenVPN server
> >already has it's own address on the LAN, will it assume another one as
> >the VPN server?  If so, how do I set it so it won't conflict?
> The new IPs that OpenVPN needs will not be created on the LAN, they'll 
> be created in a new range, as part of a new network.

In a normally routed network yes.  But client-VPNs vs. site-to-site VPNs are
usually setup in a bridged fashion so that the client operates as if it were
local.  This is because most brain-dead client operating systems don't support
any kind of routing protocol (OSPF, etc...).


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