re [KLUG Members] OpenVPN & DHCP

bill bill at billtron.com
Mon Jun 20 19:16:31 EDT 2005


On Mon, 2005-06-20 at 08:30, Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
> > >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...).

I already had a WINS server on the remote (server) LAN along with a
Samba Server.  So, I figured TUNneling (routing) would be o.k.  Am I
amiss here?

kind regards,

bill




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