G+_Ben Yanke Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 Anyone good at VPNs and specifically OpenVPN? Finished setting up an OpenVPN server at home, but having some weird issues getting traffic to always work. Sometimes it works completely, other times I can only get to resources on my LAN. Ideas? Btw, it seems to be by device. Ie, main laptop always works great, other computer can only access LAN but not WAN, another device can get to LAN, and sometimes WAN... I think I might be having DNS problems, but haven't done enough troubleshooting to know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_610GARAGE Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 There is an option in openVPN to send all traffic through the VPN or send only local traffic through the vpn. It sounds like you have that option set to send only local traffic through the VPN, which I believe is the default. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_610GARAGE Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 Oh, and the client can override this option. So you need to double check that to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Ben Reese Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 I've started setting up OpenVPN probably half a dozen times. Right now I think I have 2 half way setup (DD-WRT and Digital Ocean). Any recommended resources for setting one up? Seems like there should be real easy tools or tutorials since OpenVPN is so popular. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Ben Yanke Posted March 3, 2016 Author Share Posted March 3, 2016 I found the most amazing bash script on GitHub for automated setup. I'll try and find it and share. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Ben Yanke Posted March 3, 2016 Author Share Posted March 3, 2016 Ah yes, here it is. I set up my two OpenVPN servers in under 10 minutes. https://github.com/Nyr/openvpn-install Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Ben Reese Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 Sweet! Thanks! I'll probably check that out tonight. I've got a road tip coming up (>1000 miles round trip) and would love to have access to plex at home for the kids. I've use PPTP, but keep hearing that's much less secure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Ben Yanke Posted March 3, 2016 Author Share Posted March 3, 2016 The script took me under 10 min to run, and I had never used openvpn. Totally check it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Michael Artelle Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 I ran into that issue too when I first started using OpenVPN too. I have it deployed on my webserver as I never trust public hotspots and it's the only way that I can SSH into my server too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Ben Reese Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 Ben Yanke? - I ran that script on Digital Ocean last night and it worked amazing! What's sad is I came across the script in a comment on Digital Ocean's tutorial, but decided against trying it. Had the VPN running in minutes and left my phone connected until this morning. Now I'm in the same boat as everyone else and need to learn how to configure it. I also want to get OVPN working on DD-WRT, so I'll have to figure out how to transfer the certificates and settings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Ben Yanke Posted March 4, 2016 Author Share Posted March 4, 2016 Great, isn't it? :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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