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From: Xavier Parizet <xav@×××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] openvpn static ip
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:17:42
Message-Id: 4B86D8DD.1030705@gentooist.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] openvpn static ip by Joseph
1 Le 25/02/2010 20:20, Joseph a écrit :
2 > On 02/25/10 18:12, Xavier Parizet wrote:
3 >> Le 25/02/2010 17:51, Joseph a ??crit :
4 >>> On 02/25/10 08:40, Xavier Parizet wrote:
5 >>>> On 02/25/2010 02:32 AM, Joseph wrote:
6 >>>>> I've configured OpenVPN and it works OK but I can not seems to
7 >>>>> figure it
8 >>>>> out how to assign static IP to clients
9 >>>>>
10 >>>>> My server.conf port 8458
11 >>>>> [SNIP]
12 >>>>>
13 >>>>> On client in /etc/openvpn/ccd directory I've created a file "syscon9"
14 >>>>> with:
15 >>>>> ifconfig-push 192.168.139.15 192.168.139.1
16 >>>>
17 >>>> Hmmm... 192.168.139.1 does not seem a remote netmask, isn't it ?
18 >>>> man openvpn tell me the following for ifconfig-push:
19 >>>> --ifconfig-push local remote-netmask
20 >>>>
21 >>>> so, put ifconfig-push 192.168.139.15 255.255.255.0 rather than the line
22 >>>> above in the ccd directory.
23 >>>>
24 >>>> If it doesn't work, then please post the openvpn.log of the client.
25 >>>
26 >>> I've tried it many time, it doesn't work with the netmaks. File: syscon9
27 >>> from ccd:
28 >>> cat syscon9
29 >>> ifconfig-push 192.168.0.15 255.255.255.0
30 >> ^^^
31 >> this is wrong (or maybe a typing mistake?)
32 >>
33 >> If it's a typing mistake, then please post now server side log.
34 >
35 > Yes, it was a typo :-/ I corrected it:
36 > cat syscon9
37 > ifconfig-push 192.168.139.15 255.255.255.0
38 >
39 > but from log you can see it still didn't give me what I want, I got IP
40 > 192.168.139.6 and was asking for: 192.168.139.15
41 >
42 > log:
43 > cat /var/log/openvpn.log
44 > [SNIP]
45
46 Ok. After re-re-reading the man page, try to add parameter topology
47 subnet to server config. If it still don't work, then _please_ post the
48 openvpn.log of the server side.
49
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