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Can a client ping an OpenVPN gateway server?
Everything works: the client connects to the server and can ping both the gateway server and openvpn both connected devices to its LAN, but not the reverse is true. That is, if the VPN gateway server, or the devices connected to its LAN, try to ping the client does not have any answers.
How to reach OpenVPN clients directly from a private network?
If your VPN client subnet is for example 172.16.47.0/24, and your OpenVPN Access Server installation is at IP address 192.168.47.222 then add this static route: Network 172.16.47.0 with subnet mask 255.255.255.0 to go through gateway 192.168.47.222 Now traffic should find its way in both directions.
What is the IP address of the OpenVPN server?
The client ping the server and all the LAN connected to him including the ADSL router with IP 172.16
How does a VPN connect to a LAN device?
That for the vpn client to connect to the lan device, the lan devices need to have the linux box as the gateway so that when my vpn client pings the lan device, it returns the ping to the gateway (linux box) which then pushes it to my vpn client.
The server itself is x.x.x.1/255.255.255.252. In my scenario, I only have clients which need to connect securely to that one server (which also runs the OpenVPN server). But the client and server cannot ping each other (on their VPN IP addresses).
How to set up OpenVPN on Windows 7?
I set up OpenVPN 2.1.3 on Windows 7 following the OpenVPN Easy Windows Guide. The client (another computer) can connect without problems and gets the desired IP x.x.x.6/255.255.255.252 in the VPN IP range. The server itself is x.x.x.1/255.255.255.252.
Why is my VPN not pinging MY lan?
I still see a potential routing table issue with your VPN traffic trying to reach LAN being blackholed by the default route. Under Topology, check that box, save the config and reconnect with your client. Those push statements won’t help much, you can probably remove them, but leave them for now for testing.
Is the OpenVPN server pushing the route?
The vpn server is definitely pushing the route as I can see the lan dns server in ipconfig and it says its pushing the route in the openvpn config.