Hi GerryG, ger...@proinbox.com wrote: > Hello > > I need to connect a couple of sites and some roaming users using > OpenVPN. > > I have a question about which "mode" on which box to use. > > The types of sites/users I need to set up for are: > > (1) Our main office LAN > (2) Our VPS in 'the Cloud' > (3) Roaming users > > I need to permanently connect the Office LAN (1) and the VPS (2), making > sure that the connection gets reestablished if if drops off for any > reason. > > Roaming users (3) need to be able to connect to EITHER Office LAN (1) or > the VPS (2). > > All connections need to use TLS&Certificates for authentication. > > Iiuc, the Roaming Users (3) would all need to be in "client" mode, so > the servers they connect to, (1) & (2), need to be in "server"mode. > > How should the two servers connect to one another? Can I make them > connect "server"-mode to "server"-mode? Or do I need to set up a P2P > connection? Do I still need multiple instances of OpenVPN running on > those servers to make them do double duty as both servers to the Roaming > clients AND a persistent link between the servers? > > > I'd make the VPS cloud instance a client of the main office VPN server; the VPS cloud instance would run two instances of OpenVPN: one in server mode for the roaming users and one in client mode to connect to the main office.
After setting up the VPN servers, it's all a matter of routing ;) HTH, JJK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Get 100% visibility into Java/.NET code with AppDynamics Lite It's a free troubleshooting tool designed for production Get down to code-level detail for bottlenecks, with <2% overhead. Download for free and get started troubleshooting in minutes. http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_ap2 _______________________________________________ Openvpn-users mailing list Openvpn-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openvpn-users