On Mon, 7 Nov 2005 at 21:08 -0700, Andrew McNabb wrote: > > Do all vpn connections (to the same server) share the same tun0 end- > > point ip address? I was understanding that openvpn sets up p2p > > connections with an ip address at each end. How does this work? The > > docs are not clear. Does each end-point have it's own tun device or > > do they all share on the server? > > The server and client should each have exactly one tun device. Each > client has its own address and its own peer address. Here's how my > current connection is set up:
Provided you're using the server mode (which implies TLS). If you are using e.g. preshared keys then you'd have to run a second daemon on the "server" peer (with its own tun). > > Secondly I can't get dynamic address assignment to work. My linksys > > comes in and gets a static assignment (this is *not* using dhcp or > > bridged-mode; I'm using routing only). When I try to get the work > > machine to merely get a dynamic address, the connection is made, but > > the tun0 on the client gets no address assigned to it (it's not even > > up). The logs show a successful authentication. > > > > I think seeing the config would really help for this, if it wouldn't be > too much trouble. Definitely. -- Hans Fugal ; http://hans.fugal.net There's nothing remarkable about it. All one has to do is hit the right keys at the right time and the instrument plays itself. -- Johann Sebastian Bach
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