Hello all,
I am reaching out to the friendly community for some advice on establishing a successful VPN connection to my home network.
I am slowly transitioning from Windows to Linux and am trying to set up as many features as possible that I had with Windows. Below is an .ovpn file that I used (successfully) when connecting to my VPN from Windows.
client
dev tap
proto udp
dev-node NETGEAR-VPN (removed this line because it is Windows-related)
remote [MY_WAN_IP/DDNS] [PORT]
resolv-retry infinite
nobind
persist-key
persist-tun
ca ca.crt
cert client.crt
key client.key
cipher AES-128-CBC
comp-lzo
verb 5
remote-cert-tls server
With Linux I can successfully make a connection to the home network, but I have no access to local resources. I cannot ping the VPN gateway or any other device within the VPN that I can when I am connected at home. I have tried setting this up using several ways including via CLI, but all yielded the same results.
My preference is to have it set up via GUI i.e. System Settings > Connections > VPN. This way I can conveniently connect or disconnect as required without the need to get into the terminal. I have set it up by importing the .ovpn file, creating a generic openvpn connection and inputting the details from the .ovpn file and via CLI. As mentioned, the best I can do is establish a connection. Checking my router’s logs for the VPN server confirms that a connection is established.
With all the research done so far, the only conclusion I can produce is that it is a Linux client related issue. Furthermore, I suspect that it is to do with routing tables on the client side, but I am not able to find a solution. Looking at the journalctl logs I see that the client has an IP address of 192.168.28.149 while the devices on the home network are in the 192.168.0.X range.
I would be incredibly grateful for any help with this!
For info, I am running Debian 12.4 with KDE Plasma on an Acer Predator G9-792. My router is Netgear Nighthawk X10.
Many thanks in advance!
I am reaching out to the friendly community for some advice on establishing a successful VPN connection to my home network.
I am slowly transitioning from Windows to Linux and am trying to set up as many features as possible that I had with Windows. Below is an .ovpn file that I used (successfully) when connecting to my VPN from Windows.
client
dev tap
proto udp
dev-node NETGEAR-VPN (removed this line because it is Windows-related)
remote [MY_WAN_IP/DDNS] [PORT]
resolv-retry infinite
nobind
persist-key
persist-tun
ca ca.crt
cert client.crt
key client.key
cipher AES-128-CBC
comp-lzo
verb 5
remote-cert-tls server
With Linux I can successfully make a connection to the home network, but I have no access to local resources. I cannot ping the VPN gateway or any other device within the VPN that I can when I am connected at home. I have tried setting this up using several ways including via CLI, but all yielded the same results.
My preference is to have it set up via GUI i.e. System Settings > Connections > VPN. This way I can conveniently connect or disconnect as required without the need to get into the terminal. I have set it up by importing the .ovpn file, creating a generic openvpn connection and inputting the details from the .ovpn file and via CLI. As mentioned, the best I can do is establish a connection. Checking my router’s logs for the VPN server confirms that a connection is established.
With all the research done so far, the only conclusion I can produce is that it is a Linux client related issue. Furthermore, I suspect that it is to do with routing tables on the client side, but I am not able to find a solution. Looking at the journalctl logs I see that the client has an IP address of 192.168.28.149 while the devices on the home network are in the 192.168.0.X range.
I would be incredibly grateful for any help with this!
For info, I am running Debian 12.4 with KDE Plasma on an Acer Predator G9-792. My router is Netgear Nighthawk X10.
Many thanks in advance!
Statistics: Posted by dukman — 2024-02-06 10:29 — Replies 2 — Views 80