Setting Up an OpenVPN Connection (Configuring Server & Client) 💻↔️🖥️
👍 Watch how to set up an OpenVPN server for Windows and configure an OpenVPN client, and how to organize data exchange channels between remote offices. Sometimes people need to establish a link between remote computers without spending extra money on equipment and software. In doing that, a well-known free program OpenVPN can help a lot, as it provides free implementation of the VPN — virtual private network technology.
In our channel, you can already find a video on how to create a VPN server with standard Windows tools and how to connect to such server from another PC. You will find the link in the description: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YH2nmDOYoz0
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OpenVPN official website: https://openvpn.net/community-downloads/
How to Run Command Prompt as Administrator in Windows 10, 8 or 7 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-9uRvsMQmk
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How to Setup Port Forwarding — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YH2nmDOYoz0
How to reserv an IP address to a computer — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-gFrpI0GxU
Configuration file for server:
proto tcp4-server
dev tun
tls-server
tls-auth “C:\\Program Files\\OpenVPN\\easy-rsa\\keys\\ta.key” 0
tun-mtu 1500
tun-mtu-extra 32
mssfix 1450
ca “C:\\Program Files\\OpenVPN\\easy-rsa\\keys\\ca.crt”
cert “C:\\Program Files\\OpenVPN\\easy-rsa\\keys\\ServerVPN.crt”
key “C:\\Program Files\\OpenVPN\\easy-rsa\\keys\\ServerVPN.key”
dh “C:\\Program Files\\OpenVPN\\easy-rsa\\keys\\dh4096.pem”
server 10.10.10.0 255.255.255.0
client-to-client
keepalive 10 120
cipher AES-128-CBC
comp-lzo
persist-key
persist-tun
client-config-dir “C:\\Program Files\\OpenVPN\\config”
verb 3
route-delay 5
route-method exe
push “route 192.168.0.0 255.255.255.0”
route 192.168.182.0 255.255.255.0
Additional configuration file for server:
ifconfig-push 10.10.10.5 10.10.10.6
iroute 192.168.182.0 255.255.255.0
# disable
Configuration file for client:
remote 176.122.115.66
client
port 12345
proto tcp4-client
dev tun
tls-client
tls-auth “C:\\Program Files\\OpenVPN\\config\\ta.key”1
remote-cert-tls server
tun-mtu 1500
tun-mtu-extra 32
mssfix 1450
ca “C:\\Program Files\\OpenVPN\\config\\ca.crt”
cert “C:\\Program Files\\OpenVPN\\config\\ClientVPN.crt”
key “C:\\Program Files\\OpenVPN\\config\\ClientVPN.key”
cipher AES-128-CBC
comp-lzo
persist-key
persist-tun
verb 3
mute 20
That’s all. As you can see, a VPN connection with OpenVPN is created. Computers can access each other in both directions.
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