Topic: openvpn

[trazomtg]

hello,
id'like to access to my machines behind my smeserver  from a machine external at my local LAN, anywhere on internet
i am not sure how to parameter this fonction in smeserver

can you help me please because i don't know how to use the doc ?
my smeserver is on 192.168.0.1 connected to my freeboxin gateway/bridge mode with an ethernet connexion and to a switch
my others computers are 192.168.0.3, 192.168.0.7 and 192.168.0.10 are connected to the switch
is it possible from internet (out of my LAN) so anywhere to connect to theses machines?
thanks
T.

[ReetP]

PLEASE read the wiki like we have told you numerous times before. All the information you need is there.

If you have a specific issue then post back here telling us the steps you have taken.

But please stop asking people to walk you by the hand through documented procedures.

If you really do not understand the documentation then tell us which part you specifically do not understand.

If you do not understand any of it you probably should not be attempting this.

Thamk you.

[trazomtg]

ok   i ask because i have not a lot of time

[Stefano]

ok, in this case you'd pay someone to do this job for you

[ReetP]

I charge double while on holiday....

[DanB35]

ok   i ask because i have not a lot of time

...and you obviously couldn't care less about our time.  The thing is, it will take less of your time if you first RTFM, and then ask specific questions if there are specific parts that are unclear.  It will also make us much more willing to help you.

With that said, though the wiki's instructions worked well for me, my ultimate solution was to stop using SME in server/gateway mode, and put it behind a pfSense router.  I then configured the VPN on that device, which worked much more smoothly.

[Fumetto]

...my ultimate solution was to stop using SME in server/gateway mode, and put it behind a pfSense router.  I then configured the VPN on that device, which worked much more smoothly.

...or, as I did, put the pfsense in "parallel" to SME and make it become a network gateway, using the LAN side of SME only for the services it has to provide and "saving" to turn doors on SME. Works very well!!!

[ReetP]

I have a couple in S/G with no issues (but they are on VMs with no interfering routers)

Trickiest bit was hand crafting ovpn configs with embedded certs for iOS. Wish phpki could do it automatically.

Glad I read the wiki and openvpn forums. And gave myself plenty of time

[janet]

trazomtg

Your gateway device is NOT an sme server so we cannot give specific advice for VPN'ing into a sme server acting as gateway.
 
You need to read your freeboxin gateway documentation or ask on their forums how to set up a VPN.

[DanB35]

Your gareway is NOT an sme server so we cannot give advice.

Well, not necessarily--he could forward, say, port 1194 to the SME and go from there.  But not if he doesn't have time to read the documentation, and needs someone to spoon-feed step-by-step instructions...

[trazomtg]

thanks for your replies. Could you give me the url of some documentation please?
it's the most difficult to find

[DanB35]

Could you give me the url of some documentation please?
it's the most difficult to find

You mean the link that appears at the top of this page ("Documentation"), with a drop-down to "wiki" (which you've been repeatedly told to check) is difficult to find?  For OpenVPN specifically, look at https://wiki.contribs.org/OpenVPN_Routed and https://wiki.contribs.org/OpenVPN_Bridge

[ReetP]

What is really frustrating is the OPs original post here:

https://forums.contribs.org/index.php/topic,53131.msg274865.html#msg274865

Specifically this:

i am an "old" systems and network international consultant and technical directeur for a very big enterprise. I'm now retired and fave plenty of time.
i have skils in Tivoli, Nagios, MRTG ....
others skills in KVM, OpenVPN, Iptables, linux (Fedora, Debian ), Unix (AIX) ...
and some facilites in bash, python and prolog

Really????? If you have all those skills, why are you finding it so difficult?? Not only with OpenVPN but system monitoring too (see other long 'haven't read the documentation' threads on Nagios et al)

If you were that high up you would know the importance of reading the documentation?

And if you are retired you have a lot more time than the rest of us who are working.

Sorry, but something is not right here and I don't have time to waste on users who have more time than me, and cannot be bothered to do some homework.

[TerryF]

There are times you need to have a "Like" button

[trazomtg]

Fumetto  and  DanB35,  i don't understand your replies

With that said, though the wiki's instructions worked well for me, my ultimate solution was to stop using SME in server/gateway mode, and put it behind a pfSense router.  I then configured the VPN on that device, which worked much more smoothly.
...or, as I did, put the pfsense in "parallel" to SME and make it become a network gateway, using the LAN side of SME only for the services it has to provide and "saving" to turn doors on SME. Works very well!!!

trazomtg

Your gateway device is NOT an sme server so we cannot give specific advice for VPN'ing into a sme server acting as gateway.
 
You need to read your freeboxin gateway documentation or ask on their forums how to set up a VPN.

Well, not necessarily--he could forward, say, port 1194 to the SME and go from there.  But not if he doesn't have time to read the documentation, and needs someone to spoon-feed step-by-step instructions...

can you explain this solution or give me a doc?  i don't find doc in SMEServer doc

all my traffic from internet throughs the freebox and goes to the SMESERVER then the switch then the computers