Issues with OpenVPN Server
22 hours ago, DocSwag said:I've been looking at setting it up so that the home file server we have at home can be accessed from away from the network via a vpn. So I looked at using this guide to set it up on my Debian 8.6 based system.
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-up-an-openvpn-server-on-debian-8
Well when I finished doing it and tried connecting to the VPN on my mac through Tunnelblick it didn't work. I tried purging all the things I installed (ufw and openvpn) and it still didn't work. When I tried to connect to the vpn through Tunnelblick it would just say "Waiting for server response" and it seems like it's not making a connection to the server.
So I have a few questions, would it work if I try connecting to the vpn even if the mac and server are on the same network? And I should be using the public ip address, correct?
I'm really just confused as to why this isn't working, and any suggestions as to what might be wrong are greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Did you forward the correct ports through your Router? Most likely the traffic is stopping at the router because it doesn't know what internal IP Address your OpenVPN server is using.
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