Remote admin over satellite?

[ispyisail]

What will that tunnel give me; cli or GUI access

Both

Only network browse doesn't work.

[imacleod]

I've been trying to get the openvpn client to work with a static key using the gui. "Configuration below is updated automatically from parameters specified above", well sometimes, sometimes not.

If I specify the server and port, and client key, leaving "CA Certificate" and "Client Certificate" blank, I cannot get it to save, it keeps giving a "error: cannot find config file". I thought it was generating a config file?

Or, is this what ispyisail was referring to when he said "But this was broken in latter builds, now access can only be made in the direction of "client" to "server"."? I.e gargoyle has to be the server, not the client. That would be a PITA, any workaround?

[ispyisail]

I've been trying to get the openvpn client to work with a static key using the gui. "Configuration below is updated automatically from parameters specified above", well sometimes, sometimes not.

If I specify the server and port, and client key, leaving "CA Certificate" and "Client Certificate" blank, I cannot get it to save, it keeps giving a "error: cannot find config file". I thought it was generating a config file?

Or, is this what ispyisail was referring to when he said "But this was broken in latter builds, now access can only be made in the direction of "client" to "server"."? I.e gargoyle has to be the server, not the client. That would be a PITA, any workaround?

It works perfect in the correct direction

I'm not sure what you are trying to do?

Gargoyle as the OpenVPN "server"

a PC or another Gargoyle router as the "client"

If you are trying to connect to a service provider you are out of luck. Gargoyle does not support this!

[imacleod]

What I am trying to achieve is remote admin access to a gargoyle router behind a NAT device. In this particular instance the NATing is being done by a satellite ISP, however this must be a very common issue given all domestic connections NAT.

If it can handle gargoyle client >gargoyle server, why would it not handle gargoyle client>linux OpenVPN server, or is it just that I’m going the wrong way about trying to configure it as a client?

[ispyisail]

port problem?

you need to open/forward to the correct port

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PC <> Internet <> ISP router <> Gargoyle OpenVPN Server

Your ISP has supplied a router with the satellite?

[imacleod]

My mother’s satellite ISP provides a router, but it has a 10 address on the WAN; the NAT/PAT is dynamically performed at one of the ISP’s ground resources, that means that connectivity has to be established from the inside (her gargoyle)>outside (my server), it can’t be done the other way round.

My home cable modem – and I guess most DSL services - is different, it has a public IP and I can port forward a client request to a server.

If gargoyle can be a VPN server and have a gargoyle client, how does that client get configured? It couldn’t seem to do it when I tried inputting the information through the VPNclient GUI; I got the unable to find config error.

[ispyisail]

Are you trying to use a "Gargoyle client" to "Gargoyle Server" or "PC client" to "Gargoyle Server" (or other)

Your house is the "Gargoyle Server"?

Have you opened/forward the correct port to the "Gargoyle server" at your house.

[imacleod]

I was hoping to use OpenVPN on my Linux box for my server, the remote router as the client.

I have an old wrt54g that I could use as a server if it absolutely has to be another router, but I'd like to avoid that if possible.

[ispyisail]

I don't think it's going to work.

[imacleod]

If you can tell me how to apply a client config to the router I can test it out. The GUI will not let me do it; do I need to import a config file from a different router (or is there a static key config template that I could add my server IP and key to?), or can it be done through the CLI?