Can anyone point me in the right direction for setting up OpenVPN? Is there a step-by-step guide anywhere?
I have tried following the guides on the OpenVPN website, but just wind up confusing myself more. I am wanting to run a simple VPN from my home to my office with ethernet bridging. I am getting hung up trying to generate the security certificates, and reference these in the config files that OpenVPN requires. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
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GotoMyPC is definitely NOT what I am looking for. I need full network access, not just remote computer access. Besides, if that is all I was looking for, I would use a VNC client, not GotoMyPC.
I consider myself above the 'average' user when it comes to computer skills. I am simply having trouble getting clear instructions I need to generate the security certificates OpenVPN requires. This is something new to me, and most instructions I find are aimed at Linux users.
BradReeseCom wrote:
Why dont't you try first with a shared key and see if that works. Then try to do it with the certificates. I did it following the openvpn site guides and works great. My server is a Slackware 10 box and the client I use is a Win XP SP2 via modem.
Hope this helps.
Good luck!!
Aiki2
Try OpenVPN Bridging with Windows HOWTO
Sincerely,
Brad Reese
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