Anymore steps needed to allow OpenVPN?

[grievsa93]

Hi Guys,

pfSense as a firewall is working great, but i want to set it up as a VPN server.

I followed this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdAHVSTl1ys
Which basically, shows me how to create the CA's, users and configure the server using the wizard.

But when i install the exported client, all it states is 'connecting'

are there anymore steps i need to make before attempting to connect? Not sure what information you might need, so just let me know.

Thanks,

grievsa93

[Nachtfalke]

Didn't watch the video but in general you need to do that:

• Create CA and Certificates for the server and the user

• Configure the server, interface, port and the CA and server certificate

• configure your WAN firewall rule to allow connection to the server and/or setup PortForwarding rules if your OpenVPN is running on LAN interface and not directly on WAN

• When exporting the the setup + config with the OpenVPN client export utility make sure you configure the correct IP address or hostname.

[grievsa93]

@Nachtfalke:

Didn't watch the video but in general you need to do that:

• Create CA and Certificates for the server and the user

• Configure the server, interface, port and the CA and server certificate

• configure your WAN firewall rule to allow connection to the server and/or setup PortForwarding rules if your OpenVPN is running on LAN interface and not directly on WAN

• When exporting the the setup + config with the OpenVPN client export utility make sure you configure the correct IP address or hostname.

Thanks Nachtfalke, I'll give that a go now!

Cheers,

[grievsa93]

For anyone looking at this, i found the best guide to use here:

http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1663797