OpenVpn and Dlink DI-624+ setup

[Steve Rainbird]

I have a problem which hopefully one of you guys can help me with.

I am trying to set up my network so that I can use openvpn to access our
Linux box at work.

My setup is as follows.

WinXPpro ---> Dlink 624+ -----> cable modem ------> Linux box

If I bypass the router everything works ok so I guess that I need to do
something on the router to allow openvpn to work. I have tried everything I
can but its not working.

The messages I get from openvpn are as follows.

Tue Jan 03 16:17:52 2006 OpenVPN 2.0.5 Win32-MinGW [SSL] [LZO] built on Nov
2 2005
Tue Jan 03 16:17:52 2006 IMPORTANT: OpenVPN's default port number is now
1194, based on an official port number assignme
nt by IANA. OpenVPN 2.0-beta16 and earlier used 5000 as the default port.
Tue Jan 03 16:17:52 2006 WARNING: --ping should normally be used
with --ping-restart or --ping-exit
Tue Jan 03 16:17:52 2006 Static Encrypt: Cipher 'BF-CBC' initialized with
128 bit key
Tue Jan 03 16:17:52 2006 Static Encrypt: Using 160 bit message hash 'SHA1'
for HMAC authentication
Tue Jan 03 16:17:52 2006 Static Decrypt: Cipher 'BF-CBC' initialized with
128 bit key
Tue Jan 03 16:17:52 2006 Static Decrypt: Using 160 bit message hash 'SHA1'
for HMAC authentication
Tue Jan 03 16:17:52 2006 LZO compression initialized
Tue Jan 03 16:17:52 2006 TAP-WIN32 device [Local Area Connection 3] opened:
\\.\Global\{4DD11CA2-8843-459D-8307-2DD77324
ABC9}.tap
Tue Jan 03 16:17:52 2006 TAP-Win32 Driver Version 8.1
Tue Jan 03 16:17:52 2006 TAP-Win32 MTU=1500
Tue Jan 03 16:17:52 2006 Successful ARP Flush on interface [2]
{4DD11CA2-8843-459D-8307-2DD77324ABC9}
Tue Jan 03 16:17:52 2006 Data Channel MTU parms [ L:1577 D:1450 EF:45 EB:135
ET:32 EL:0 AF:3/1 ]
Tue Jan 03 16:17:52 2006 Local Options hash (VER=V4): '83c3b015'
Tue Jan 03 16:17:52 2006 Expected Remote Options hash (VER=V4): '83c3b015'
Tue Jan 03 16:17:52 2006 UDPv4 link local (bound): [undef]:1194
Tue Jan 03 16:17:52 2006 UDPv4 link remote: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:5011

any help gratefully received.

 

[Dan]

I know this isn't going to be much help but... If you have a router
that allows "VPN pass-through" you need to set it to allow, otherwise
you need to open the ports the VPN is using (often even 3 ports (find
out from IT at work)) and point traffic inbound using those ports to
your computer.