Andrew Parker wrote: >> I found when following your suggestion >> that there was a typo in /etc/openvpn/server.conf >> (I had the wrong location for one of the keys). >> When I corrected this, and restarted openvpn on both machines, >> everything appeared (from /var/log/messages) to be fine. >> I have tun0 on my desktop at 192.168.5.1 >> and tun0 on my laptop at 192.168.5.6 . >> >> I guess my question now is rather different - >> I'm not sure what I can do with the connection. >> I don't seem able to ssh in either direction. >> And ping fails in both directions too. > > for a connectivity test, each node should be able to ping the other. > i.e. desktop can ping 192.168.5.6 and laptop can ping 192.168.5.1. As I mentioned, I cannot ping either openvpn address, though I can ping my desktop alfred (in Ireland) from my laptop martha (in Italy); --------------------------------- [tim@martha ~]$ route -n Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface 192.168.5.5 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 tun0 192.168.5.0 192.168.5.5 255.255.255.0 UG 0 0 0 tun0 192.168.1.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 169.254.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 0.0.0.0 192.168.1.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0 [tim@martha ~]$ ping -v -c2 192.168.5.1 PING 192.168.5.1 (192.168.5.1) 56(84) bytes of data. >From 192.168.5.1 icmp_seq=1 Destination Host Unreachable >From 192.168.5.1 icmp_seq=2 Destination Host Unreachable [tim@martha ~]$ ping -v -c2 www.gayleard.com PING www.gayleard.com (86.43.71.228) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 86.43.71.228: icmp_seq=1 ttl=240 time=105 ms 64 bytes from 86.43.71.228: icmp_seq=2 ttl=240 time=106 ms --------------------------------- [tim@alfred ~]$ route -n Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface 192.168.5.2 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 tun0 192.168.5.0 192.168.5.2 255.255.255.0 UG 0 0 0 tun0 192.168.3.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth2 192.168.2.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth1 192.168.1.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 169.254.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 eth2 0.0.0.0 192.168.1.254 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0 [tim@alfred ~]$ ping -v -c2 87.6.120.53 PING 87.6.120.53 (87.6.120.53) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 87.6.120.53: icmp_seq=1 ttl=49 time=114 ms 64 bytes from 87.6.120.53: icmp_seq=2 ttl=49 time=104 ms [tim@alfred ~]$ ping -v -c2 192.168.5.6 PING 192.168.5.6 (192.168.5.6) 56(84) bytes of data. >From 192.168.5.1 icmp_seq=1 Destination Host Unreachable >From 192.168.5.1 icmp_seq=1 Destination Host Unreachable --------------------------------- Any illumination gratefully received. -- Timothy Murphy e-mail (<80k only): tim /at/ birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
