OpenVPN VPN Bridging - Revision history

Bigfoot65 at 02:22, 20 February 2019

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@@ Line 78: / Line 78: @@
   iptables -A INPUT -i br0 -j ACCEPT
   iptables -A FORWARD -i br0 -j ACCEPT
-  service openvpn restart
+  service openvpn restart</pre>
 * In your OpenVPN client (such as Amahi HDAConnect for Windows users) configuration, change ''dev tun'' with ''dev tap''. You'll also need to add a line that will make the client IP static:
-{{Text|Text=ifconfig 192.168.0.x 255.255.255.0}}
+<pre>ifconfig 192.168.0.x 255.255.255.0</pre>
 Replace "x" in the IP address above with address you want your client to use.
-[[Category: VPN</pre>
+[[Category: VPN]]

@@ Line 16: / Line 16: @@
   nano /etc/openvpn/openvpn-startup
 Add this at the end of the file:
-{{Text|Text=
+<pre>
 <nowiki>#################################</nowiki>
 <nowiki># Set up Ethernet bridge on Linux</nowiki>
@@ Line 38: / Line 38: @@
 ifconfig $tap 0.0.0.0 promisc up
 ifconfig $br $eth_ip netmask $eth_netmask broadcast $eth_broadcast
-ifconfig $eth 0.0.0.0 promisc up}}
+ifconfig $eth 0.0.0.0 promisc up</pre>
   nano /etc/openvpn/openvpn-shutdown
 Add this text to the file:
-{{Text|Text=#!/bin/sh
+<pre>#!/bin/sh
 <nowiki>####################################</nowiki>
@@ Line 63: / Line 63: @@
 if [ "$eth_ip" !<nowiki>=</nowiki> "" ]; then
      ifconfig $eth $eth_ip netmask $eth_netmask broadcast $eth_broadcast
-fi}}
+fi</pre>
@@ Line 70: / Line 70: @@
 Remove the line that contains: ''dev tun''
 and replace it with this:
-{{Text|Text=mode server
+<pre>mode server
 tls-server
 dev tap0}}
@@ Line 83: / Line 83: @@
 Replace "x" in the IP address above with address you want your client to use.
-[[Category: VPN]]
+[[Category: VPN</pre>

@@ Line 13: / Line 13: @@
 These steps need to be done as '''root''' user:
-{{Code|yum -y install bridge-utils
+ yum -y install bridge-utils
-nano /etc/openvpn/openvpn-startup}}
+ nano /etc/openvpn/openvpn-startup
 Add this at the end of the file:
 {{Text|Text=
@@ Line 41: / Line 41: @@
-{{Code|nano /etc/openvpn/openvpn-shutdown}}
+ nano /etc/openvpn/openvpn-shutdown
 Add this text to the file:
 {{Text|Text=#!/bin/sh
@@ Line 66: / Line 66: @@
-{{Code|chmod +x /etc/openvpn/openvpn-shutdown
+ chmod +x /etc/openvpn/openvpn-shutdown
-nano /etc/openvpn/amahi.conf}}
+ nano /etc/openvpn/amahi.conf
 Remove the line that contains: ''dev tun''
 and replace it with this:
@@ Line 75: / Line 75: @@
 And remove (or comment out) the lines that start with ''server'' and ''ifconfig-pool-persist''.
-{{Code|iptables -A INPUT -i tap0 -j ACCEPT
+ iptables -A INPUT -i tap0 -j ACCEPT
-iptables -A INPUT -i br0 -j ACCEPT
+ iptables -A INPUT -i br0 -j ACCEPT
-iptables -A FORWARD -i br0 -j ACCEPT
+ iptables -A FORWARD -i br0 -j ACCEPT
-service openvpn restart}}
+ service openvpn restart
 * In your OpenVPN client (such as Amahi HDAConnect for Windows users) configuration, change ''dev tun'' with ''dev tap''. You'll also need to add a line that will make the client IP static:
 {{Text|Text=ifconfig 192.168.0.x 255.255.255.0}}

@@ Line 2: / Line 2: @@
 image	=Warning.png|
 heading	=WARNING|
-message = This procedure could break networking, proceed with extreme caution!}}
+message = This procedure could break networking, proceed with extreme caution!
 '''NOTE:''' It is recommended that you shut down your current VPN before modifying configs and then restarting it after you finish configuring it.

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 {{MessageBox|backgroundcolor	= #FBB|
 image	=Warning.png|
@@ Line 89: / Line 181: @@
 Replace "x" in the IP address above with address you want your client to use.
-[[Category: VPN]]
+[[Category: VPN]]-->

@@ Line 49: / Line 49: @@
 tap="tap0"
 eth="eth0"
-eth_ip=`ifconfig | grep -A 1 br0 | tail -1 | awk -F':' '{printf $2}' | awk '{print $1}'`
+eth_ip=`ifconfig | grep -A 1 $br | tail -1 | awk -F':' '{printf $2}' | awk '{print $1}'`
-eth_netmask=`ifconfig | grep -A 1 br0 | tail -1 | awk -F':' '{printf $4}' | awk '{print $1}'`
+eth_netmask=`ifconfig | grep -A 1 $br | tail -1 | awk -F':' '{printf $4}' | awk '{print $1}'`
-eth_broadcast=`ifconfig | grep -A 1 br0 | tail -1 | awk -F':' '{printf $3}' | awk '{print $1}'`
+eth_broadcast=`ifconfig | grep -A 1 $br | tail -1 | awk -F':' '{printf $3}' | awk '{print $1}'`
 ifconfig $br down

@@ Line 23: / Line 23: @@
 eth="eth0"
-eth_ip=`ifconfig | grep -A 1 eth0 | tail -1 | awk -F':' '{printf $2}' | awk '{print $1}'`
+eth_ip=`ifconfig | grep -A 1 $eth | tail -1 | awk -F':' '{printf $2}' | awk '{print $1}'`
-eth_netmask=`ifconfig | grep -A 1 eth0 | tail -1 | awk -F':' '{printf $4}' | awk '{print $1}'`
+eth_netmask=`ifconfig | grep -A 1 $eth | tail -1 | awk -F':' '{printf $4}' | awk '{print $1}'`
-eth_broadcast=`ifconfig | grep -A 1 eth0 | tail -1 | awk -F':' '{printf $3}' | awk '{print $1}'`
+eth_broadcast=`ifconfig | grep -A 1 $eth | tail -1 | awk -F':' '{printf $3}' | awk '{print $1}'`
 openvpn --mktun --dev $tap