[Openvpn-users] apps, gateway, and routes

[David Mehler]

Hello,

I'm running an Openvpn 2.4 server. I've got the option:

push "redirect-gateway def 1 bypass-dhcp"

set. I can ping the vpn server and the vpn server can ping a client.
I've got a setup of jails on this server, in the 10.0.0.0/8 range, the
vpn server and clients are in the 192.168.9.0/24 range.

Question, can the client 192.168.9.2 access the host 10.0.0.15? If not
will the option:

push "route 10.0.0.0 255.255.255.0"

be needed?

On the subject of Android mobile devices, I've got some Android 6 and
Android 7 devices. What are the differences between the openvpn for
android and openvpn connect apps? Which should I go with?

Thanks.
Dave.

[Jan Just Keijser]

Hi,

Post by David Mehler
Hello,
push "redirect-gateway def 1 bypass-dhcp"
set. I can ping the vpn server and the vpn server can ping a client.
I've got a setup of jails on this server, in the 10.0.0.0/8 range, the
vpn server and clients are in the 192.168.9.0/24 range.
Question, can the client 192.168.9.2 access the host 10.0.0.15? If not
push "route 10.0.0.0 255.255.255.0"
be needed?

that would be requirement #1; the second requirement is that the hosts
in network 10.0/8 have a route for the VPN range , i.e. they need to
know that all traffic coming from 192.168.9/24 needs to go back to the
VPN server

Post by David Mehler
On the subject of Android mobile devices, I've got some Android 6 and
Android 7 devices. What are the differences between the openvpn for
android and openvpn connect apps? Which should I go with?

the openvpn for android app is fully opensource, whereas the openvpn
connect is provided by OpenVPN Inc; the differences are mostly a matter
of taste, although the OpenVPN 4 Android app is closer to the open
source version of OpenVPN.

HTH,

JJK

[David Sommerseth]

Post by Jan Just Keijser

Post by David Mehler
On the subject of Android mobile devices, I've got some Android 6 and
Android 7 devices. What are the differences between the openvpn for
android and openvpn connect apps? Which should I go with?

the openvpn for android app is fully opensource, whereas the openvpn
connect is provided by OpenVPN Inc; the differences are mostly a matter
of taste, although the OpenVPN 4 Android app is closer to the open
source version of OpenVPN.

Correct. One additional detail about OpenVPN Connect vs OpenVPN for
Android. OpenVPN Connect is based on the new OpenVPN 3 core client
library [1] while OpenVPN for Android is based on the very well known
OpenVPN 2.x code base; in fact I wonder even if OpenVPN for Android is
quite bleeding edge, often being based on a 'git master' version rather
than an official OpenVPN 2.x release.

[David Sommerseth]

Post by David Sommerseth

Post by Jan Just Keijser

Post by David Mehler
On the subject of Android mobile devices, I've got some Android 6 and
Android 7 devices. What are the differences between the openvpn for
android and openvpn connect apps? Which should I go with?

the openvpn for android app is fully opensource, whereas the openvpn
connect is provided by OpenVPN Inc; the differences are mostly a matter
of taste, although the OpenVPN 4 Android app is closer to the open
source version of OpenVPN.

Correct. One additional detail about OpenVPN Connect vs OpenVPN for
Android. OpenVPN Connect is based on the new OpenVPN 3 core client
library [1] while OpenVPN for Android is based on the very well known
OpenVPN 2.x code base; in fact I wonder even if OpenVPN for Android is
quite bleeding edge, often being based on a 'git master' version rather
than an official OpenVPN 2.x release.

And the [1] references:
<https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn3/>