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timm

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From: Wisconsin

Registered: 2004-02-25

Posts: 417

Openvpn from Windows

I need to access my server from the road.  I've had some trouble with limitations of an ipsec vpn, so want to try out openvpn.  I have installed it on arch, and seem to have a working server.  What do I need to use on my windows computer to connect?  The client on the openvpn page says it's for their access server, not the community version.  I've found a couple others that are called clients, but seem to assume I am installing the vpn server on windows.

Sin.citadel

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Registered: 2008-01-22

Posts: 267

Re: Openvpn from Windows

there isnt that much of a difference between the server and client, only the config file. install openvpn-gui (gui + openvpn) in windows. In the config directory, create a ovpn config file containing your client options, you also need to populate that folder with your client certificate as well as the ca certificate.