1. Linux client how-to.
  2. Linux client how-to (network-manager, gnome).
  3. Windows client how-to.

 

  1. Linux client how-to
    In this guide I will explain how to install and configure OpenVPN, I will give two examples, one for Arch Linux and another for Ubuntu 11.10.Log in as ‘root’

    (Arch&Ubuntu) sudo su -

    Install the OpenVPN package which available in your distribution

    (Arch) pacman -S openvpn
    (Ubuntu) apt-get install openvpn

    Unzip the keys.zip file to /etc/openvpn/, use the password you entered when you subscribed

    (Arch&Ubuntu) unzip keys.zip -d /etc/openvpn/

    You will extract 5 files, when 1 of them is the configuration file, edit that file and replace <username> with the username you subscribed with. Your username is case-sensitive!

    (Arch&Ubuntu) sed -i ‘s/<username>/YourUsername/g’ /etc/openvpn/client.conf

    Now you can run ‘openvpn’ serivce

    (Arch) /etc/rc.d/openvpn start
    (Ubuntu) start openvpn

    Give the connection few seconds to settle, to debug view the route table and log files

    (Arch&Ubuntu) ip route show
    (Arch) grep openvpn /var/log/messages.log
    (Ubuntu) grep openvpn /var/log/syslog

    Visit a site like MyIP.is to check if the VPN is working.

  2. Linux client how-to, network-manger, gnome.
    Before you start, make sure you have the ‘keys.zip’ unzip somewhere, we will need thoes files to complete the configuration. Also make sure ‘network-manager-openvpn’ package is installed.
    Run ‘nm-connection-editor’ as root, and go to the ‘VPN’ tab, press ‘add’ to add a new client configuration.

    Next choose ‘OpenVPN’ and press ‘Create’.

    Gateway is the VPN IP address, in this case it’s ‘vpn.de01.itk98.net’. Next choose authentication type ‘Certificates’, and choose the files from ‘keys.zip’ as shown in the example (‘client’ will be replaced with the user-name you selected at the subscription form).


    Press ‘advanced’ and set there ‘port’, ‘compression’ and ‘MTU’.

    Next choose ‘Security’, and in there select ‘Camellia-256-cbc’ cipher.

    Last pick the ‘TLS Authentication’ tab, and choose the ta.key file, and the direction ’1′.

    Save everything, and log to the VPN, visit a site like MyIP.is to check if the VPN is working.

  3. Windows client how-to
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