Windows Openvpn Client And Server Set Up - Tripp Lite B092-016 Owner's Manual

Chapter 4: Serial Port, Device and User Configuration

4.10.3 Windows OpenVPN Client and Server set up

Windows does not come with an OpenVPN server or client. This section outlines the installation and configuration of a
Windows OpenVPN client or a Windows OpenVPN server and setting up a VPN connection to a console server.
The OpenVPN GUI for Windows software (which includes the standard OpenVPN package plus a Windows GUI) can be
downloaded from http://openvpn.se/download.html.
• Once installed on the Windows machine, an OpenVPN icon will have been created in the Notification Area located in the right
side of the taskbar. Right click on this icon to start (and stop) VPN connections, and to edit configurations and view logs
When the OpenVPN software is started, the C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\config folder will be scanned for ".opvn" files. This
folder will be rechecked for new configuration files whenever the OpenVPN GUI icon is right-clicked. So once OpenVPN is
installed, a configuration file will need to be created:
• Using a text editor, create an xxxx.ovpn file and save in C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\config. For example, C:\Program Files\
OpenVPN\config\client.ovpn
An example of an OpenVPN Windows client configuration
file is shown below:
# description: BL_client
client
proto udp
verb 3
dev tun
remote 192.168.250.152
port 1194
ca c:\\openvpnkeys\\ca.crt
cert c:\\openvpnkeys\\client.crt
key c:\\openvpnkeys\\client.key
nobind
persist-key
persist-tun
comp-lzo
An example of an OpenVPN Windows Server configuration file
is shown below:
server 10.100.10.0 255.255.255.0
port 1194
keepalive 10 120
proto udp
mssfix 1400
persist-key
persist-tun
dev tun
ca c:\\openvpnkeys\\ca.crt
cert c:\\openvpnkeys\\server.crt
key c:\\openvpnkeys\\server.key
dh c:\\openvpnkeys\\dh.pem
comp-lzo
verb 1
syslog BL_OpenVPN_Server
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