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Fw: [Openvpn-users] Newbie question


  • Subject: Fw: [Openvpn-users] Newbie question
  • From: "James Yonan" <jim@xxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 06:13:05 -0600

> Am Dienstag, 23. April 2002 13:17 schrieben Sie:
> > Juergen,
> >
> > It looks to me like the ping packet is being sent over the tunnel to
DMZ,
> > echoed, sent back to home, received by openvpn, then written to the TUN
> > device.  Since the ping command is not showing a successful echo, it
means
> > that the echoed ping packet was lost somewhere on the home machine after
> > openvpn passed the packet to the networking subsystem.
> >
> > One thing that could be happening is that your home firewall could be
> > filtering the packet as it comes in on the tun virtual interface.
> >
> > Are you using Linux 2.4 and iptables?
> >
> > If so, try these commands on the home machine:
> >
> > iptables -A INPUT -i tun+ -j ACCEPT
> > iptables -A FORWARD -i tun+ -j ACCEPT
> >
> > BTW, if you don't mind I would like to forward this thread back to the
> > mailing list when it gets resolved, so that others who have a similar
> > problem can benefit.
> >
> > James
> >
> YEAH!!
> I had similar rules in my ruleset but with the wrong device (tun7).
>
> OK, it looks like I'm getting closer and closer to my VPN :-))
> Thanks a lot, James!
>
> Juergen
>
> P.S. And, yes, please move this thread to the list. Just forgotten set the
> list address ;-)


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