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Dave, OpenVPN should work even if ICMP does not. What will happen is that the ICMP blockage will break Path MTU discovery. This is quite common in real-world OpenVPN installations and the --fragment and --mssfix options were developed to help work around this. James Dave Rocks <daveyboydotcom@xxxxxxxxxxx> said: > > Hello, > Quick question...would OpenVPN still work if ICMP is blocked between the two > machines involved? > > Here's the problem I have. ICMP has been blocked in/out of the routers on my > companies WAN. > This is a global policy I can't change. > I have a Windows 2000 server at SiteA that must be able to ping a PBX at > SiteB. > > So what I'm trying to do is setup a VPN from a test Linux box at SiteA to > another at SiteB & route the traffic from the Windows box at SiteA to the > PBX at SiteB via this. > > I have followed various how-to's to get an OpenVPN up but can't. Before I > go much further I'd just need to know if what I'm trying is possible or will > the lack of ICMP between the sites effect this? > > Many Thanks, > Dave. > > _________________________________________________________________ > Sign-up for a FREE BT Broadband connection today! > http://www.msn.co.uk/specials/btbroadband > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > The SF.Net email is sponsored by EclipseCon 2004 > Premiere Conference on Open Tools Development and Integration > See the breadth of Eclipse activity. February 3-5 in Anaheim, CA. > http://www.eclipsecon.org/osdn > _______________________________________________ > Openvpn-users mailing list > Openvpn-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openvpn-users > -- ------------------------------------------------------- The SF.Net email is sponsored by EclipseCon 2004 Premiere Conference on Open Tools Development and Integration See the breadth of Eclipse activity. February 3-5 in Anaheim, CA. http://www.eclipsecon.org/osdn _______________________________________________ Openvpn-users mailing list Openvpn-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openvpn-users |