Comments on Hacks and Slash: How to Setup Openvpn in Tomato

Thanks for sharing this information. I'm still...

2012-01-11T22:15:32.217-08:00

Thanks for sharing this information. I'm still studying how Tomato works with OpenVPN.

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Great step by step instructions and if this can ci...

2011-09-22T12:29:17.725-07:00

Great step by step instructions and if this can circumvent the firewall in China it must be a powerful piece of software. http://www.proxynetworks.com

Great step by step tutorial. It worked out really ...

2011-09-21T22:38:52.887-07:00

Great step by step tutorial. It worked out really fine. Thanks.
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I got stuck at generate OpenVPN keys. I wasn't...

2010-09-02T23:01:08.869-07:00

I got stuck at generate OpenVPN keys. I wasn't sure what to install and how to generate a key

what changes should I make to the config file for ...

2010-07-20T07:22:54.815-07:00

what changes should I make to the config file for bridge mode?

@Istvan if you have setup everything in the router...

2010-06-23T23:37:52.709-07:00

@Istvan if you have setup everything in the router and you try to connect in Vista and Windows 7, I found that you have to run it as administrator, otherwise you won't be able to connect. What does the log say when you connect?

@Shak
You are setting it up on the router, but you still have to forward the ports, some users have success with firewall setting in tomato set to automatic, and remove the port forwarding in the firewall router.

Thanks Batmandas

I don't understand this step: >Then you sh...

2010-06-23T01:53:33.829-07:00

I don't understand this step:

>Then you should go to your firewall and forward the port 1195 to your router's IP address. In my case, I forward external UDP port 1195 local port 1195 at my router's IP address which is 192.168.1.1

Do you mean port forwarding? And isn't the VPN server residing on the router anyway? What exactly is being forwarded?

Help please. I can connect to my router but can't ping anything.

Polaris75, Open up static.key file with a regular...

2010-06-21T09:56:01.925-07:00

Polaris75,

Open up static.key file with a regular text editor, copy :

-----BEGIN OpenVPN Static key V1-----
........................
............................
.....................
-----END OpenVPN Static key V1-----

(including ---BEGIN and ---END lines)
and paste it into "VPN Tunneling\Server -> Keys" on the router. The only problem I had was the firewall. I had to set it to "Auto".
And you will need your "static.key" file to be in "OpenVPN\config" folder.

2010-06-21T09:54:43.204-07:00

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If someone could help it would be GREATLY apprecia...

2010-06-17T13:35:00.155-07:00

If someone could help it would be GREATLY appreciated ... I've followed the guide as best I could (I'm using a FreeBSD server so it was a little different, but the server isn't the issue) but I'm having a problem and I've scoured google for about an hour now and can't seem to find a fix ...

I've got the authorization mode set to 'static key', and I put the 'client.key' I generated on the server while following into the Keys box, starting with the "-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----" line and ending with "-----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----", but when I try to start the VPN it fails and I get the following in my /tmp/var/log/messages -

Jun 17 16:27:06 unknown daemon.err openvpn[1077]: Insufficient key material or header text not found found in file 'static.key' (0/128/256 bytes found/min/max)

It's seems like the key isn't making it from nvram to the file when it tries to start up ... if I knew where it was creating the temp file I'd just write the key there myself, but I have no idea ... if anyone knows how I can fix this it would make me extremely happy ...

Thanks

It doesn't work with windows 7 :( i tried it, ...

2010-06-17T11:44:38.391-07:00

It doesn't work with windows 7 :( i tried it, it's green, but when i try there was the old ip address, not my routers.. :(

@Ihstiv you are correct, if you create a private V...

2010-06-14T00:39:59.849-07:00

@Ihstiv you are correct, if you create a private VPN in your home network the IP address that you use to go out will be the same. Another way is to use your friend or family internet to install the VPN server. Connect to it and you will be seen as the same IP as your friend or family's IP.

I have a naive question: Does setting up a local V...

2010-06-11T11:13:46.707-07:00

I have a naive question: Does setting up a local VPN like this make you anonymous to your own ISP? My hunch is no, but I'm having trouble finding confirmation.

Thanks!

Great post! THANKS!!!! I had to change the firewal...

2010-05-14T07:09:19.434-07:00

Great post! THANKS!!!!
I had to change the firewall settings on router to Automatic to be able to connect through WAN.
Thank you BATMANTAS for the idea.

2010-05-14T07:07:21.530-07:00

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Just an update to my last post: When: - ip addres...

2010-04-16T08:01:14.502-07:00

Just an update to my last post:

When:
- ip address is external
- port forwarding is done on tomato on the router
- firewall rules are on the PC

I can connect through local LAN, but cannot connect over WAN.

When I change the settings so that
- firewall setting in tomato are automatic
- remove the portforwarding rules in tomato

I am able to connect through VPN both through LAN and WAN.

Glad you got it to work

2010-04-14T21:57:09.284-07:00

Glad you got it to work

I played around with this this evening as was able...

2010-04-14T16:05:52.498-07:00

I played around with this this evening as was able to get it to work.

- ip address is external
- port forwarding is done on tomato on the router
- firewall rules are on the PC

A few questions and I've read through the thre...

2010-04-14T09:43:36.942-07:00

A few questions and I've read through the threads, and I'm still struggling to get this to work.

1) are the firewall/portforwarding changes done in tomato or on the pc client? I believe the answer is in tomato, and all that needs to be done on the pc is to create a firewall exception.

2)is the external server addess the wan ip address of the modem, or the gateway address between the modem and the router. (Configuration is that my tomato router sits behind my cable modem).

thanks.

Thanks for the help. In order for me to get it to...

2010-02-20T11:34:34.123-08:00

Thanks for the help.

In order for me to get it to work on my system, I had to leave it at the default port, and set the firewall to automatic.

John I would get to the last step of the server se...

2010-02-07T09:49:21.632-08:00

John
I would get to the last step of the server setup on my tomato router. When I clicked save, that is when I revieved the ip adress is invalid error. I played arround with it all last night and to get I to save my settings, I had to fill in every blank for the setup of server 1 and server 2.

I seem to have a new problem now though. I have th settings saved, but when I click the start button, nothing happens.

Is this a bug, or is it simpily user error?

Which part of the instruction are you stuck at?

2010-02-07T04:40:25.658-08:00

Which part of the instruction are you stuck at?

no matter what i do, i get a series of messages th...

2010-02-06T18:10:58.540-08:00

no matter what i do, i get a series of messages that say "invalid ip adress" when i try to save my settings. i've tried various settings and have not been able to save the settings i input.

I am currently running tomato v1.27.8742 on a wl520gu if it helps.

It looks like this tutorial is for connecting a co...

2009-12-30T11:50:28.179-08:00

It looks like this tutorial is for connecting a computer to the tomato VPN server and access resources behind this router. Is there a tutorial on how to do a site-to-site VPN connection using two 2 tomato VPN routers? I like to have a persistent 24/7 VPN connection between my home and office so I can use rsync to sync two file servers -- one at work and one at home.

Can anyone recommend the well-priced Remote Deskto...

2009-12-15T06:31:30.319-08:00

Can anyone recommend the well-priced Remote Desktop software for a small IT service company like mine? Does anyone use Kaseya.com or GFI.com? How do they compare to these guys I found recently: [url=http://www.n-able.com] N-able N-central remote control
[/url] ? What is your best take in cost vs performance among those three? I need a good advice please... Thanks in advance!