Virtual Private Networks (VPN)
OpenVPN
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See
for information about OpenVPN modes. The default is
tun
.
5. If
tap
or
tun
are set for
device_type
:
a. Set the IP address and subnet mask of the OpenVPN server.
(config vpn openvpn server
name
)> address
ip_address/netmask
(config vpn openvpn server
name
)>
b. Set the firewall zone for the OpenVPN server. For TUN device types, this should be set to
internal
to treat clients as LAN devices.
(config vpn openvpn server
name
)> zone
value
(config vpn openvpn server
name
)>
To view a list of available zones:
(config vpn openvpn server
name
)> firewall zone ?
Zone: The zone for the local TUN interface. To treat clients as LAN
devices this would usually be
set to internal.
Format:
any
dynamic_routes
edge
external
hotspot
internal
ipsec
loopback
setup
Current value:
(config vpn openvpn server
name
)>
c. (Optional) Set the route metric for the OpenVPN server. If multiple active routes match a
destination, the route with the lowest metric will be used.
(config vpn openvpn server
name
)> metric
value
(config vpn openvpn server
name
)>
where
value
is an interger between
0
and
65535
. The default is
0
.
d. (Optional) Set the range of IP addresses that the OpenVPN server will use when providing
IP addresses to clients:
i. Set the first address in the range limit:
(config vpn openvpn server
name
)> server_first_ip
value
(config vpn openvpn server
name
)>
where
value
is a number between
1
and
255
. The number entered here will represent
the first client IP address. For example, if
address
is set to
192.168.1.1/24
and
server_first_ip
is set to
80
, the first client IP address will be 192.168.1.80.
