Hey there !
I only recently installed OpenVPN on my Windows 7 Professional (64 bit). I used the Alonweb VPN to connect and obtain another IP address. Everything worked fine, except the fact that my internet browsers fail to use that IP. Same happens with Firefox, Chrome, Internet Explorer etc...
Any ideas ?
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Hey there Qlemo !
The browsers are using my default externam IP : 92.81.116.2XX
And the assigned VPN address i got was 172.32.1.XX .
AlonwebVPN only provides the actual config file that OpenVPN is using. (So OpenVPN knows where to connect).
I didn't understand the gateway question, I'm not an expert ^^
Thanks for the reply !
try finding the option of "use remote gateway as the default gateway" from your OPEN VPN client. check it if applicable.
if there is no such an option available, you may use ROUTE ADD command to manually delete the local remote gateway or give it a high metric to make it spare.
for example, use ROUTE ADD to check the local gateway, it would look like this:
Network Destination Netmask Gateway Interface Metric
0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 192.168.1.1 192.168.1.123 25
to make the local default gateway in a low priority if your VPN's metric number is less than 100.
ROUTE ADD 0.0.0.0 MASK 0.0.0.0 192.168.1.1 METRIC 100
be aware, you can't use the -P option to permanently delete (ROUTE DELETE) your local gateway as this will disconnect you from the internet.
hope it helps,
bbao
OpenVPN does not allow for "using remote gateway" setting.
Better than the above manual route settings is to use a "split route" in your OpenVPN config file. Insert following commands into the .ovpn:
Umm, i had some results (not the expected ones) with your solution Qlemo.
I added
route 0.0.0.0 128.0.0.0
route 128.0.0.0 128.0.0.0
My ip gets changed to 85.17.136.142 even though OpenVPN sais my assigned ip is 172.32.0.178 .
And i tried routing separate addresses but had no success. Any other ideas ? I think we are on the right track :)
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by: QlemoPosted on 2009-08-28 at 09:47:31ID: 25209467
What IP are your browser using? Do you have multiple default gateways (this does not work)? How are Alonweb VPN and OpenVPN related to each other?