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Connecting to the office network remotely from your home via VPN (OpenVPN) using RUTX (view source)
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* And in the last section '''<key></key>''' paste whole private key from '''/easy-rsa/pki/private/"your_client_name".key'''
* And in the last section '''<key></key>''' paste whole private key from '''/easy-rsa/pki/private/"your_client_name".key'''
*One more thing to change in your .ovpn file is to change the IP address to your router's '''public IP address'''
*One more thing to change in your .ovpn file is to change the IP address to your router's '''public IP address'''
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*Now you can '''Save''' and '''Import''' your '''.ovpn''' file to the OpenVPN client by right-clicking on OpenVPN GUI in the hidden icons tray and navigating to '''Import → Import File'''.
*Now you can '''Save''' and '''Import''' your '''.ovpn''' file to the OpenVPN client by right-clicking on OpenVPN GUI in the hidden icons tray and navigating to '''Import → Import File'''.
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Do not connect yet to your VPN client, we still have to configure the server.
Do not connect yet to your VPN client, we still have to configure the server.
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If everything was configurated correctly your OpenVPN server should be '''Active''':
If everything was configurated correctly your OpenVPN server should be '''Active''':
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Now let's try to connect from a '''client''' to the '''server'''.
Now let's try to connect from a '''client''' to the '''server'''.
On your Windows machine right-click on '''OpenVPN GUI''' '''→''' Select your client → Press Connect
On your Windows machine right-click on '''OpenVPN GUI''' '''→''' Select your client → Press Connect
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If the connection was successful then you will get the following notification:
If the connection was successful then you will get the following notification:
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To test if the connection is working properly on your Windows machine open '''CMD''' and type ping '''192.168.15.1''' (server's VPN IP) you should get a similar response:
To test if the connection is working properly on your Windows machine open '''CMD''' and type ping '''192.168.15.1''' (server's VPN IP) you should get a similar response:
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