Joe  wrote:
> On Sun, 27 Dec 2020 20:28:52 +0000
> Chris Green  wrote:
>
> > Tauno Voipio  wrote:
>
> > >
> > > You have also a need to provide routing from the internal network
> > > to the OpenVPN daemon for the subnet (or host) to tunnel via the
> > > VPN.
> > Ay?  I'm not at all sure what you mean by this.
> >
>
> I think what he means is that using a VPN from a single computer
> doesn't need any routing changes, but if you want one computer to
> handle VPN for other local computers, and the VPN machine is not the
> network's default gateway, then you need to tell the other computers
> that the VPN computer is the gateway to the distant network. The
> simplest way is with a DCHP configuration. I recall using a Win2000
> workstation as a VPN server for a remote office and needing to do this.
>
Hmm!!  I don't see how that makes sense.  'Using VPN from a single
computer' when the 'single computer' is on a LAN - but then it all
goes to pot doesn't it?  Either the computer is on one's LAN or it's
in a VPN with the remote but it can't really do both can it?

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Chris Green
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