[Wolves] OpenVPN under Ubuntu on both its server & client

[Adam Sweet]

On 16/04/14 17:38, John Rose wrote:
> Adam,
> 
> Thanks for the info on Plex & the dpt usage by it below. OpenVPN now
> works for my laptop as the VPN client to my desktop as the VPN server.
> I've used user/password authentication as that looks like the best way
> to use an Android device as a VPN client. I'm using VPN for Android app
> to configure & connect from my Android devices. However, I can't figure
> out how to save profile's details (entered into VPN for Android e.g.
> router internet address, required user & password) let alone how to
> actually start/stop a VPN session! I've emailed VPN for Android's author
> & am awaiting a reply.  

I used OpenVPN for Android myself without any problems. I managed to
destroy my Nexus 4 so moved to a Nexus 5 after making the Nexus 4 worse
while trying to fix it. I haven't set it up since, but when I open it up
now the first thing I see is an add profile screen. I vaguely recall you
have to press the Save button after making changes rather than using the
back arrow button, but it was 6 months ago that I spent any time looking
at it.

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> On 16/04/14 17:29, Adam Sweet wrote:
>> On 15/04/14 12:57, Chris Ellis wrote:
>>> Hi John
>>>
>>> On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 12:10 PM, John Rose <john.aaron.rose at gmail.com
>>> <mailto:john.aaron.rose at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>     I'm using OpenVPN to setup a VPN server on a desktop with the client
>>>     on a laptop also using OpenVPN. Both machines are Ubuntu Precise
>>>     Desktop. All that I want to do is to access website securely using
>>>     OpenVPN when away from home by leaving the desktop switched on. I've
>>>     followed the Ubuntu Community Guide for OpenVPN on a Ubuntu Server
>>>     and everyting is OK except for a line on the client's
>>>     /var/log/syslog repeated many times: shown at end of this message.
>>>     Any ideas?
>>>
>>>     <snip>
>>>
>>>     However, the last line of the client's /var/log/syslog is repeated
>>>     many times and is:
>>>
>>>     Apr 15 11:54:53 JudithLaptop kernel: [136090.793598] [UFW BLOCK]
>>>     IN=wlan0 OUT= MAC= SRC=192.168.101.13 DST=239.0.0.250 LEN=49
>>>     TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=1 ID=41113 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=56556 DPT=32412
>>>     LEN=29
>>>
>>>     I don't understand why these ports (56556 & 32412) on the client are
>>>     used. Please explain.
>> That dpt is plex:
>>
>> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1868480
>>
>> The rest of the stuff in your mail looked OK, is there anything else not
>> working with OpenVPN, or are you just confused about that log message?
>>
>> It looks like the laptop firewall is blocking packets from your Plex
>> DLNA server coming into port 32412 over your wifi card to a multicast
>> address , but it won't be affecting OpenVPN.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Adam Sweet
>>
>>
>>
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Regards,

Adam Sweet

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