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Hi! I have been a linux user for some years although I'm totally new to the "network world". This is the first time I will use OpenVPN and I have been a few days strugling to make it work. I need to connect my home and work PCs (just two computers, each in a different location and with a different network) to use ssh in a way that I can access either computer. Then I could syncronize my files using the commands: sync, unison, etc.
Both computers are using Debian 12. In case this info could be relevant, one computer has the default Debian kernel: 6.1.0-30-amd64, arch: x86_64.
The other computer is using a newer kernel to achieve wifi compatibility: Kernel: 6.10.11+bpo-amd64 arch: x86_64. I would like to set both as server and client to access from either location.
I installed the default OpenVPN in Debian 12:
OpenVPN 2.6.3 x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
library versions: OpenSSL 3.0.15 3 Sep 2024, LZO 2.10
Originally developed by James Yonan
Copyright (C) 2002-2023 OpenVPN Inc <sales@openvpn.net>
First I followed the wiki debian page: https://wiki.debian.org/OpenVPN:
In that page they first cover how to install and ran openvpn in a raw unsecure connection just for testing. But the test didn't go well for me. Later they continue to configure openvpn which I also did, but still it seem not to work. then I went through more complex guides on the net, configuring certificates, etc.... no luck. I think I should focus on that first step on the debian wiki page and find out why the raw test doesn't work.
[continue in the next message, to avoid some annoying error message...]
Both computers are using Debian 12. In case this info could be relevant, one computer has the default Debian kernel: 6.1.0-30-amd64, arch: x86_64.
The other computer is using a newer kernel to achieve wifi compatibility: Kernel: 6.10.11+bpo-amd64 arch: x86_64. I would like to set both as server and client to access from either location.
I installed the default OpenVPN in Debian 12:
OpenVPN 2.6.3 x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
library versions: OpenSSL 3.0.15 3 Sep 2024, LZO 2.10
Originally developed by James Yonan
Copyright (C) 2002-2023 OpenVPN Inc <sales@openvpn.net>
First I followed the wiki debian page: https://wiki.debian.org/OpenVPN:
In that page they first cover how to install and ran openvpn in a raw unsecure connection just for testing. But the test didn't go well for me. Later they continue to configure openvpn which I also did, but still it seem not to work. then I went through more complex guides on the net, configuring certificates, etc.... no luck. I think I should focus on that first step on the debian wiki page and find out why the raw test doesn't work.
[continue in the next message, to avoid some annoying error message...]