I am Connected to our VPN and I would like to RDP to a Server that is on the network that is currently connected to a different VPN. What do we need to do? If I RDP to a different server and then RDP from that server to the one connected to a different VPN, it works. I just can't directly. Is there something that we need to set up on that server, my computer or the network?
Actually you can be connected to other remote server as well with your machine as VPN client so now will be vpn client to two different vpn server
for doing this you need to perform following steps
1.Create a new client1.conf file for the new remote server
2.copy the content of already present client.conf to client1.conf file
3.now change the value of ca, cert and keys in client1.conf file to the respective values as per to those needed to connect other remote server
4.establish vpn connection with other remote server as follows
openvpn client1.conf
The command used above are for linux to establish vpn using openvpn, For windows, please find same command for windows from openvpn site might be client1.conf in linux corresponds to client1.opvf or something... However this would be the step to be performed in general
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My company has an on-premise network which is opened by OpenVPN server.
In the ordinary scenarios, I used to connect to that server very easily.
However, when I tried to that server from the OCI compute instance which I connected by SSH from my laptop, there exist some problems. As soon as I try to connect VPN server, my SSH connection is closed.
IMHO, this may occurred because VPN connection changes network information and so my SSH connection might be lost.
I tried to look around to find out how to connect to VPN from OCI, but almost everything was using IPSec protocol which Oracle provided, others were about builting OpenVPN Server on the OCI instance.
I'm very novice for the network structure. So, please give me some hint to resolve this problem.
Thanks,
I get the following:
You have Ubuntu 18.04 VM on a Public Subnet in OCI
You have OpenVPN Server running on On-Prem.
You would like to access your On-Prem from Ubuntu VM on OCI.
If I understood it correctly, the best way is to set up IPSec VPN. It isn't that hard if you hit right steps. At the high level, you will be doing the following steps. I have used IKEv1 in my attempts in the past.
OCI:
Create a DRG
Attach/Associate it to your VCN
Create a CPE (Customer Premise Equipment) and mark the IP Address of OpenVPN server to it.
Create an IPSec Connection on the DRG. It will create two Tunnels with its own Security Information.
Set up Routing on associated subnet (i.e., one that hosts Ubuntu VM) so traffic associated to On-Prem CIDR are routed to DRG.
On-Prem:
Create necessary configuration to create the Tunnels upto OCI (Using the configuration information from previous steps such as VPN Server IP Addresses and Shared Secrets)
Set up Routing so that the Traffic destined for OCI CIDR ranges are sent to associated Tunnel Interface
This ensures that you can create multiple VMs on the OCI Subnet all of which can connect to your On-Prem infrastructure. OCI Documentation has sufficient information in setting up this VPN Connection.
Alternatively if your only requirement is to establish connectivity between Ubuntu VM on OCI to OpenVPN server On-Prem, you might use any VPN Client software and set it up. This doesn't need any of the configuration steps mentioned above.
Worker nodes in private subnets have private IP addresses only (they do not have public IP addresses). They can only be accessed by other resources inside the VCN. Oracle recommends using bastion hosts to control external access (such as SSH) to worker nodes in private subnets. You can learn more on using SSH to connect through a bastion host here - https://docs.cloud.oracle.com/en-us/iaas/Content/Resources/Assets/whitepapers/bastion-hosts.pdf
What I'm trying to achieve is:
Connect to a VPN as client and route all my internal network's traffic over the VPN.
Run a VPN server, so that people from outside can connect to my internal network and get routed over the a.m. VPN client.
I'm trying to achieve that with a router running dd-wrt (netgear D6200), and / or a raspberry pi.
Can someone tell me if this can be achieved, and if, direct me to what would be a possible solution?
(I'm not looking for a tutorial, just a direction)
Thanks!
This thread probably does not belong here.
Consider using OpenWRT instead of dd-wrt. OpenWRT gives you a usable build system and easier to customize and build. I am not advocating OpenWRT. This can be a stop gap measure.
You can setup a OpenVPN server and OpenVPN client using the standard
documentation available on OpenWRT Wiki and also OpenVPN site.
Add to OpenVPN server.conf the following directive redirect-gateway def1. This will push the default gateway to clients connecting to OpenVPN server. Further, make sure you are using a unique network IP pool for VPN clients and does not clash with the remove VPN server.
Make sure you are masquerading the VPN traffic (Clients of local VPN server) before forwarding to remove VPN server. This can be tricky as this interface does not exist at boot time. It needs to be configured using up and down scripts
Make sure you are allowing traffic (clients of local VPN Server) on VPN interface to be forwarded in your firewall rules
Before setting up the OpenVPN server, make sure
The remove VPN server is pushing the default gateway to your VPN
client
You have setup the firewall correctly
You are able to reach the cloud through the Remote VPN Server. Checking with some site like www.whatismyip.com will help
Yes this is possible with dd-wrt on Netgear.
There is no need of Raspberry (unless you meant to run the remote VPN server on it).
Configure and run VPN server on dd-wrt - and try connectivity by connecting clients. Both tun/tap should work in general (with VPN client running). I tested with tun.
Configure and run VPN client on dd-wrt and try connecting to your VPN server. By default, the router should start directing all traffic (for its own LAN clients) via the VPN server.
So far so good.
The problem comes when you want dd-wrt's VPN clients (and not just LAN clients) to take the same route. With a VPN client running on dd-wrt, dd-wrt's own VPN clients will not be able to connect to the VPN server running on dd-wrt as such. To make it work, see below.
This is only possible via PBR - i.e. you run VPN client on dd-wrt, but take the router itself off this client, and route only specific clients through this VPN client running on dd-wrt.
With some tweaks using subnet masks, it is possible to include all your LAN and VPN IPs in the PBR policy so that everything (except the router itself) routes through the remote VPN server.
The key is to include dd-wrt's VPN clients' virtual IPs in the PBR. While configuring VPN server on dd-wrt, there is a field for specifying the clients' network and netmask.
If you use this network IP and netmask in client process's PBR policy, your (dd-wrt's) VPN clients will be able to connect to the VPN server running on dd-wrt, and will in turn be routed through the remote VPN server to which dd-wrt is connected as a client.
Apparently there is no way to get requested data back to the OPC DA client from the server when using OPC DA over a VPN connection. This is because OPC DA is designed using Microsoft's Component Object Model (COM) and uses Distributed COM (DCOM) for remote connectivity. When a connection is established to a remote server, and data requests are made by the client, the server will send callbacks to the IP address that made the connection. When connected to a VPN, it will broker a local IP address on that network. In conclusion a machine running a OPC DA client using a VPN tunnel to connect to a remote OPC DA server is able to discover the server but not to run it.
My question is: there is a way to use a different tunneling mechanism compatible with the OPC DA protocol?
Alternatively there is a way to route all callbacks to the client from the server to the IP of the PC with the OPC DA server instead of the brokered IP?
I think you'd be better off putting an OPC-UA tunneler on the machine with the DA server and then connecting over the VPN using OPC-UA.
Are you sure that the VPN is the problem? If you are able to "discover" the server, but can't launch it that means your dcom settings are incorrect.
Create a new local user account on the client and the server (same name and password). On the server change the dcom settings for the opc server:
Run dcomcnfg
Find you opc server, select properties.
On the security tab add the new account everywhere (you may try to skip this, sometimes not needed)
On the identity tab, select "this user", fill the new account
On the client, log in with the new account, connect the VPN.
The above dcom settings is the easiest to maintain/set up/debug for remote connections. Any other combination (interactive user/launching user/domain account etc.) is a pain and in 99% time won't work. If you need to use domain users (not recommended at all!), you need to connect the VPN before login in the client (good luck with this)
This is a few years later, but in case anyone unearths this:
Use a tap-interface VPN, rather than a tunnel. In other words, use a layer-2 VPN which behaves like an Ethernet interface on the remote LAN. You (the VPN client) are given an IP address on the remote network that is connected directly to your machine. It behaves exactly as though there is a very long Ethernet cable from your machine to the site. For all practical purposes, you become local to the OPC server.
or...
As suggested by #KevinHeron above, use an OPC Gateway. Prosys OPC make one and have a diagram of your situation on their product page: https://www.prosysopc.com/products/opc-ua-gateway/
I need to build some software infrastructure to manage computers which are connected to the internet using a 3G modem (about 30-40 clients).
The scenario that I came up with for project needs:
Client established internet connection (this is made on OS startup - no user action needed)
Client make connection to some server in internet (I named it "PROXY" - maybe there is a better name)
From now client is connected to PROXY server and it is listening for connections on some port (static or dynamic port?)
The same is true for all other machines.
What I need:
When I connect to PROXY server I want to see list of all connected clients to it (optionaly time of connection, client IP etc)
I can make connection to any clients but not P2P I want to connect using PROXY server (some kind of tunneling?)
Access to client should be impossible without PROXY server.
Example:
Client connect to internet using 3G modem - received IP: 149.10.20.30
Client connect to PROXY (79.10.11.12)
I connect to PROXY (terminal / VNC / putty / whatever). I can list connected clients (ex. using some command: $ show_connected_clients). And I see list: IP / MAC or other informations.
From my computer (or PROXY server if this is simpler) I can make connection to client (terminal / VNC / RDP whatever) using for this PROXY server.
$ connect_to 149.10.20.30 using 79.10.11.12
Is such a thing is to realize with the help of the built-in OS services? Or maybe I need to use some commercial software or write my own application?
Writing this from scratch is possible but I do not want to reinvent the wheel.
Some advice? Thanks in advance for any help.
PS. Clients OS (probably all) is Linux. PROXY server OS - I can make decision by my own.
I've decide to use VPN. Perfect in its simplicity. If someone is interested.
Client connects to VPN. Gets IP from VPN network
VPN server on PROXY server
My machine connects to VPN
On PROXY server I can list connected clientes to VPN
Using (ex RDP) I can connect to any client by VPN network
I think I can configure client to deny connection from other network then VPN. If so, I have everything I need.
Simple :)
I got access via SSH (root access) to a Machine that's inside a network at my client's office.
I'm programming in my computer a PHP application that needs to integrate to LDAP. The LDAP server is in another server at my client's network and not accesible from outside, however I can perfectly access it via the server I can connect to via SSH.
My question is: IS there anyway I can make a tunnel and setup a port in my computer to get the traffic forwarded to the LDAP server using my SSH connection to one of the computers on the network?
Thanks!!!!
Yes, ssh has a "-L" option to create a tunnel. That option takes 3 parameters, separated by colons (:). Local listen port, remote host, remote port.
ssh -L 9999:ldapserver:389 user#otherhost
Where 9999 is the local port that the tunnel will be created on. The ldapserver:389 bit tells it where to connect to on the other side.
Then, tell your application to connect to localhost:9999 (or whatever port you choose) and it will be tunneled across.