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Date:      Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:37:24 -0700
From:      Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com>
To:        "Neo [GC]" <neo@gothic-chat.de>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: strange routing behaviour with openvpn
Message-ID:  <864001C5-A5F5-4333-89E2-102B2E2CB7B0@mac.com>
In-Reply-To: <49F23C96.6040105@gothic-chat.de>
References:  <49F23C96.6040105@gothic-chat.de>

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Hi, Neo--

On Apr 24, 2009, at 3:26 PM, Neo [GC] wrote:
> After my router gets a new IP, the openvpn client reconnects to the  
> server and the tunnel is usable from FreeBSD@home to FreeBSD@external.
> But: I have one Vista and one OSX at home, both have static routes  
> to the FreeBSD-box. They are able to use the tunnel, when the  
> openvpn-client is freshly startet. After getting a new IP from my  
> ISP, the tunnel is up (and - as I wrote - the FreeBSD is able to use  
> it), but the two other boxes don't get routed through the tunnel,  
> but the default gateway. When I restart the openvpn-client,  
> everythink works again like it should.

Not enough info to tell, but, consider the output of "netstat -nr"  
before and after the IP reassignment, and you'll probably notice a  
routing table change which is causing your other LAN clients to send  
traffic the wrong way....

Regards,
-- 
-Chuck




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