Openvpn on 20.04

[Karl Auer]

On Sat, 2021-07-31 at 09:15 -0400, Jerry Geis wrote:
> ( yes seems everything shows correctly in NetworkManager).

So a small "VPN" indicator shows up beside the networking icons at top
right? It looks like the letters "VPN" on a white background. Generally
three dots appear first, which then change to "VPN" when the VPN
connects.

> however - I cannot ping or ssh to my machines on the other end.
> No error pops up on screen - just not working.

This could be so many things that are unrelated to the VPN.

- can you reach them without the VPN being active? Have these systems
ever been reachable?

- have the systems been configured to allow access from the VPN?

- google "What's my IP" when connected to the VPN, and check that the
address returned is the one that is permitted access

- turn off the VPN and google "what's my IP" again. Check it's actually
different...

- Are the systems behind the VPN Windows systems? Windows systems do
not support either ping or ssh out of the box, both must be
specifically enabled.

- assuming the systems themselves will respond to pings and are running
ssh servers, does the environment they are in - external firewalls and
filters - allow pings and ssh through to them?

Regards, K.

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