Hi

Im running Ubuntu 9.04 server on one of my computers. I would like to connect as a client to a vpn server (ivacy.com) using openvpn. I would like to do it from the command line since I dont have any desktop installed.

I followed the advice and copied files from here: http://ivacy.com/en/doc/user/setup/winxp_openvpn.

I then run: sudo openvpn --config Ivacy-client.ovpn

Which seems to work, I get logged in ok.

But after that I cant connect to the internet.

This is what my routing table looks like:
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
85.249.223.27 192.168.1.1 255.255.255.255 UGH 0 0 0 eth0
192.168.1.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
1.2.124.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 tun0
1.0.0.0 1.2.124.1 255.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 tun0
default 1.2.124.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 tun0

Im able to ping 85.249.223.27 (ivacys server) ok.

But I cant ping 1.2.124.1, which I guess is the other side of the tunnel.

When I try to ping 1.2.124.1 I get no network traffic on my lan at all. The firewall on this computer is completely open.

What am I doing wrong?

What is your IP address on the tun0 interface?

The ip for tun0 (given by ifconfig) is 1.2.116.101

I also noticed this line when starting up openvpn:

WARNING: potential route subnet conflict between local LAN [1.2.116.0/255.255.255.0] and remote VPN [1.0.0.0/255.0.0.0]