Client+OpenVPN+Setup

This is how to setup a client Windows Vista machine to connect to a vpn via a Fedora 10 (Linux) OpenVPN server.

Step 1: Download OpenVPN Client

Go to [] and download the OpenVPN client installer.



Step 2 Install OpenVPN Client on Vista (or Windows 7, XP, 2000)

Start the Install



Run Through the Steps clicking Next as follows with selected options.









Click Install this driver software anyways here





Install Complete

Step 3 Copy Certs from Linux machine via usb drive, email any way possible.



Step 4 Install the certs you just copied from your flash drive as follows (ca,client1 or whatever you named yours).











Step 5 make a new file called client.ovpn in your C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\config using notepad (preferred text editor).



The "www.megatron.bot" will be your common name you created when you setup your certs on your Linux machine. For the cert directories make sure you have them pointing to the location where you copied and installed them. The other options will be default or changed via your custom server config from the example server config file as explained in the help file.

Step 6 Connect to your VPN Server via OpenVPN GUI



You should now be connected and assigned an ip address.



Setup complete.