Howto/Setup Bridged OpenVPN server on Ubuntu 10.04

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The desired setup requirements

I want users to be able to access my network remotely as if they were locally. Also, I want client side configuration steps kept to a minimum. Specifically, I want clients to use the "alternative OpenVPN authentication method". Also, I want clients to be able to see all machines on the server's side (this last bit was what cost me a LOT of time to figure out). Last but not least, I do NOT want all traffic being forwarded through the VPN.

My setup

  • The following was tested on OpenVPN 2.1 but may work for other version
  • I have a standard router that acts as my gateway, located at 192.168.8.1
  • My OpenVPN server is located at 192.168.8.141
  • My router is setup to assign ip addresses upon requests via dhcp but my servers have static ips.


The Steps

Step 1: Install a virtual bridged adapter 

https://help.ubuntu.com/10.04/serverguide/C/network-configuration.html#bridging

Step 2: Install

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