OpenVPN Bridges

  • We assume you already prepared the a server with OpenVPN and CoovaChilli as directed by the previous steps.
  • The final bit will be to bind them together on the RADIUSdesk side.
  • This applet can be found under the Others section.
  • It is used to ease the management of OpenVPN Tunnels that can be used with MESHdesk and APdesk.
  • Again the initial creation of the OpenVPN server entries can be tedious, but once is is completed, the rest is plain sailing.
  • We will cover the each of the three new entries here in tables instead of screenshots which will make it easy for you to copy and paste.

Add entry for OpenVPN on br0.101

Item Value Comment
Name Jhb-South-1
Description Serving Nandos
Item Value Comment
Local / Remote Remote Remote if not on RD server
Protocol UDP
IP Address 198.27.111.78 Public IP of OpenVPN server
Port 1194 Double check you have the correct port here
Config Preset Default In future we might have more
Item Value Comment
Gateway IP 10.101.0.1 As defined in OpenVPN server
Bridge Start IP 10.101.0.101 The next IP after 10.101.0.100
Bridge Mask 255.255.0.0 The mask used by OpenVPN
Item Value Comment
Ca.crt <cert text here> ca.crt File used by OpenVPN server

Add entry for OpenVPN on br0.102

Item Value Comment
Name Jhb-South-2
Description Serving KFC
Item Value Comment
Local / Remote Remote Remote if not on RD server
Protocol UDP
IP Address 198.27.111.78 Public IP of OpenVPN server
Port 1195 Double check you have the correct port here
Config Preset Default In future we might have more
Item Value Comment
Gateway IP 10.102.0.1 As defined in OpenVPN server
Bridge Start IP 10.102.0.101 The next IP after 10.102.0.100
Bridge Mask 255.255.0.0 The mask used by OpenVPN
Item Value Comment
Ca.crt <cert text here> ca.crt File used by OpenVPN server

Add entry for OpenVPN on br0.103

Item Value Comment
Name Jhb-South-3
Description Serving Steers
Item Value Comment
Local / Remote Remote Remote if not on RD server
Protocol UDP
IP Address 198.27.111.78 Public IP of OpenVPN server
Port 1196 Double check you have the correct port here
Config Preset Default In future we might have more
Item Value Comment
Gateway IP 10.103.0.1 As defined in OpenVPN server
Bridge Start IP 10.103.0.101 The next IP after 10.103.0.100
Bridge Mask 255.255.0.0 The mask used by OpenVPN
Item Value Comment
Ca.crt <cert text here> ca.crt File used by OpenVPN server
  • After we completed the addition of the entries we can now select an existing Mesh or AP Profile to add it as an exit point.
  • Alternatively these exit point will also be available for newly created Meshes or AP Profiles.
  • The OpenVPN column is hidden by default
  • You have to first un-hide it in order for it to be displayed subsequently.
  • See the attached screenshot as reference:

  • technical/openvpn-bridges-prep-radiusdesk.txt
  • Last modified: 2024/02/17 23:19
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