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Virtual private networks / visz to ovpn conversion tool

« on: September 05, 2024, 09:51:37 pm »

In case anyone else finds this useful, I needed a tool to create a certificate embedded .ovpn config from the options available in the client export tool in OpnSense.  I wacked together this quick and dirty tool.  Hopefully it is useful to someone other than myself. 

https://github.com/ghstwhl/ovpn_converter

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Virtual private networks / OpenVPN multiple logins on one user profile?

« on: September 02, 2024, 10:07:51 pm »

I recently configured my OpnSense router to be an OpenVPN server for when I am on untrusted public wifi networks, using the excellent guide found here:  https://docs.opnsense.org/manual/how-tos/sslvpn_client.html

I had previously been using a VM inside my network, that I had hand built using OpenVPN on an Ubuntu install.

One key difference I had found is that with my previous system, I was able to use a single exported user config on multiple devices, such as my laptop and my phone, at the same time.  The hand-rolled system would assign each connection a different IP address on the OpenVPN network.

With my new OpnSense system, each connection using the same profile is assigned the same IP address, so I can not use the same profile on my phone and my laptop.

Is there a setting I can change so that each connection is assigned a different IP address, even if the connections are using the same user profile?