Openvpn on 20.04

[Karl Auer]

On Sat, 2021-07-31 at 10:47 -0400, Jerry Geis wrote:
> Corret. When I "turn on the VPN" I get the three dots menu in the
> upper right. Eventually it changes to a LOCK icon.

That's different. I get a little "VPN" icon. With the letters "VPN" in
it.

> Actually I think I found the issue...  It is working and connected -
> the issue is if My home networks is 192.168.1.X and that is the same
> as what I'm connecting to through the VPN.

Yeah, that'll do it. But it's not an explanation of why your Windows
laptop does not have the same problem. Unless you were testing from a
different network with the Windows laptop.

> So how do I tell the VPN to get a DHCP address from the office and
> ignore my local address ???

This all gets a bit hairy. Basically you need to overlay a secondary
network on where you are, or on where your remote servers are, or use a
tunnel through somewhere else. An extra layer of NAT won't work,
because you will still be natting your original network one layer down.

Your easiest method would be readdressing your home network, because
that is a simple change on your home router plus restart your computer.
Other devices in your home network will need to be restarted if they
have dynamic (DHCP) addresses, or re-addressed manually if they have
fixed addresses. at home you will need to re-address them, but still
basically simple. Choose a random private network, or (if the office is
your only problem) any network other than your office's. 

Regards, K.

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