Example of VPN with OpenVPN in Operating System XP
For OpenVPN use, We have broadly speaking two things to do.
_Part 1 The Client instillation to make the GUI available on our computer
_ Part 2 …further work not directly in the GUI to make the GUI have connection possibilities for one or more Servers
Part 1
Installing OpenVPN Client Software
Download and Open/run this software:
'openvpn-install-2.3.18-I001-i686.exe' https://app.box.com/s/wykxqmh0c4wi9o2upoipzbo5z32zt16z
The installation process is standard and straight forward, typically 6 steps: https://imgur.com/8SvE5Xf ,
But some things to note :
Step 3: The instillation should also install the required TAP adaptor, if you do not already have one of the type required.
Make sure at this Step of the instillation that the option is checked to Install this TAP adaptor, https://imgur.com/riN5CtP , https://imgur.com/6VqsAoj
If the instillation intends to create the required TAP adaptor, you may see a pop up warning about problems, https://imgur.com/s9bgnNc , https://imgur.com/5Xc8K35 , !!! https://imgur.com/bS6Cbn0 !!! . I have often seen these warnings, but so far have never experienced problems which I have been able to trace back to this “compatibility” issue. So I have always just continued the instillation at this point, https://imgur.com/VK7pT4R
You can check to see if the instillation of the TAP adaptor takes place
_ By observing the representations of your various adaptors in the Network Connections Console, before and after the instillation ( See here http://www.excelfox.com/forum/showth...ll=1#post11761 for info about getting to Network Connections Console in XP )
Before OpenVPN Instillation:
https://imgur.com/2VRDnyc , https://imgur.com/s8s5o3d Attachment 2548Attachment 2549
After OpenVPN Instillation
https://imgur.com/s8s5o3d , https://imgur.com/92I4aeu Attachment 2550Attachment 2551
_ In addition . if things have gone OK, then you should see two new entries in Control panel ---- Software .
Navigate to Control Panel: https://imgur.com/oS37gjp , https://imgur.com/BvnEjbG
Then select something like Software or Add or Remove Software https://imgur.com/BgX4zlK , https://imgur.com/tIcnBwa
Step 4 : make a note of the URL path of the Install location. You will need to go there later for the extra work required after the instillation.
( You can copy it from the URL bar as it is highlighted ). Typically the default location is something like C:\Programme\OpenVPN or C:\Program\OpenVPN . You can also choose a different location by manually typing it or via the Browse… button. Note that you do not need to include the last bit , \OpenVPN , as this is always added. If you do include this, then your last part of the URL will look like this: \OpenVPN\OpenVPN ) I chose for this example an untypical place, in this a case a few folders down in my desktop: C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\Alan\Desktop\VPN\OpenVPN Client\OpenVPN https://imgur.com/XndDiM4
The instillation is finished at this point, but there is further work to do….
You can run by using the Client General User Interface, GUI. To use the OpenVPN GUI, double click on the desktop icon or start menu icon which should have been created by the instillation . This starts the OpenVPN Client software. The OpenVPN GUI is a what is known as a “system-tray applet”, so an icon for the GUI will now appear in the lower-right corner of the screen. It should be a small grey rectangle with a padlock on at this stage, https://imgur.com/4WPc3SJ
Right click on this system tray icon, and a menu should appear. But you will only see the options of Settings… and Exit https://imgur.com/Ut7mvOL , … …but…there is further work to do , such that other options become available to allow you to select ( if you set up more than one Sever connection ) the Server you want, and then to make the live connection
Finally you would see something like this when right clicking on the system tray icon:
For one Server : https://imgur.com/1SB5MHj , https://imgur.com/Qki76HF
For more than one Server https://imgur.com/9vjrEUo , https://imgur.com/cqjB2gx , https://imgur.com/8rMFE3I
_...But there is further work to do to get that far
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