Ubuntu – Route all traffic through OpenVPN

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Yep, this question has been asked a hundred times, and I have searched everywhere, to no avail.

The title says it all really.

I have an OpenVPN server (On ubuntu), and I can connect to it through my client (Windows 8) …

The problem starts when I try to route ALL traffic through the VPN.

I have added the push flags in server.conf:

push "redirect-gateway def1"
push "dhcp-option DNS 8.8.8.8"

When I connect from the client, the client outputs:

Wed May 07 21:38:40 2014 SENT CONTROL [StretchVPN-CA]: 'PUSH_REQUEST' (status=1)
Wed May 07 21:38:41 2014 PUSH: Received control message: 'PUSH_REPLY,redirect-gateway def1,dhcp-option DNS 8.8.8.8,route-gateway <Remote Router IP>,ping 10,ping-restart 120,ifconfig 192.168.0.201 255.255.255.0'
Wed May 07 21:38:41 2014 OPTIONS IMPORT: timers and/or timeouts modified
Wed May 07 21:38:41 2014 OPTIONS IMPORT: --ifconfig/up options modified
Wed May 07 21:38:41 2014 OPTIONS IMPORT: route options modified
Wed May 07 21:38:41 2014 OPTIONS IMPORT: route-related options modified
Wed May 07 21:38:41 2014 OPTIONS IMPORT: --ip-win32 and/or --dhcp-option options modified
Wed May 07 21:38:41 2014 do_ifconfig, tt->ipv6=0, tt->did_ifconfig_ipv6_setup=0
Wed May 07 21:38:41 2014 open_tun, tt->ipv6=0
Wed May 07 21:38:41 2014 TAP-WIN32 device [Local Area Connection 4] opened: \\.\Global\{1F145805-92FC-454E-8FD9-0A6017DD4AD1}.tap
Wed May 07 21:38:41 2014 TAP-Windows Driver Version 9.9
Wed May 07 21:38:41 2014 Notified TAP-Windows driver to set a DHCP IP/netmask of 192.168.0.201/255.255.255.0 on interface {1F145805-92FC-454E-8FD9-0A6017DD4AD1} [DHCP-serv: 192.168.0.0, lease-time: 31536000]
Wed May 07 21:38:41 2014 Successful ARP Flush on interface [35] {1F145805-92FC-454E-8FD9-0A6017DD4AD1}
Wed May 07 21:38:46 2014 TEST ROUTES: 1/1 succeeded len=0 ret=1 a=0 u/d=up
Wed May 07 21:38:46 2014 C:\WINDOWS\system32\route.exe ADD <Remote Router IP> MASK 255.255.255.255 172.20.10.1
Wed May 07 21:38:46 2014 ROUTE: CreateIpForwardEntry succeeded with dwForwardMetric1=25 and dwForwardType=4
Wed May 07 21:38:46 2014 Route addition via IPAPI succeeded [adaptive]
Wed May 07 21:38:46 2014 C:\WINDOWS\system32\route.exe ADD 0.0.0.0 MASK 128.0.0.0 192.168.0.3
Wed May 07 21:38:46 2014 ROUTE: CreateIpForwardEntry succeeded with dwForwardMetric1=30 and dwForwardType=4
Wed May 07 21:38:46 2014 Route addition via IPAPI succeeded [adaptive]
Wed May 07 21:38:46 2014 C:\WINDOWS\system32\route.exe ADD 128.0.0.0 MASK 128.0.0.0 192.168.0.3
Wed May 07 21:38:46 2014 ROUTE: CreateIpForwardEntry succeeded with dwForwardMetric1=30 and dwForwardType=4
Wed May 07 21:38:46 2014 Route addition via IPAPI succeeded [adaptive]
Wed May 07 21:38:46 2014 Initialization Sequence Completed

I have tried using the flags on the client side when opening the connection:

openvpn --config "C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\config\client.ovpn" --redirect-gateway def1 --route-method exe

But still, when I go to whatsmyip.org, it still says my clients ip.

Has anyone had this problem and managed to solve it?

Many thanks

Best Answer

I have tested this using a OpenVPN server and setting up the redirect-gateway def1 option in the client and server config works fine.

When I access whatismyip.org, I see my OpenVPN server's IP.

Below is the client config I use:

client
dev tun
proto udp
# THE IP OF THE REMOTE OPENVPN SERVER:
remote ip_address port
resolv-retry infinite
nobind
persist-key
persist-tun
# THE CSR FILE:
pkcs12 certificate.p12
ns-cert-type server
cipher AES-256-CBC
comp-lzo
redirect-gateway def1
verb 3

I have tested also with appending redirect-gateway def1 option to the openvpn command and achieved same result. The server config is:

port 1194
proto udp
dev tun

dh /etc/openvpn/easy-rsa/keys/dh1024.pem
ca /etc/openvpn/easy-rsa/keys/ca.crt
# ENSURE THE DOMAIN NAME/FILENAME IS CORRECT:
cert /etc/openvpn/easy-rsa/keys/cert.crt
key /etc/openvpn/easy-rsa/keys/cert.key

server 10.5.3.0  255.255.255.0
# YOUR LOCAL SERVER IP HERE:
client-config-dir ccd
route 10.5.3.0 255.255.255.0
ifconfig-pool-persist ipp.txt
cipher AES-256-CBC
comp-lzo
persist-key
persist-tun

status log/openvpn-status.log 5
status-version 2
log-append log/openvpn.log
verb 3  # verbose mode
management localhost port /etc/openvpn/management-password

# ROUTE THE CLIENT'S INTERNET ACCESS THROUGH THIS SERVER:
push "redirect-gateway def1"
push "remote-gateway vpn_server_ip"
push "dhcp-option DNS 8.8.8.8"
keepalive 10 60
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