OpenVPN Server – How to Configure Without Push Default Gateway

Just add "route-nopull" to the client openvpn config, then all pushed commands from the server are ignored. To get access to the local net, you must now add e.g. "route 192.168.5.0 255.255.255.0" to the client openvpn config, if the local net you want to connect to is 192.168.5.0/24.

There seems to be two error is your config:

1. The Route Push config statement in the Server config should not contain the gateway address:

   push "route 192.168.0.0 255.255.255.0"

2. The route command on the client side is not needed if you push the routes out to the client via the push config statement.