I have been using OpenVPN for quite some time in routing mode.
I need to move to bridging as I require the client to be on the same lan.
The server has a fixed IP of 192.168.0.5 and a seperate DHCP server supplies address in the range 192.168.0.10 to 192.168.0.230.
I took my existing working (routing) configurations and modified them according to the OpenVPN page (Bridge Server on Windows XP). In my case the server is Windows Server 2012 R2.
I entered the server-bridge line as
server-bridge 192.168.0.5 255.255.255.0 192.168.0.240 192.168.0.250.
On the client side I followed the instructions.
When I try to connect I get the following
Fri Dec 29 08:17:59 2017 WARNING: 'dev-type' is used inconsistently, local='dev-type tap', remote='dev-type tun'
Fri Dec 29 08:17:59 2017 WARNING: 'link-mtu' is used inconsistently, local='link-mtu 1589', remote='link-mtu 1557'
Fri Dec 29 08:17:59 2017 WARNING: 'tun-mtu' is used inconsistently, local='tun-mtu 1532', remote='tun-mtu 1500'
Any pointers / instructions on how to resolve this would be greatly appreciated.
Regards,
Best Answer
My mistake.
For those who might have a similar situation here are the file compare changes on the server (server.ovpn.org was the router configuarion not the bridged one):
On the client the change necessary was from
to