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Diffstat (limited to 'openvpn.8')
| -rw-r--r-- | openvpn.8 | 38 |
1 files changed, 36 insertions, 2 deletions
@@ -1214,11 +1214,18 @@ table (not supported on all OSes). address if OpenVPN is being run in client mode, and is undefined in server mode. .\"********************************************************* .TP -.B --route-gateway gw +.B --route-gateway gw|'dhcp' Specify a default gateway .B gw for use with .B --route. + +If +.B dhcp +is specified as the parameter, +the gateway address will be extracted from a DHCP +negotiation with the OpenVPN server-side LAN. +.\"********************************************************* .TP .B --route-metric m Specify a default metric @@ -2607,13 +2614,23 @@ if you are ethernet bridging. Use instead. .\"********************************************************* .TP -.B --server-bridge gateway netmask pool-start-IP pool-end-IP +.B --server-bridge [ gateway netmask pool-start-IP pool-end-IP ] A helper directive similar to .B --server which is designed to simplify the configuration of OpenVPN's server mode in ethernet bridging configurations. +If +.B --server-bridge +is used without any parameters, it will enable a DHCP-proxy +mode, where connecting OpenVPN clients will receive an IP +address for their TAP adapter from the DHCP server running +on the OpenVPN server-side LAN. +Note that only clients that support +the binding of a DHCP client with the TAP adapter (such as +Windows) can support this mode. + To configure ethernet bridging, you must first use your OS's bridging capability to bridge the TAP interface with the ethernet @@ -2662,6 +2679,23 @@ push "route-gateway 10.8.0.4" .LP .RE .fi + +In another example, +.B --server-bridge +(without parameters) expands as follows: + +.RS +.ft 3 +.nf +.sp +mode server +tls-server + +push "route-gateway dhcp" +.ft +.LP +.RE +.fi .\"********************************************************* .TP .B --push "option" |