Setting up OpenVPN on Fedora Core 11 Linux and Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit

Article Last Updated: 2009-11-30 2:32PM zhaoke
OpenVPN is a free and open source virtual private network (VPN) program for creating point-to-point or server-to-multiclient encrypted tunnels between host computers.
This guide provides step-by-step instructions for how to setup an OpenVPN server and client, and you will be able to connect Windows 7 RTM 64-bit desktop computer to The Fedora Core 11 Linux Server.
[root@islab ~]# cat /etc/redhat-release
Fedora release 11 (Leonidas)
[root@islab ~]# rpm -qa|grep openvpn
openvpn-2.1-0.32.rc15.fc11.i586


1. Installing OpenVPN 2.1 Server on Fedora Core 11 Linux
1.1 Preparing the Network
The server ip is 210.77.100.1, running Fedora Core 11 Linux with OpenVPN 2.1, The Desktop has a dynamic IP address, running Windows RTM 64-bit with OpenVPN GUI 1.0.3.
Linux DNS Settings:
[root@islab ~]# cat /etc/resolv.conf
; generated by /sbin/dhclient-script
nameserver 210.77.102.5
nameserver 210.77.103.5
1.2 Preparing the System
OpenVPN installation on Fedora makes use of the yum, wget and rpm commands assume you installed both yum and rpm. Log in as the root user and issue the following command:
[root@islab ~]# yum update;yum install wget -y
Futhermore get a few additional packages:
openssl
openssl-devel
lzo
lzo-devel
pam
pam-devel
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