openvpn for dummies

[John Williams]

I have no idea on where to begin on how to use this software. The
part I get hung up on is, "...modify openvpn.conf to connect to your
VPN..."

There are no good ways to learn how to do this. Any info on what I'm
looking at would be great. I've setup Cisco VPN clients and SonicWall
Global VPN clients but have never used OpenVPN and/or Tunnelblick.
I'm at a complete loss on what I need to do to establish a VPN
connection to a SonicWall. I can get all information needed but where
and how to put that info into a configuration file is near impossible
for me to figure out without a guide.

Please help.

[jkbull...gmail.com]

Take a look at the OpenVPN how-to:
http://openvpn.net/index.php/open-source/documentation/howto.html

On Mar 19, 1:19 pm, John Williams <thegreatjohnwilli...@gmail.com>
wrote:

[Niels Peen]

Hi John,

Tunnelblick is really just a GUI to start and stop openvpn conveniently.
It does not provide wizards or some kind of tool to "build" a config file.

The config file(s) is created outside Tunnelblick, e.g. with TextEdit.
It basically consists of a few lines of plain-text commands and parameter.

A really basic example (as well as links to complete documentation) can
be found here:
http://openvpn.net/index.php/open-source/documentation/miscellaneous/78-static-key-mini-howto.html

Niels

[jkbull...gmail.com]

I should have read your original post more carefully, sorry.

You want to connect to "a SonicWall". As far as I can tell,
SonicWall's VPN is NOT an OpenVPN VPN. It uses the IPSec protocol,
which is different from the OpenVPN protocol. You cannot use
Tunnelblick to connect to it. Tunnelblick can only be used to connect
to OpenVPN servers.

[John Williams]

Thanks for the info. No wonder it was like hitting a brick wall with
my head...

Now I know, and knowing is half the battle!