Connection instructions

[swapnil jena]

I want to connect to a VPN with OpenVPN using Tunnelblick. 

I have a configuration file that has "dev-node NETGEAR-VPN" line in it. I assume it is the name of the network interface it will use to connect. So, when I connect using that file I get an error that "cannot open TUN/TAP dev ovpn: no such file or directory".

So I commented out that line,  now naturally it creates a new interface while it connects to the VPN and provides a random MAC ID. But I want it so be static instead of being dynamically allocated MAC ID.

Is there any way to create the interface and persist it so that VPN client connects to the server through the same interface all the time and the MAC ID does not change?

Thanks 

Swapnil

[Tunnelblick developer]

If you are trying to use a Netgear router, you should contact Netgear support.

If you want more help here, please follow the instructions at Read Before You Post.

[swapnil jena]

"NETGEAR-VPN" is the name that the interface should be named. But I am not able to persist an interface i.e. the TAP/TUN interface that appears in ifconfig gets deleted and created everytime I reconnect the VPN. I want to create a TUN/TAP interface and then connect the VPN through that interface so that the IP and the MAC ID does not change everytime I reconnect my VPN.

Hope I was clear.

Thanks

[Tunnelblick developer]

Your computer's IP address and each of its network interfaces will have whatever values you assign to them in System Preferences >> Network. That isn't affected by connecting a VPN.

The IP address and MAC address that are presented to the Internet by your computer is completely separate from that (unless you are directly connected to the Internet, which would be very unusual):

• When you are connected through a router, the router (or your ISP) control them.
  
• When you are connected to a VPN they are controlled by the VPN server. For that, talk to Netgear.