Need Some Assistance Setting up a VPN

[Mark Phillips]

After a little investigation I found:

1. As a user-space VPN daemon, OpenVPN is compatible with SSL/TLS, RSA
Certificates and X509 PKI, NAT, DHCP, and TUN/TAP virtual devices. OpenVPN
is not compatible with IPSec, IKE, PPTP, or L2TP. (
http://openvpn.net/index.php/open-source/341-openvpn-compatibility.html)

2. Android 4 comes with VPN type:
> PPTP
> L2TP/IPSec PSK
> L2TP/IPSec RSA
> IPSec Xauth PSK
> IPSec Xauth RSA
> IPSec Hybrid RSA

Which seems to say that I have to go with an "after market" app.

Back to my original question - since I don't seem to be able to bridge my
vpn connection from android (no tap in the openvpn android app), how do I
use a routed vpn connection (only tun available in the openvpn android app)
to my router to access any server on my network?

Thanks,

Mark
On Jul 15, 2013 3:12 PM, "Mark Phillips" <mark at phillipsmarketing.biz> wrote:

> Bob,
>
> I am running the latest software on my tablet, so probably the same as
> you.
>
> I think I have to set up the openvpn on my router. What is the native vpn
> on the tablet, and how do I setup openvpn pin my router?
>
> Mark
> On Jul 15, 2013 3:02 PM, "Bob Elzer" <bob.elzer at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> What version of android is your tablet running ? I have the tf700t and
>> its running 4.2.1
>>
>> You shouldn't have to run any special vpn software, if you go to settings
>> and more, you can select vpn and set it up from there.
>> On Jul 15, 2013 12:33 PM, "Mark Phillips" <mark at phillipsmarketing.biz>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I have been itching to setup a VPN using my ASUS RT-N16 running DD-WRT
>>> v24-sp2 (3/19/12) mega so I can access my local network while away from
>>> home. I have been doing some reading about it, and I am a little confused.
>>> What I want to do is access any server on the network from a remote
>>> location using my Android tablet or Debian laptop. I could just open some
>>> random ports and ssh into any of the boxes, but a VPN would be more
>>> challenging to setup...;)
>>>
>>> I have not rooted my tablet (ASUS TF701), nor do I really want to. There
>>> is a non rooted version of openvpn for Android.
>>>
>>> But then, I read this article (https://www.grc.com/vpn/routing.htm) and
>>> came to the conclusion that I need a bridged vpn, so with more reading I
>>> have to use tap and not tun. My first roadblock - the Android version of
>>> openvpn does not support tap, just tun.
>>>
>>> First question - do I have to use bridging (hence tap) to be attached to
>>> my network at home from a remote location with my Android tablet? Do I have
>>> to use tap? What would you recommend for setting up my vpn?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Mark
>>>
>>>
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