This paragraph will present a sample subnet client configuration. Since a hermit client's configuration is almost the same, it is easy to deduct the configuration for it from this subnet client’s sample configuration.
The basic configuration file of the client that corresponds to the server in the above paragraph looks like the following:
(1).gif)
The configuration is similar to the server configuration. The only differences are that a remote server is defined that the OpenVPN client tries to connect to and that no DH hash is used. Usually all configuration files are placed in /etc/openvpn.
The “up” script of a subnet client also sets up the tunnel interface and it creates a default route via the tunnel interface. Additionally, it enables IPv6 packet forwarding and it adds a route for the /64 prefix that is assigned to the client via an internal interface (in most cases eth0):
