Topic: checking for open ports

[lional]

How can I check if a port is open on my sme server
I opened it via port forward and it shows on my sme server
but when I run mapping software it diesn't show
is there there a config file that I can check

[crazybob]

which port are you trying to open?

[lional]

1194 for open vpn
I put in the source port as 1194 to localhost and the destination port as 1194 and it is a udp port.

[GlitchFreak]

What method of opening the port did you use?

[crazybob]

which version of openvpn are you installing?

[lional]

I used the port forward with server manager
version 2

[crazybob]

If you are using routed mode of open vpn, the how to http://wiki.contribs.org/OpenVPN has the rpm to open the port.

Is the connection to the internet through as router?

[lional]

Yes it is through a router
I installed rpm -Uvh http://sme.swerts-knudsen.com/downloads/dmc-mitel-portopening-0.0.1-4.noarch.rpm
What does it mean by this Install the port opener and ensure to update the navigation panel

[janet]

lional

I installed rpm -Uvh http://sme.swerts-knudsen.com/downloads/dmc-mitel-portopening-0.0.1-4.noarch.rpm

That's a really old rpm from sme5.6 days. You should not install that on sme7.x

There is already a port forwarding & opening panel in sme7.x server manager that you can use.

I suggest you read the manual, especially the part about the port forwarding & opening panel in server manager.

[lional]

thanks will do

[lional]

is the port forwarding and opening panel that smae. How can I check if the port is actually opened

[crazybob]

Have you forwarded the port in your router?

[lional]

I am in a difficult situation where the isp gives us no access to the router. They say all ports are open and NAT is disabled on the router, and as I understand sme does nat

[Stefano]

I am in a difficult situation where the isp gives us no access to the router. They say all ports are open and NAT is disabled on the router, and as I understand sme does nat

well, let's clarify..

- you have a router without nat and without any filter on ports/protocols, right?
- you have a SME server in server+gateway mode with a public IP on wan side, right?
- you are installing openvpn on that server

if so, I think you'd not need any portforward..

Ciao
Stefano

[lional]

openvpn says that port 1194 must be forwarded. I can connect to the sme but cant see any shared drives

[Stefano]

lional

port 1194 must be forwarded if you are behind a router.. if your openvpn service is up and running on SME, and your server is directly exposed to wan, you definitely don't need port-forward.

make sure service is running and listening:

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netstat -napt | grep 1194

and make sure that openvpn is visible on the wan side
please post here the result of

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config show openvpn

and search info for the DB PublicAccess variable

HTH
Ciao
Stefano

[lional]

I am behind a router. my router and my sme has public ip addresses.

[lional]

on the config command I get command not found. What directory is nthe command stored in

[Stefano]

lional

let's start from 0

how did you install openvpn?
have you read (and followed) this howto?

on the config command I get command not found. What directory is nthe command stored in

what version of SME are you running?

Ciao
Stefano

[lional]

I used the howto that you described
I am running sme 7.3

[Stefano]

I used the howto that you described
I am running sme 7.3

ok..

please post here the result of

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/sbin/e-smith/db configuration show openvpn-bridge
netstat -nap | grep 1024

Thank you

Ciao
Stefano

[lional]

it doesn't give a result. it runs but with no output

[Stefano]

it doesn't give a result. it runs but with no output

did you setup openvpn parameters via the server-manager panel?

BTW, in my previous post there was a typo.. it should be

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netstat -nap | grep 1194

please post the result of

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ls -la /home/e-smith/db/open*
/sbin/e-smith/db configuration show | grep openvpn

Ciao
Stefano

[lional]

when I type in ls -la /home/e-smith/db/open* I get no such file or directory

[Stefano]

when I type in ls -la /home/e-smith/db/open* I get no such file or directory

and what do you get with

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rpm -qa | grep openvpn
?

[lional]

openvpn-2.0.9-1.el4.rf

[Stefano]

hi

try to install this contrib and configure openvpn..

works for me

Ciao
Stefano

[lional]

will this work if I am behind a router, with my sme in server gateway mode

[lional]

can I download the certificates from sme to xp remotely

[lional]

I have installed the openvpn-bridge and that seems to work fine, My problem comes with teh XP client. I have chosen method one that only works on the username and password and this doesn't create any client certificates. OpenVPN on xp needs a VPN.ovpn file to start. what will the format be if I have chosen method 1