text_combined: michael watterson uvtjseircomnet ronan cunniffe wrote yes single host client side cant reach ip address used linuxwindows nt40 server win2k advanced server vpn quite happy vpn address space serverlan client use either whatever local gateway gateway defined vpn server unless requirement access internet via remote server using remote servers gateway bad idea may effectively eating cap two isp connections downloadinguploading actual public internet traffic logged anonymised client ip would use remote gateway ive never add routes manually server client end vpn windows linux networks distinct client side single machine youll never aforementioned cant reach address problem general case connecting two networks would ronan single client actually wan port nat firewall box mike fri 08 aug 2008 015737 0000 ilug openvpn problem