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ThinkCore IA241/240 Linux User’s Manual Managing Communication
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# value after “-net” is the subnet behind the remote peer
route add -net 192.168.2.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 gw $5
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Note that the parameter “ifconfig” defines the first argument as the local internal interface and
the second argument as the internal interface at the remote peer.
Note that $5 is the argument that the OpenVPN program passes to the script file. Its value is
the second argument of ifconfig in the configuration file.
3. Check the routing table after you run the OpenVPN programs, by typing the command:
# route
Destination Gateway Genmsk Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
192.168.4.174 * 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 tun0
192.168.4.0 192.168.4.174 255.255.255.0 UG 0 0 0 tun0
192.168.2.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth1
192.168.8.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0