The Win2k/XP/Vista client installation is quite simple and pretty much only require the Windows GUI and a configuration file. The Windows GUI can be downloaded from openvpn.net. If you run Vista you need to use the 2.1 Release Candidate (today RC9) http://openvpn.net/release/openvpn-2.1_rc9-install.exe to get it to work. Windows 2K/XP users can use the stable version http://openvpn.net/release/openvpn-2.0.9-install.exe
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When the GUI has been installed you need to create a configuration file for your VPN tunnel. Create a file in "C:/Program Files/OpenVPN/config" called VPN.ovpn with the following content and where you change the vpn.yourdomain.com to match your configuration.
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port 1194
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dev tap
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remote vpn.yourdomain.com
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tls-client
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auth-user-pass
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ca ca.crt
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cert client.crt
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key client.key
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mtu-test
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tun-mtu 1500
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tun-mtu-extra 32
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mssfix 1450
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pull
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comp-lzo
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verb 4
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You now need to copy the Client keys you generated during the Server installation to the same directory on the Win2k/XP/Vista client. The following keys and certificates must be copied to the "C:/Program Files/OpenVPN/config" folder.
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* ca.crt
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* client.crt
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* client.key
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The Client installation is now complete and the user will be prompted upon login for the username and passwords.