localhost routing issue with new OpenVPN install

[paul]

Fabian Peters schrieb:
> 
> Am 14.07.2007 um 10:56 schrieb paul:
> 
>> Fabian Peters schrieb:
[snipp]

>>> On connecting, OpenVPN issues the following commands:
>>> ifconfig tun0 10.10.10.10 127.0.0.1 mtu 1500 netmask 255.255.255.255 up
>>> route add -net 10.10.10.0 127.0.0.1 255.255.255.0
>>> Which look fine to me and do succeed. "netstat -rn" then shows:
>> Why is the gateway for your VPN route (presumably the VPN server) 
>> 127.0.0.1? I'm assuming you're the VPN client so the route command 
>> should be something like:
>> route add -net 10.10.10.0 <IP of VPN server> 255.255.255.0
> 
> This is the way it should be for openvpn, AFAIK. A netstat -rn on a 
> FreeBSD client on the same VPN shows the same line, except for the "c" 
> flag (RTF_PRCLONING):
> 
> 10.10.10/24        127.0.0.1          UGS         0  1005872   tun1

Why? For me it doesn't make sense from a routing point of view.

xxx:/ xxxxx$ netstat -r
Routing tables

Internet:
Destination        Gateway            Flags    Refs      Use  Netif Expire
default            192.168.1.1        UGSc      476    80136    en0
10/24              10.111.198.81      UGSc        0   326883   tap0
10.111.198/24      link#6             UC          3        0   tap0
10.111.198.81      12:e0:57:8d:ad:ee  UHLW        7     8780   tap0

This is the VPN server, 10.111.198.81 is the client which has a 10/24 
network behind it.

cheers
  Paul