Digi Connect IT 16 User Manual

Virtual Private Networks (VPN) OpenVPN
Digi Connect IT® 16/48 User Guide
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5. The OpenVPN client is enabled by default. To disable, click Enable.
6. The default behavior is to use an OVPN file for client configuration. To disable this behavior and
configure the client manually, click Use .ovpn file to disable. If Use .ovpn file is disabled, see
Configure an OpenVPN client without using an .ovpn file for configuration information.
7. For Zone, select the firewall zone for the OpenVPN client.
8. (Optional) Select the Metric for the OpenVPN client. If multiple active routes match a
destination, the route with the lowest metric will be used.
9. (Optional) For Username and Password, type the login credentials as configured on the
OpenVPN server.
10. For OVPN file, paste the content of the client.ovpn file.
11. Click Apply to save the configuration and apply the change.
Command line
1. Log into the Connect IT 16/48 command line as a user with full Admin access rights.
Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection
menu. Type admin to access the Admin CLI.
2. At the command line, type config to enter configuration mode:
> config
(config)>
3. At the config prompt, type:
(config)> add vpn openvpn client name
(config vpn openvpn client name)>
where name is the name of the OpenVPN server.
The OpenVPN client is enabled by default. To disable the client, type:
(config vpn openvpn client name)> enable false
(config vpn openvpn client name)>
4. Set the firewall zone for the OpenVPN client:
(config vpn openvpn client name)> zone value
(config vpn openvpn client name)>
To view a list of available zones:
(config vpn openvpn client name)> zone ?
Zone: The zone for the openvpn client interface.
Format:

Digi Connect IT 16 Specifications

General

Brand	Digi
Model	Connect IT 16
Category	Server
Language	English