How to setup OpenVPN with bridging on OpenWRT

http://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/howto/vpn.openvpn

opkg update
opkg install openvpn openvpn-easy-rsa

Or if you prefer configure openvpn via GUI:
opkg install luci-app-openvpn

/etc/easy-rsa/vars

export EASY_RSA="/etc/easy-rsa"
export OPENSSL="openssl"
export PKCS11TOOL="pkcs11-tool"
export GREP="grep"
export KEY_CONFIG=`/usr/sbin/whichopensslcnf $EASY_RSA`
export KEY_DIR="$EASY_RSA/keys"
echo NOTE: If you run ./clean-all, I will be doing a rm -rf on $KEY_DIR
export PKCS11_MODULE_PATH="dummy"
export PKCS11_PIN="dummy"
export KEY_SIZE=1024
export CA_EXPIRE=3650
export KEY_EXPIRE=3650
export KEY_COUNTRY="CZ"
export KEY_PROVINCE=""
export KEY_CITY="Praha"
export KEY_ORG=""
export KEY_EMAIL="jan.faix@gmail.com"
export KEY_CN=home-router
export KEY_NAME="Jan Faix"
export KEY_OU=""

Build your certificates:

clean-all
build-ca
build-dh

Create the server key:
build-key-server server

Create as many client keys for each person who will connect:
build-key jan

PKCS12 Format (combines the key and ca certificate in one file):
build-key-pkcs12 jan

Copy the important files to the /etc/openvpn directory, so that they are duplicated:

cd /etc/easy-rsa/keys
cp ca.crt ca.key dh1024.pem server.crt server.key /etc/openvpn/

Copy ca.crt and the client crt/key files off the router and onto the machines that will be connecting.

Client Config

client
remote faix.homelinux.net
port 1194
proto udp
dev tap
ns-cert-type server
persist-key
persist-tun
ca ca.crt
cert jan.crt
key jan.key
comp-lzo
verb 4
auth-user-pass

Modify your firewall
/etc/config/firewall

config 'rule'
        option 'target' 'ACCEPT'
        option 'dest_port' '1194'
        option 'src' 'wan'
        option 'proto' 'tcpudp'
        option 'family' 'ipv4'
        option '_name' 'openvpn'

/etc/init.d/firewall restart

Restrict your DHCP leases
/etc/config/dhcp

config 'dhcp' 'lan'
        option 'interface' 'lan'
        option 'start' '11'
        option 'limit' '20'
        option 'leasetime' '12h'
        list 'dhcp_option' '6,8.8.8.8,8.8.4.4'

/etc/init.d/dnsmasq restart

Create the server configuration
/etc/config/openvpn

config 'openvpn' 'lan'
        option 'enable' '1'
        option 'port' '1194'
        option 'proto' 'udp'
        option 'dev' 'tap0'
        option 'ca' '/etc/openvpn/ca.crt'
        option 'cert' '/etc/openvpn/server.crt'
        option 'key' '/etc/openvpn/server.key'
        option 'dh' '/etc/openvpn/dh1024.pem'
        option 'keepalive' '10 120'
        option 'comp_lzo' '1'
        option 'persist_key' '1'
        option 'persist_tun' '1'
        option 'status' '/tmp/openvpn-status.log'
        option 'log_append' '/var/log/openvpn.log'
        option 'verb' '4'
        option 'up' '/etc/openvpn/bridge-start.sh'
        option 'down_pre' '1'
        option 'server_bridge' '192.168.122.30 255.255.255.224 192.168.122.22 192.168.122.29'
        option 'down' '/etc/openvpn/bridge-stop.sh'

Note that addresses 192.168.122.22 to 192.168.122.29 are reserved for your VPN clients.

Bridged VPN Configuration

/etc/config/network

config 'interface' 'loopback'
        option 'ifname' 'lo'
        option 'proto' 'static'
        option 'ipaddr' '127.0.0.1'
        option 'netmask' '255.0.0.0'

config 'interface' 'lan'
        option 'type' 'bridge'
        option 'proto' 'static'
        option 'netmask' '255.255.255.224'
        option 'dns' '8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4'
        option 'ipaddr' '192.168.122.30'
        option 'ifname' 'eth0.1'
        option 'broadcast' '192.168.122.31'

config 'interface' 'wan'
        option 'ifname' 'eth0.2'
        option 'proto' 'static'
        option 'ipaddr' 'x.x.x.x'
        option 'netmask' '255.255.255.240'
        option 'gateway' 'x.x.x.x'
        option 'broadcast' 'x.x.x.x'
        option 'dns' '8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4'

Configure OpenVPN init script:
/etc/init.d/openvpn

In section start_service() add following:

ARGS="--script-security 2"

Troubleshooting

Show brigde status:
brctl show
bridge name bridge id STP enabled interfaces
br-lan 8000.f8d111adbf84 no eth0.1 wlan0 tap0

Check system log:
logread

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