[strongSwan] Can NOT Ping private client IP from Strongswan VPN server

[MOSES KARIUKI]

Thanks for the reply Tobias. Much appreciated. Just a final dumb question.
Is the VPN tunnel complete without the private IP of the VPN server?

Thanks

On Tue, Feb 26, 2019 at 1:39 PM Tobias Brunner <tobias at strongswan.org>
wrote:

> Hi Moses,
>
> > One question, I would like to ask is, how come
> > the VPN server never gets assigned a private IP?
>
> Just assign one yourself if you think that's necessary.
>
> > What can I ping on the server from the client apart from the server's
> > public IP that can be used to ascertain the VPN connection?
>
> Nothing if you don't add an additional address yourself.
>
> Also refer to [1] regarding forwarding traffic from the clients.  And
> make sure you set up appropriate firewall rules.
>
> Regards,
> Tobias
>
> [1]
>
> https://wiki.strongswan.org/projects/strongswan/wiki/ForwardingAndSplitTunneling
>
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