We've thoroughly tested the steps in this guide to ensure that, if you follow the instructions detailed below, you should be well on your way to enjoying the benefits of running your own OpenVPN server. We provide this guide as a courtesy to help you get started with, and make the most of, your copy of Viscosity. Unfortunately we cannot provide any direct support for setting up your own OpenVPN server.
If you don't have a copy of Viscosity already installed on your client, then please check out this setup guide for installing Viscosity ( Mac | Windows). The specifics of how you can achieve this depend on your particular network configuration. This is necessary so that you can access the webConfigurator to set up the pfSense configuration. Your client device needs to be connected to the pfSense server via the LAN interface. If you are looking to setup an OpenVPN server on a different operating system, please check out our other guides. If you are running a different version of pfSense, it's very likely that many or even all of the steps outlined in this guide will still apply. We won't be covering the details of setting up a pfSense instance, many guides can be found online.
If you need to download and install a copy of pfSense, information can be found at.
Setting up your OpenVPN server to access your home or office network gives you full access to all your files on your network. Anything you send over the VPN connection will be encrypted from your device until it reaches your OpenVPN server at home.
Running your own OpenVPN server will allow you to encrypt everything you do on the internet, so that you can safely do your online banking on the free WiFi at your favourite cafe. This guide will walk you through the process of setting up your own OpenVPN server, and connecting to it with your copy of Viscosity. And you can even connect to your home or office network from anywhere in the world, as if you were sitting right at your desk. You can overcome geo-blocking restrictions on your favourite websites. You can securely connect to any public WiFi hotspot. Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) can be utilized for a number of very useful applications.