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By default, the Openvpn client's internet traffic goes thru VPNserver, is there any way to force it route thru the local interface?

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Not "by default". It depends on the configuration sent by the VPN server when the connection is established.

opnvpn has many parameters related to routing. You can complement the routing after starting opnvpn, the ultimate option is --route-nopull that prevents your openvpn tunnel to set any routing.

On the server side, an openvpn server config sets up routes on the client using push "route <subnet address> <subnet mask"> statements, so its is only a matter of defining routing through the VPN for specific subnets instead of having an all-encompassing routing. Note that the way it works makes it difficult to exclude specific address ranges from the server side.

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  • Thanks for that information. Is there anyway to do it at server side?
    – Kyle Tsai
    May 26, 2020 at 8:16
  • See augmented answer...
    – xenoid
    May 26, 2020 at 8:48

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