Changes between Version 33 and Version 34 of HOWTO


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    568568= Pushing DHCP options to clients =
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    570 The OpenVPN server can push DHCP options such as DNS and WINS server addresses to clients (some [wiki:279-are-there-any-issues-related-to-pushing-dhcp-options-to-windows-clients caveats] to be aware of). Windows clients can accept pushed DHCP options natively, while non-Windows clients can accept them by using a client-side up script which parses the '''foreign_option_n''' environmental variable list. See the man page or openvpn-users mailing list archive for non-Windows '''foreign_option_n''' documentation and script examples.
     570The OpenVPN server can push DHCP options such as DNS and WINS server addresses to clients. Windows clients can accept pushed DHCP options natively, while non-Windows clients can accept them by using a client-side `--up` script which parses the `foreign_option_n` environmental variable list.  See [https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/Pushing-DNS-to-clients Using DNS servers pushed to clients].
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    572572For example, suppose you would like connecting clients to use an internal DNS server at 10.66.0.4 or 10.66.0.5 and a WINS server at 10.66.0.8. Add this to the OpenVPN server configuration: