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--- openvpn:options [2020/04/20 10:22] – peter
+++ openvpn:options [2020/07/15 09:30] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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 |route network/IP [netmask] [gateway] [metric]|Add route to routing table after connection is established. Multiple routes can be specified. Routes will be automatically torn down in reverse order prior to TUN/TAP device close.|
 |:::|**netmask** default -- 255.255.255.255|
-|:::|**gateway** default -- taken from --route-gateway or the second parameter to --ifconfig when --dev tun is specified.|
+|:::|**gateway** default -- taken from **--route-gateway** or the second parameter to **--ifconfig** when **--dev tun** is specified.|
-|:::|**metric** default -- taken from --route-metric otherwise 0.|
+|:::|**metric** default -- taken from **--route-metric** otherwise 0.|
 |:::|The default can be specified by leaving an option blank or setting it to "default".|
 |:::|The **network** and **gateway** parameters can also be specified as a DNS or /etc/hosts file resolvable name, or as one of three special keywords:|
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 |client|A helper directive designed to simplify the configuration of OpenVPN's client mode. This directive is equivalent to:|
-|:::|pull|
+|:::|**pull**|
-|:::|tls-client|
+|:::|**tls-client**|
-|pull|This option must be used on a client which is connecting to a multi-client server. It indicates to OpenVPN that it should accept options pushed by the server, provided they are part of the legal set of pushable options.|
+|pull|This option must be used on a client which is connecting to a multi-client server.  It indicates to OpenVPN that it should accept options pushed by the server, provided they are part of the legal set of pushable options.|
-|:::|In particular, --pull allows the server to push routes to the client, so you should not use --pull or --client in situations where you don't trust the server to have control over the client's routing table.|
+|:::|In particular, **--pull** allows the server to push routes to the client, so you should not use **--pull** or **--client** in situations where you don't trust the server to have control over the client's routing table.|