07:55 < boojit> The LAN where the OpenVPN server resides is on subnet 
                192.168.1.0/24 . OpenVPN is set up to use 192.168.8.0/24 for 
                its pool
07:56 < boojit> the default gateway on the LAN is 192.168.1.1, and I have set 
                up the static route there so that it routes 192.168.8.0/24 to 
                the OpenVPN server (which is LAN IP 192.168.1.36).
07:56 < boojit> now, from the server, this works:
07:57 < boojit> root@virt-01:/etc/openvpn# ping -I 192.168.8.1 192.168.1.1
07:57 < boojit> PING 192.168.1.1 (192.168.1.1) from 192.168.8.1 : 56(84) bytes 
                of data.
07:57 < boojit> 64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=255 time=1.73 ms
07:57 < boojit> so that all looks good. But when my vpn client connects, this 
                works:
07:58 < boojit> ping 192.168.8.1 
07:58 < boojit> also, ping 192.168.1.36 (the openvpn server LAN address)
07:58 < boojit> but not ping 192.168.1.1
07:58 < boojit> so it looks like it's not getting routed
07:59 < boojit> i don't see any issues on the routing table on any of the 
                OpenVPN client/server or the default gateway.