I’m encountering an issue with my OpenVPN setup, and I need help figuring out whether the problem is on the client or server side. Here’s a summary of what I’ve done:

What I Did:

Set up an OpenVPN server on my Windows 10 machine.
Configured a Huawei home router to forward port UDP 1194 to my VPN server.
Disabled the firewall on both the server and the client.
Enabled Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) on the VPN server.
Installed and connected the OpenVPN client on another Windows 10 machine.

What Works:

The client connects to the VPN server successfully.
I can ping the VPN server from the client.

What Doesn’t Work:

I can't ping external IP addresses like 8.8.8.8 from the client.
Running a traceroute to 8.8.8.8 only shows a response from my VPN server's IP address, with all subsequent hops timing out.

My Question:

Is the issue more likely to be with my VPN client or server configuration? What should I check or modify to resolve this problem and enable internet access on the client? Could there be something specific that I missed during the setup?