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noob help: OpenVPN on an Orbi RBR20
Hello. I enabled OpenVPN on my Orbi RBR20 using default settings, i.e., TUN on UDP 12973 and TAP on UDP 12974. I installed the OpenVPN client downloaded from OpenVPN.net with default settings. I ...
The Warning and Deprecated option messages can be ignored. The problem is not finding those files.
Assume you have double checked that they appear in C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\config
As shown below, ca.crt, client.crt and client.key all are found in c:\program files\openvpn\config.
C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\config>dir
Volume in drive C is OS
Volume Serial Number is 94FD-DEEBDirectory of C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\config
09/14/2022 01:11 PM <DIR> .
09/14/2022 01:14 PM <DIR> ..
09/14/2022 12:27 PM 1,322 ca.crt
09/14/2022 12:27 PM 3,890 client.crt
09/14/2022 12:27 PM 916 client.key
09/14/2022 12:27 PM 257 client.ovpn
4 File(s) 6,385 bytes
2 Dir(s) 946,378,076,160 bytes freeApart from "This is CRAZY!" I am at a loss. This is exactly what I have, and it works!
Could there be some goofy problem with ownership of the files?
Another tactic might be to try the OpenVPN Connect client: https://openvpn.net/client-connect-vpn-for-windows/ It is from the same people, but has a slightly different interface.
I also use a Windows program called tunXten that has makes it easy to use several different VPN configurations:
I compared the security details of the OpenVPN exe's and files in the config folder to security details of other apps I've installed. Specifically, to Notepad++ and a utility associated with Windows Server. I find no differences, and the other two work normally.
I'll test tunxten.
Edit: From tunxten.com: "I noticed tunXten installs and uses some kind of Windows service, why is that?
OpenVPN requires administrative priviges for some operations, the most important of which is to actually make a connection. ..."