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famousdavis
Tutor
Aug 19, 2018
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OpenVPN warning: No server certificate verification method has been enabled

Hi, I've got a new Orbi router (Model RBR20) and two satellites.  The router's firmware is V2.1.4.16.  I enabled OpenVPN on the Orbi router and it works fine with my mobile device.  When I use OpenVP...
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  • funsurfer's avatar
    funsurfer
    Mar 03, 2019

    try adding 

    remote-cert-tls server

     

    to the end of your config file that should remove the warning

Enygma0's avatar
Enygma0
Aspirant
Dec 25, 2018

@Christian_R

@Blanca_O

 

I am having the same issue with openvpn service on v2.2.1.210 as well.  my W10 client openvpn is stating "WARNING: No server certificate verification method has been enabled."  Is there a firmware fix for this and can you send me a DM to fix this issue?

 

Thanks.

j15's avatar
j15
Aspirant
Dec 26, 2018

I'm having the same problem.  Here is the info about my router:

Hardware Version RBR40
Firmware Version V2.2.1.210

I also have 1 satelite. Here is the message I'm getting:

Wed Dec 26 12:10:43 2018 WARNING: No server certificate verification method has been enabled.  See http://openvpn.net/howto.html#mitm for more info.

That web page was of no help. If there is a solution to this problem, please let me know. One of the reasons I purchased the Orbi over one of the other mesh routers out there was that it included a VPN service and now that service isn't working (and never has).

 

Thank you,

Daniel

  • FURRYe38's avatar
    FURRYe38
    Guru - Experienced User
    Dec 26, 2018

    I recommend you contact NG support about this. 

    Blanca_O

    j15 wrote:

    I'm having the same problem.  Here is the info about my router:

    Hardware Version RBR40
    Firmware Version V2.2.1.210

    I also have 1 satelite. Here is the message I'm getting:

    Wed Dec 26 12:10:43 2018 WARNING: No server certificate verification method has been enabled.  See http://openvpn.net/howto.html#mitm for more info.

    That web page was of no help. If there is a solution to this problem, please let me know. One of the reasons I purchased the Orbi over one of the other mesh routers out there was that it included a VPN service and now that service isn't working (and never has).

     

    Thank you,

    Daniel

     

    • Enygma0's avatar
      Enygma0
      Aspirant
      Dec 29, 2018

      FURRYe38 , No offense, but I would rather not spend 1+ hrs on the phone to hear a support agent who doesnt understand what openvpn is ask me to factory reset my router even though I just bought it fresh out of the box just a week ago and havent tweaked anything.....  I guess this is what you get for spending close to 400$ on a high end product.

      • sfbayjeff's avatar
        sfbayjeff
        Aspirant
        Dec 29, 2018
        +1 FURRYe38 To your point, I did try contact support who claims there was no known issue without even lookin at the situation. Only claimed she would contact 2nd level support and call me back. This was 3 weeka ago and nothing!! This issue keeps popping up across multiple platforms and a firmware update fixes it. Your "latest and greatest" broke my vpn at the worst damn time as am traveling across asia for 3 weeks on holiday and needed access to my systems. NOTE: This worked perfectly fine before the update!! Please escalate this matter to your internal engineering team, should notntake long to reproduce what we are ALL telling is not working