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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

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brian1918
Aspirant
Dec 10, 2023

Having the same issue...
Hardware Version:              RBR20 (RBS20 as well)
Firmware Version:            V2.7.4.24
GUI Language Version:  V1.0.0.423
Operation Mode:  Router

Message:
Wed Nov 29 13:35:16 2017 WARNING: No server certificate verification method has been enabled. See http://openvpn.net/howto.html#mitm for more info.

Actions:
Added this to the client.ovpn, which made the message go away, however the issue still exists, No VPN...
remote-cert-tls server

 

1.The 'ipconfig' output shows "Media disconnected" from the NETGEAR-VPN adapter.  I would expect a configuration to be here.  

2.Not sure how Netgear VPN works in the background.  I have the DDNS setup with them, which resolves and pings 🙂 .  However, the nmap output doesn't list the tcp or udp ports as open on the Orbi router.  Curious if the VPN service is actually on the Netgear Server Infrastructure?