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ORBI RBR50 v2 Unable to connect to VPN Windows 10
Hello, I've followed the instructions, read a lot of the discussions here, and watched a youtube video and as far as I can tell I've done everything properly, but when I try to connect it's stuck...
I wouldn't think I'd need to connect to a hotspot to be able to connect to my router's VPN.
I downloaded tunxten and I have more log messaging, but I still don't know what I would need to do to get my laptop or desktop to connect to my orbi's VPN.
O 2021.09.17 19:36:46 tunXten 1.1.0.0 using OpenVPN 2.4.3 x86_64-w64-mingw32 [SSL (OpenSSL)] [LZO] [LZ4] [PKCS11] [AEAD] built on Jun 20 2017
O 2021.09.17 19:36:46 Connecting, please wait, it can take a couple of seconds...
W 2021.09.17 19:36:46 WARNING: No server certificate verification method has been enabled. See http://openvpn.net/howto.html#mitm for more info.
I 2021.09.17 19:36:46 TCP/UDP: Preserving recently used remote address: [AF_INET]XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX:12974
M 2021.09.17 19:36:46 Socket Buffers: R=[65536->393216] S=[65536->393216]
I 2021.09.17 19:36:46 UDP link local: (not bound)
I 2021.09.17 19:36:46 UDP link remote: [AF_INET]XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX:12974
N 2021.09.17 19:36:46 read UDP: Connection reset by peer (WSAECONNRESET) (code=10054)
N 2021.09.17 19:36:48 read UDP: Connection reset by peer (WSAECONNRESET) (code=10054)
N 2021.09.17 19:36:52 read UDP: Connection reset by peer (WSAECONNRESET) (code=10054)
N 2021.09.17 19:37:00 read UDP: Connection reset by peer (WSAECONNRESET) (code=10054)
N 2021.09.17 19:37:17 read UDP: Connection reset by peer (WSAECONNRESET) (code=10054)
N 2021.09.17 19:37:46 TLS Error: TLS key negotiation failed to occur within 60 seconds (check your network connectivity)
N 2021.09.17 19:37:46 TLS Error: TLS handshake failed
I 2021.09.17 19:37:46 SIGUSR1[soft,tls-error] received, process restarting
seshie wrote:
I wouldn't think I'd need to connect to a hotspot to be able to connect to my router's VPN.
At last, a question that I may be able to answer. The Orbi OpenVPN server listens on the WAN interface for connections to port 12973 (tun) or 12974 (tap). It does not listen on the LAN ports. So, if the OpenVPN client is connected to the LAN, the OpenVPN server does not hear its attempts at connection.
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