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jguerdat
Guru
Jan 09, 2026

another OpenVPN issue

Guess it's from a recent app update on both Android and W11. The connection attempt fails every time. The only warnings/errors I see are:   Fri Jan  9 16:10:22 2026 WARNING: No server certificate v...
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jguerdat
Guru
Jan 09, 2026

Huh. My existing profile is for TUN on port 12973. I was trying to use the smartphone .ovpn on W11 which worked fine in the past on W10.

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StephenB
Guru - Experienced User
Jan 09, 2026
jguerdat wrote:

Huh. My existing profile is for TUN on port 12973. I was trying to use the smartphone .ovpn on W11 which worked fine in the past on W10.

Did you remember to rename the VPN adapter name to NETGEAR-VPN ?

 

Also, does this also fail on your phone?  

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    jguerdat
    Guru
    Jan 10, 2026

    I've never manually renamed the VPN adapter. Right now on W11 (which should be the same or essentially so on W10 which has worked) it's named OpenVPN TAP-Windows 6. Additionally, the Pixel 9 which again was working fails in the same manner.