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MMERIDETH
Aspirant
Sep 21, 2018
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OPENVPN will not connect

For whatever reason, had vpn working last week and now it does not.  have tried everything i can find but am unclear what a PK1 is and if I need it.  connecting thu xfinity business modem/router with port forwarding.  really at a loss on what to do next.  Thanks!

Get this and it keeps going

Fri Sep 21 09:06:07 2018 us=888576 WARNING: No server certificate verification method has been enabled.  See http://openvpn.net/howto.html#mitm for more info

 

Then later this

Fri Sep 21 09:06:09 2018 us=401779 TLS: Initial packet from [AF_INETdeleted for privacy
Fri Sep 21 09:06:10 2018 us=524981 VERIFY OK: depth=1, C=TW, ST=TW, L=Taipei, O=netgear, OU=netgear, CN=netgear, emailAddress=mail@netgear.com
Fri Sep 21 09:06:10 2018 us=524981 VERIFY OK: depth=0, C=TW, ST=TW, O=netgear, OU=netgear, CN=netgear, emailAddress=mail@netgear.com
Fri Sep 21 09:06:10 2018 us=930582 Connection reset, restarting [0]

 

I am lost.  Thanks!

  • MMERIDETH's avatar
    MMERIDETH
    Sep 22, 2018

    V1.0.4.18_10.1.49

     

    I got it to work.

     

    Ended up turning the VPN off

    restarting router

    turning VPN back on

    downloading new cert information

    installing new files on client

    works fine at least for one computer

    working on another computer today

     

    Thanks!

3 Replies

  • What firmware version do you have on the device?

    A number is more useful than "the latest". (It may not be by the time people read this.) There can also be newer versions, or "hot fixes", that do not show up if you check for new firmware in the browser interface.

    • MMERIDETH's avatar
      MMERIDETH
      Aspirant

      V1.0.4.18_10.1.49

       

      I got it to work.

       

      Ended up turning the VPN off

      restarting router

      turning VPN back on

      downloading new cert information

      installing new files on client

      works fine at least for one computer

      working on another computer today

       

      Thanks!