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whoiscarmine
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May 25, 2018
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R8000 Firmware V1.0.4.18, OpenVPN not working

Upgraded to the new V1.0.4.18 firmware for my R8000 that updates the OpenVPN service to use a more secure hash. Unfortunately, it seems to have made it even more secure by just not working! 

 

When I updated the firmware, it asked me to update the OpenVPN certificate, which I did. Created new profiles for my devices (iphone and MacBook) and installed them. OpenVPN services is checked on, but it isn't responding. Tried turning the service on and off and rebooting the router, but the VPN service doesn't seem to be running. No response from the UDP port locally or remote. DynamicDNS is up to date and has the correct public IP for my router. 

 

Help?! 

 

 

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  • whoiscarmine's avatar
    whoiscarmine
    May 25, 2018

    I did another powercycle of the router and I got presented with the update VPN certificate again. Now everything seems to work as expected.

     

    Thanks for the help and sorry to be so cranky. :smileyhappy:

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