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OpenVPN connects to router when clients on Ethernet but not on Wifi
I am having difficulty getting OpenVPN to work to connect to my RS300 router with my Windows 11 computers. I have a Dell XPS 16 9640 and a Microsoft Surface Pro 2103 both running Windows 11 Pro. Both...
Here are the logs. The wifi connected log shows a recursive routing problem but I am unsure why this would happen only when the client is connected vis wifi from the same network as it was when connecting via ethernet and there was no issue. I have had to break this into several parts to get it to fit in the allowed space
Log when connecting with Ethernet
2025-11-10 13:35:15 WARNING: Compression for receiving enabled. Compression has been used in the past to break encryption. Sent packets are not compressed unless "allow-compression yes" is also set.
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 DEPRECATED OPTION: --cipher set to 'AES-128-CBC' but missing in --data-ciphers (AES-256-GCM:AES-128-GCM:CHACHA20-POLY1305). OpenVPN ignores --cipher for cipher negotiations.
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 Current Parameter Settings:
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 config = 'client.ovpn'
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 mode = 0
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 show_ciphers = DISABLED
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 show_digests = DISABLED
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 show_engines = DISABLED
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 genkey = DISABLED
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 genkey_filename = '[UNDEF]'
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 key_pass_file = '[UNDEF]'
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 show_tls_ciphers = DISABLED
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 connect_retry_max = 0
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 Connection profiles [0]:
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 proto = udp
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 local = '[UNDEF]'
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 local_port = '[UNDEF]'
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 remote = 'cameras.dyndns.org'
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 remote_port = '12974'
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 remote_float = DISABLED
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 bind_defined = DISABLED
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 bind_local = DISABLED
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 bind_ipv6_only = DISABLED
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 connect_retry_seconds = 1
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 connect_timeout = 120
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 socks_proxy_server = '[UNDEF]'
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 socks_proxy_port = '[UNDEF]'
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 tun_mtu = 1500
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 tun_mtu_defined = ENABLED
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 link_mtu = 1500
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 link_mtu_defined = DISABLED
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 tun_mtu_extra = 32
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 tun_mtu_extra_defined = ENABLED
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 tls_mtu = 1250
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 mtu_discover_type = -1
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 fragment = 0
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 mssfix = 1492
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 mssfix_encap = ENABLED
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 mssfix_fixed = DISABLED
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 explicit_exit_notification = 0
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 tls_auth_file = '[UNDEF]'
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 key_direction = not set
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 tls_crypt_file = '[UNDEF]'
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 tls_crypt_v2_file = '[UNDEF]'
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 Connection profiles END
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 remote_random = DISABLED
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 ipchange = '[UNDEF]'
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 dev = 'tap'
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 dev_type = '[UNDEF]'
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 dev_node = 'NETGEAR-VPN'
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 tuntap_options.disable_dco = ENABLED
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 lladdr = '[UNDEF]'
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 topology = 1
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 ifconfig_local = '[UNDEF]'
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 ifconfig_remote_netmask = '[UNDEF]'
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 ifconfig_noexec = DISABLED
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 ifconfig_nowarn = DISABLED
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 ifconfig_ipv6_local = '[UNDEF]'
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 ifconfig_ipv6_netbits = 0
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 ifconfig_ipv6_remote = '[UNDEF]'
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 shaper = 0
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 mtu_test = 0
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 mlock = DISABLED
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 keepalive_ping = 0
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 keepalive_timeout = 0
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 inactivity_timeout = 0
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 session_timeout = 0
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 inactivity_minimum_bytes = 0
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 ping_send_timeout = 0
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 ping_rec_timeout = 0
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 ping_rec_timeout_action = 0
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 ping_timer_remote = DISABLED
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 remap_sigusr1 = 0
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 persist_tun = ENABLED
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 persist_local_ip = DISABLED
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 persist_remote_ip = DISABLED
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 persist_key = ENABLED
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 passtos = DISABLED
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 resolve_retry_seconds = 1000000000
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 resolve_in_advance = DISABLED
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 username = '[UNDEF]'
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 groupname = '[UNDEF]'
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 chroot_dir = '[UNDEF]'
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 cd_dir = '[UNDEF]'
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 writepid = '[UNDEF]'
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 up_script = '[UNDEF]'
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 down_script = '[UNDEF]'
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 down_pre = DISABLED
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 up_restart = DISABLED
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 up_delay = DISABLED
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 daemon = DISABLED
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 log = ENABLED
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 suppress_timestamps = DISABLED
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 machine_readable_output = DISABLED
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 nice = 0
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 verbosity = 5
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 mute = 0
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 gremlin = 0
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 status_file = '[UNDEF]'
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 status_file_version = 1
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 status_file_update_freq = 60
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 occ = ENABLED
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 rcvbuf = 393216
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 sndbuf = 393216
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 sockflags = 0
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 fast_io = DISABLED
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 comp.alg = 2
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 comp.flags = 1
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 route_script = '[UNDEF]'
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 route_default_gateway = '[UNDEF]'
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 route_default_metric = 0
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 route_noexec = DISABLED
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 route_delay = 5
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 route_delay_window = 30
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 route_delay_defined = ENABLED
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 route_nopull = DISABLED
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 route_gateway_via_dhcp = DISABLED
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 allow_pull_fqdn = DISABLED
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 Pull filters:
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 ignore "route-method"
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 management_addr = '127.0.0.1'
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 management_port = '25340'
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 management_user_pass = 'stdin'
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 management_log_history_cache = 250
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=437000 management_echo_buffer_size = 100
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 management_client_user = '[UNDEF]'
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 management_client_group = '[UNDEF]'
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 management_flags = 6
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 shared_secret_file = '[UNDEF]'
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 key_direction = not set
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 ciphername = 'AES-128-CBC'
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 ncp_ciphers = 'AES-256-GCM:AES-128-GCM:CHACHA20-POLY1305'
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 authname = 'SHA1'
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 engine = DISABLED
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 replay = ENABLED
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 mute_replay_warnings = DISABLED
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 replay_window = 64
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 replay_time = 15
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 packet_id_file = '[UNDEF]'
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 test_crypto = DISABLED
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 tls_server = DISABLED
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 tls_client = ENABLED
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 ca_file = 'ca.crt'
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 ca_path = '[UNDEF]'
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 dh_file = '[UNDEF]'
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 cert_file = 'client.crt'
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 extra_certs_file = '[UNDEF]'
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 priv_key_file = 'client.key'
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 pkcs12_file = '[UNDEF]'
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 cryptoapi_cert = '[UNDEF]'
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 cipher_list = '[UNDEF]'
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 cipher_list_tls13 = '[UNDEF]'
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 tls_cert_profile = '[UNDEF]'
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 tls_verify = '[UNDEF]'
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 tls_export_peer_cert_dir = '[UNDEF]'
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 verify_x509_type = 0
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 verify_x509_name = '[UNDEF]'
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 crl_file = '[UNDEF]'
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 ns_cert_type = 0
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 remote_cert_ku[i] = 65535
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 remote_cert_ku[i] = 0
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 remote_cert_ku[i] = 0
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 remote_cert_ku[i] = 0
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 remote_cert_ku[i] = 0
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 remote_cert_ku[i] = 0
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 remote_cert_ku[i] = 0
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 remote_cert_ku[i] = 0
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 remote_cert_ku[i] = 0
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 remote_cert_ku[i] = 0
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 remote_cert_ku[i] = 0
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 remote_cert_ku[i] = 0
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 remote_cert_ku[i] = 0
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 remote_cert_ku[i] = 0
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 remote_cert_ku[i] = 0
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 remote_cert_ku[i] = 0
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 remote_cert_eku = 'TLS Web Server Authentication'
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 ssl_flags = 192
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 tls_timeout = 2
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 renegotiate_bytes = -1
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 renegotiate_packets = 0
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 renegotiate_seconds = 3600
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 handshake_window = 60
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 transition_window = 3600
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 single_session = DISABLED
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 push_peer_info = DISABLED
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 tls_exit = DISABLED
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 tls_crypt_v2_metadata = '[UNDEF]'
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 pkcs11_protected_authentication = DISABLED
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 pkcs11_protected_authentication = DISABLED
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 pkcs11_protected_authentication = DISABLED
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 pkcs11_protected_authentication = DISABLED
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 pkcs11_protected_authentication = DISABLED
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 pkcs11_protected_authentication = DISABLED
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 pkcs11_protected_authentication = DISABLED
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 pkcs11_protected_authentication = DISABLED
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 pkcs11_protected_authentication = DISABLED
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 pkcs11_protected_authentication = DISABLED
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 pkcs11_protected_authentication = DISABLED
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 pkcs11_protected_authentication = DISABLED
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 pkcs11_protected_authentication = DISABLED
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 pkcs11_protected_authentication = DISABLED
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 pkcs11_protected_authentication = DISABLED
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 pkcs11_protected_authentication = DISABLED
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 pkcs11_private_mode = 00000000
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 pkcs11_private_mode = 00000000
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 pkcs11_private_mode = 00000000
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 pkcs11_private_mode = 00000000
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 pkcs11_private_mode = 00000000
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 pkcs11_private_mode = 00000000
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 pkcs11_private_mode = 00000000
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 pkcs11_private_mode = 00000000
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 pkcs11_private_mode = 00000000
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 pkcs11_private_mode = 00000000
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 pkcs11_private_mode = 00000000
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 pkcs11_private_mode = 00000000
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 pkcs11_private_mode = 00000000
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 pkcs11_private_mode = 00000000
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 pkcs11_private_mode = 00000000
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 pkcs11_private_mode = 00000000
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 pkcs11_cert_private = DISABLED
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 pkcs11_cert_private = DISABLED
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 pkcs11_cert_private = DISABLED
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 pkcs11_cert_private = DISABLED
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 pkcs11_cert_private = DISABLED
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 pkcs11_cert_private = DISABLED
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 pkcs11_cert_private = DISABLED
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 pkcs11_cert_private = DISABLED
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 pkcs11_cert_private = DISABLED
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 pkcs11_cert_private = DISABLED
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 pkcs11_cert_private = DISABLED
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 pkcs11_cert_private = DISABLED
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 pkcs11_cert_private = DISABLED
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 pkcs11_cert_private = DISABLED
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 pkcs11_cert_private = DISABLED
2025-11-10 13:35:15 us=453000 pkcs11_cert_private = DISABLED