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TLS handshake failure while connecting to OpenVPN server on Nighthawk R7450
I am trying to setup a VPN server on my router so that I can connect to my home internet while traveling. I have enabled the OpenVPN server with the Netgear DDNS and downloaded the configuration file...
Hi, unfortunately the only solution is to wait for Netgear to fix it in their next update. And given how old the router is, I dont think it is going to happen. The only workaround I found is to install 3rd party firmware like DD-WRT or wireguard on the router.
You cannot test the connection to an Open VPN server from a device that is connected, either by Wi-Fi or Ethernet, to the LAN where the server is running.
Any changes you make to the configuration on the router has to be followed by creation of new configuration files from the router. Then the new files have to be copied to the client device. On a computer the configuration files are read each time the client software is started. On a cell phone you have to import the configuration files into the application.
Sometimes the router configuration is problematic if you do not allow the VPN connection to access all sites on the internet and home network. The attached has worked well for me for years on Windows and Android client devices.
Yes, I have tried the same configuration you have attached. Also I have tried connecting from inside the LAN as well as from another network. Once even from another city. Still hasn't worked. Also I downloaded new configuration file and used that every time I made any changes. And each and every time it fails the TLS handshake
What operating system and version are you running on your computer? Windows? IOS?
Have you tried to connect with a different client device? Android? Different computer?
TLS stands for Transport Layer Security and has been part of internet connections for some time. It has also evolved and is on version 1.3 or more. There is a chance of some security or anti-virus setting on your computer causing the problems.
I have found there are some free Wi-Fi access locations, coffee shops, restaurants, hospitals, etc., that have their internet access configured to prevent connection with VPN services. The VPN simply will not connect.
- I am using windows 11 and I have tried another laptop with windows 10 and Android as well. I have tried multiple public WiFis, my home WiFi and mobile internet using a sim card.
Public WiFis block VPNs by blocking known IPs of VPN services. Since this is my own personal IP I am trying to connect, I don't think they should be able to block that.
Anyway TLS version could be an issue. I'll look into that for sure. Thank you.
But I have tried using older versions of OpenVPN as many people have suggested in other posts. That hasn't worked. Maybe I'll try going back to older firmware on my router as well.I use the Open VPN version 2.5.7-I602 client program on Windows 10 Pro computers. A combination of Dell laptops and desktops.
For verification purposes in Windows, you download from the router page and unpack four configuration files from the zip file. Then copy the files to the directory, C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\config\ of your client device. These files are read when the OpenVPN program initializes.
On Android phones and tablets, I use OpenVPN Connect version 3.3.0.
For Android there is only one configuration file, and it must be unpacked from the zip file and copied as far up in the device directory tree you can go, not in a folder. This file is used when you import a profile into the OpenVPN application.
Any time you make a change on the VPN configuration page of the router, you save the changes and download a new set of configuration files.