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OpenVPN Not connecting in Orbi system
Hi, i have a brandnew ORBI RBK23 system (1 router, 2 satellites), router connected to cable modem. The ORBI router as replacement for a Nighthawk R7000, on which a VPN service worked flawlessly. Conn...
FOUND IT! Thanks to you. I changed the settings of TUN back to UDP and now it is working all right! I forgot that I initially tested it over the home network and as you said, that does not work (but it did on my previous router, so that caused my confusion). When I set the wifi on my iPad to my smart phone 4G hotspot, it works fine now!!
The only thing that is still bothering me is the lg in the windows client (notebook with windows 10). Connection is achieved all right, but in the log I see this:
Tue Nov 20 10:03:33 2018 WARNING: No server certificate verification method has been enabled. See http://openvpn.net/howto.html#mitm for more info.
Tue Nov 20 10:03:44 2018 WARNING: this configuration may cache passwords in memory -- use the auth-nocache option to prevent thisShould I start a new topic on this, or may I ask your opinion about this too? (I tried to understand what is explained in the provided openvpn.net link, but can't get a grip on the contents; seems that I have to do a lot of programming, which seems very difficult).
But anyhow, by this conversation with you, my problems with the connection, anyway on my iPad as well as my android smart phone, are completely solved! Thank you very much!
Thanks for the fast reply...
- Yes the router and satellites are on the current firmwares
- Yes my mynetgear account is valid
- Yes I downloaded the correct config files for windows
- Both TUN and TAP are default and havnet been changed
- Yes I renamed the adapter to NETGEAR-VPN as you stated
- No, I did not add that line to my config file. Is that simply added that to the send line? My config file is 1 line long...very long and nothing else. Do I add it with quotes or without?
Here is my current config file:
Only 1 line
client
dev tap
proto udp
dev-node NETGEAR-VPN
remote (removed for privacy) 12974
resolv-retry infinite
nobind
persist-key
persist-tun
ca ca.crt
cert client.crt
key client.key
cipher AES-128-CBC
comp-lzo
verb 0
sndbuf 393216
rcvbuf 393216
Not sure why it pasted as being multiple lines, that's why i included the image.
- Lastly, yes, the config file is in the correct directory
I actually gave up until i saw your reply. I will keep at it, but its very frustrating and shouldn't be this hard.
Also, opening the config file in notepad:
I added remote-cert-tls server without the quotes at the very end and when i go to save it, it says i dont have permission and need to seek file owner or administrator. I am the administrator on the machine, only 1 user.
Yes, that is what i saw too. So what i did was editing the ovpn file in the download directory and then copied the new / edited file to the config subdir. Here too the system complained about my rights, but there was the option to continue as administrator. And that worked.
The line is indeed to be placed at the end of the file, i put it right at the end, two spaces after the last character.
And indeed without he quotation marks!
Please inform about the result!
Thanks again for your help...i really appreciate it.
New Errors - New Logs...so maybe a step in the right direction. BUT, you're right, i'm not geting the "certificate" warning anymore =)
I am very sorry your problem still exists...
Btw, your client.ovpn contains exactly the same lines as mine, only mine is one long line without hard returns (in notepad), and no spaces between the lines as compared to yours (where there are hard returns). I wonder why you apparently downloaded another format...
What exactly are the "new ERRORs" you write about in your last post?
Ah, now i can see the errors, but i do not understand them...
You have the exact lines in your (as compared to my) client.ovpn, and i also tried what would happen if i make it a file with neat 18 lines (the 18th being the added line remote-cert-tls server). No difference, works equal flawlessly.
The only possible difference (but i do not know its significance) is that you keep also a client file in the C:\users\(user)\openvpn\config? Because i have not (the only place is the C:\program files\openvpn\config, along with the 3 other files of course (ca.crt, client.crt and client.key).
If the problem still exists, you might try the good old reboot of your system and / or try the whole operation without the protection of firewalls etc.
I am afraid i can’t be of further assistance (being kind of a novice myself!)
Good luck, and please post again if you have (hopefully good) news flashes!