Unable to Connect with OpenVPN Client - Help!

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widmark
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Unable to Connect with OpenVPN Client - Help!

Post by widmark » Thu Apr 12, 2012 5:05 pm

I am unable to connect to my recently configured VPN Server with OpenVPN. I configured openvpn.ovpn file to connect using the dynamic public IP address assigned by my ISP (TimeWarner Cable) to my router (172.XXX.XXX.XXX). I am using the config and ca certificate files generated by my VPN server (Synology Diskstation). I opened port 1194 on my router. I am on Windows 7.

What am I doing wrong? Please help. Below is the info provided by OpenVPN's dialogue box after attempting to connect.

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Thu Apr 12 09:16:56 2012 OpenVPN 2.2.2 Win32-MSVC++ [SSL] [LZO2] [PKCS11] built on Dec 15 2011
Thu Apr 12 09:17:00 2012 IMPORTANT: OpenVPN's default port number is now 1194, based on an official port number assignment by IANA. OpenVPN 2.0-beta16 and earlier used 5000 as the default port.
Thu Apr 12 09:17:00 2012 WARNING: No server certificate verification method has been enabled. See http://openvpn.net/howto.html#mitm for more info.
Thu Apr 12 09:17:00 2012 NOTE: the current --script-security setting may allow this configuration to call user-defined scripts
Thu Apr 12 09:17:00 2012 LZO compression initialized
Thu Apr 12 09:17:00 2012 UDPv4 link local (bound): [undef]:1194
Thu Apr 12 09:17:00 2012 UDPv4 link remote: 172.XXX.XXX.XXX:1194
Thu Apr 12 09:18:00 2012 TLS Error: TLS key negotiation failed to occur within 60 seconds (check your network connectivity)
Thu Apr 12 09:18:00 2012 TLS Error: TLS handshake failed
Thu Apr 12 09:18:00 2012 SIGUSR1[soft,tls-error] received, process restarting

widmark
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Re: Unable to Connect with OpenVPN Client - Help!

Post by widmark » Fri Apr 13, 2012 2:34 pm

Issue resolved.

It turns out that the VPN Server, which is part of an NAS built by Synology, doesn't automatically open the 1194 port in the NAS firewall when installed.

Once I figured that out I was home free.

My VPN server sits behind a dynamic public IP address. I wish there was a way to get an email everytime the public IP changes, else I presume I will not be able to connect with the client. I am using Time Warner Cable broadband.

nagarjun64
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Re: Unable to Connect with OpenVPN Client - Help!

Post by nagarjun64 » Tue May 08, 2012 9:15 am

hi

can u tell me how to configure open vpn for my small office for around 20 users.
i want to go for community version.
help me related to this.
please don't give me the link to read documentation. it's all confusing.
can u give me a simple way to configure on windows OS based computers

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