2.3_rc1 and Windows 8

mokk

In Windows 8 OpenVPN 2.3_rc1, as well as previous versions, can't establish connection properly. The connection seems to be created, as OpenVPN client receives its IP, but no data can be transferred. The client floods its log file with messages about ERROR 0x0000008a (138).

Thu Nov 15 22:34:59 2012 Attempting to establish TCP connection with [AF_INET]10.1.2.3:1194 [nonblock]
Thu Nov 15 22:35:09 2012 TCP: connect to [AF_INET]10.1.2.3:1194 failed, will try again in 5 seconds. Error 0x0000008a: The system tried to join a drive to a directory on a joined drive.  
Thu Nov 15 22:35:24 2012 TCP: connect to [AF_INET]10.1.2.3:1194 failed, will try again in 5 seconds. Error 0x0000008a: The system tried to join a drive to a directory on a joined drive.  
Thu Nov 15 22:35:39 2012 TCP: connect to [AF_INET]10.1.2.3:1194 failed, will try again in 5 seconds. Error 0x0000008a: The system tried to join a drive to a directory on a joined drive.  
Thu Nov 15 22:35:55 2012 TCP: connect to [AF_INET]10.1.2.3:1194 failed, will try again in 5 seconds. Error 0x0000008a: The system tried to join a drive to a directory on a joined drive.  
Thu Nov 15 22:36:10 2012 TCP: connect to [AF_INET]10.1.2.3:1194 failed, will try again in 5 seconds. Error 0x0000008a: The system tried to join a drive to a directory on a joined drive.  
Thu Nov 15 22:36:25 2012 TCP: connect to [AF_INET]10.1.2.3:1194 failed, will try again in 5 seconds. Error 0x0000008a: The system tried to join a drive to a directory on a joined drive.  
Thu Nov 15 22:36:40 2012 TCP: connect to [AF_INET]10.1.2.3:1194 failed, will try again in 5 seconds. Error 0x0000008a: The system tried to join a drive to a directory on a joined drive.  
Thu Nov 15 22:36:55 2012 TCP: connect to [AF_INET]10.1.2.3:1194 failed, will try again in 5 seconds. Error 0x0000008a: The system tried to join a drive to a directory on a joined drive.  
Thu Nov 15 22:37:10 2012 TCP: connect to [AF_INET]10.1.2.3:1194 failed, will try again in 5 seconds. Error 0x0000008a: The system tried to join a drive to a directory on a joined drive.  
Thu Nov 15 22:37:25 2012 TCP: connect to [AF_INET]10.1.2.3:1194 failed, will try again in 5 seconds. Error 0x0000008a: The system tried to join a drive to a directory on a joined drive.  
Thu Nov 15 22:37:40 2012 TCP: connect to [AF_INET]10.1.2.3:1194 failed, will try again in 5 seconds. Error 0x0000008a: The system tried to join a drive to a directory on a joined drive.

mokk

It's me again. Here's my complete log. Maybe it will help you find out what's happening.

Tue Dec 11 02:41:40 2012 NOTE: OpenVPN 2.1 requires '--script-security 2' or higher to call user-defined scripts or executables
Tue Dec 11 02:41:40 2012 Control Channel Authentication: using 'C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\keys\client\ta.key' as a OpenVPN static key file
Tue Dec 11 02:41:40 2012 Outgoing Control Channel Authentication: Using 160 bit message hash 'SHA1' for HMAC authentication
Tue Dec 11 02:41:40 2012 Incoming Control Channel Authentication: Using 160 bit message hash 'SHA1' for HMAC authentication
Tue Dec 11 02:41:40 2012 Socket Buffers: R=[65536->65536] S=[65536->65536]
Tue Dec 11 02:41:40 2012 Attempting to establish TCP connection with [AF_INET]10.1.2.3:1194 [nonblock]
Tue Dec 11 02:41:41 2012 TCP connection established with [AF_INET]10.1.2.3:1194
Tue Dec 11 02:41:41 2012 TCPv4_CLIENT link local: [undef]
Tue Dec 11 02:41:41 2012 TCPv4_CLIENT link remote: [AF_INET]10.1.2.3:1194
Tue Dec 11 02:41:41 2012 TLS: Initial packet from [AF_INET]10.1.2.3:1194, sid=86fd02a5 eed8f61b
Tue Dec 11 02:41:41 2012 VERIFY OK: depth=1, C=RU, ST=TOWN, L=Town, O=NetworkOne, OU=NetworkOneNet, CN=NetworkOne, name=NetworkOne, emailAddress=admin@NetworkOne.local
Tue Dec 11 02:41:41 2012 Validating certificate key usage
Tue Dec 11 02:41:41 2012 ++ Certificate has key usage  00a0, expects 00a0
Tue Dec 11 02:41:41 2012 VERIFY KU OK
Tue Dec 11 02:41:41 2012 Validating certificate extended key usage
Tue Dec 11 02:41:41 2012 ++ Certificate has EKU (str) TLS Web Server Authentication, expects TLS Web Server Authentication
Tue Dec 11 02:41:41 2012 VERIFY EKU OK
Tue Dec 11 02:41:41 2012 VERIFY OK: depth=0, C=RU, ST=TOWN, L=Town, O=NetworkOne, OU=NetworkOneNet, CN=NetworkOne, name=server, emailAddress=admin@NetworkOne.local
Tue Dec 11 02:41:42 2012 Data Channel Encrypt: Cipher 'BF-CBC' initialized with 128 bit key
Tue Dec 11 02:41:42 2012 Data Channel Encrypt: Using 160 bit message hash 'SHA1' for HMAC authentication
Tue Dec 11 02:41:42 2012 Data Channel Decrypt: Cipher 'BF-CBC' initialized with 128 bit key
Tue Dec 11 02:41:42 2012 Data Channel Decrypt: Using 160 bit message hash 'SHA1' for HMAC authentication
Tue Dec 11 02:41:42 2012 Control Channel: TLSv1, cipher TLSv1/SSLv3 DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA, 1024 bit RSA
Tue Dec 11 02:41:42 2012 [NetworkOne] Peer Connection Initiated with [AF_INET]10.1.2.3:1194
Tue Dec 11 02:41:44 2012 SENT CONTROL [NetworkOne]: 'PUSH_REQUEST' (status=1)
Tue Dec 11 02:41:44 2012 PUSH: Received control message: 'PUSH_REPLY,redirect-gateway,route 192.168.137.1,topology net30,ping 10,ping-restart 120,ifconfig 192.168.137.6 192.168.137.5'
Tue Dec 11 02:41:44 2012 OPTIONS IMPORT: timers and/or timeouts modified
Tue Dec 11 02:41:44 2012 OPTIONS IMPORT: --ifconfig/up options modified
Tue Dec 11 02:41:44 2012 OPTIONS IMPORT: route options modified
Tue Dec 11 02:41:44 2012 ROUTE_GATEWAY 10.1.2.1/255.255.255.0 I=12 HWADDR=50:e5:49:57:7f:e7
Tue Dec 11 02:41:44 2012 do_ifconfig, tt->ipv6=0, tt->did_ifconfig_ipv6_setup=0
Tue Dec 11 02:41:44 2012 open_tun, tt->ipv6=0
Tue Dec 11 02:41:44 2012 TAP-WIN32 device [Network Connection] opened: \\.\Global\{3F5D52A2-E52F-44B0-843C-C8ECDD53DF2A}.tap
Tue Dec 11 02:41:44 2012 TAP-Windows Driver Version 9.9 
Tue Dec 11 02:41:44 2012 Notified TAP-Windows driver to set a DHCP IP/netmask of 192.168.137.6/255.255.255.252 on interface {3F5D52A2-E52F-44B0-843C-C8ECDD53DF2A} [DHCP-serv: 192.168.137.5, lease-time: 31536000]
Tue Dec 11 02:41:44 2012 Successful ARP Flush on interface [17] {3F5D52A2-E52F-44B0-843C-C8ECDD53DF2A}
Tue Dec 11 02:41:49 2012 TEST ROUTES: 2/2 succeeded len=1 ret=1 a=0 u/d=up
Tue Dec 11 02:41:49 2012 C:\Windows\system32\route.exe ADD 10.1.2.3 MASK 255.255.255.255 10.1.2.1 IF 12
Tue Dec 11 02:41:49 2012 Route addition via IPAPI succeeded [adaptive]
Tue Dec 11 02:41:49 2012 C:\Windows\system32\route.exe DELETE 0.0.0.0 MASK 0.0.0.0 10.1.2.1
Tue Dec 11 02:41:49 2012 Route deletion via IPAPI succeeded [adaptive]
Tue Dec 11 02:41:49 2012 C:\Windows\system32\route.exe ADD 0.0.0.0 MASK 0.0.0.0 192.168.137.5
Tue Dec 11 02:41:49 2012 Route addition via IPAPI succeeded [adaptive]
Tue Dec 11 02:41:49 2012 C:\Windows\system32\route.exe ADD 192.168.137.1 MASK 255.255.255.255 192.168.137.5
Tue Dec 11 02:41:49 2012 Route addition via IPAPI succeeded [adaptive]
Tue Dec 11 02:41:49 2012 Initialization Sequence Completed
Tue Dec 11 02:42:07 2012 read TCPv4_CLIENT: Connection timed out (WSAETIMEDOUT) (code=10060)
Tue Dec 11 02:42:07 2012 Connection reset, restarting [-1]
Tue Dec 11 02:42:07 2012 SIGUSR1[soft,connection-reset] received, process restarting
Tue Dec 11 02:42:07 2012 Restart pause, 5 second(s)
Tue Dec 11 02:42:12 2012 NOTE: OpenVPN 2.1 requires '--script-security 2' or higher to call user-defined scripts or executables
Tue Dec 11 02:42:12 2012 Socket Buffers: R=[65536->65536] S=[65536->65536]
Tue Dec 11 02:42:12 2012 Attempting to establish TCP connection with [AF_INET]10.1.2.3:1194 [nonblock]
Tue Dec 11 02:42:22 2012 TCP: connect to [AF_INET]10.1.2.3:1194 failed, will try again in 5 seconds. Error 0x0000008a: The system tried to join a drive to a directory on a joined drive.  
Tue Dec 11 02:42:38 2012 TCP: connect to [AF_INET]10.1.2.3:1194 failed, will try again in 5 seconds. Error 0x0000008a: The system tried to join a drive to a directory on a joined drive.  
Tue Dec 11 02:42:53 2012 TCP: connect to [AF_INET]10.1.2.3:1194 failed, will try again in 5 seconds. Error 0x0000008a: The system tried to join a drive to a directory on a joined drive.  
Tue Dec 11 02:43:08 2012 TCP: connect to [AF_INET]10.1.2.3:1194 failed, will try again in 5 seconds. Error 0x0000008a: The system tried to join a drive to a directory on a joined drive.  
Tue Dec 11 02:43:23 2012 TCP: connect to [AF_INET]10.1.2.3:1194 failed, will try again in 5 seconds. Error 0x0000008a: The system tried to join a drive to a directory on a joined drive.  
Tue Dec 11 02:43:38 2012 TCP: connect to [AF_INET]10.1.2.3:1194 failed, will try again in 5 seconds. Error 0x0000008a: The system tried to join a drive to a directory on a joined drive.

OpenVPN was stopped.

Tue Dec 11 02:43:50 2012 C:\Windows\system32\route.exe DELETE 192.168.137.1 MASK 255.255.255.255 192.168.137.5
Tue Dec 11 02:43:50 2012 Route deletion via IPAPI succeeded [adaptive]
Tue Dec 11 02:43:50 2012 C:\Windows\system32\route.exe DELETE 10.1.2.3 MASK 255.255.255.255 10.1.2.1
Tue Dec 11 02:43:50 2012 Route deletion via IPAPI succeeded [adaptive]
Tue Dec 11 02:43:50 2012 C:\Windows\system32\route.exe DELETE 0.0.0.0 MASK 0.0.0.0 192.168.137.5
Tue Dec 11 02:43:50 2012 Route deletion via IPAPI succeeded [adaptive]
Tue Dec 11 02:43:50 2012 C:\Windows\system32\route.exe ADD 0.0.0.0 MASK 0.0.0.0 10.1.2.1
Tue Dec 11 02:43:50 2012 Route addition via IPAPI succeeded [adaptive]
Tue Dec 11 02:43:50 2012 Closing TUN/TAP interface
Tue Dec 11 02:43:50 2012 SIGTERM[hard,init_instance] received, process exiting

mokk

rc2 works the same way that means it still doesn't work properly on Windows 8 🙁 🙁 🙁

mokk

As I see nobody has posted any reply here... Maybe I only encounter this situation?
Has anyone been able to use OpenVPN on Windows 8 successfully?

BillyBuerger

I'm running 2.2.2 on Windows 8. I have a similar issue in that it connects but no traffic goes through. I don't remember seeing any error messages at all though. I found that I have to run the remove all tap and add new tap before OpenVPN will actually work. So I combined the two bat files to one on my desktop that I can hit quickly before connecting. I came here looking to see if there were any newer versions that might not have this issue. Doesn't sound like it at this point.

mokk

2.3.0 still doesn't work.

chuckles

mokk wroteAs I see nobody has posted any reply here... Maybe I only encounter this situation?
Has anyone been able to use OpenVPN on Windows 8 successfully?

yes, I got 2.3 successfully installed on Windows 8 Pro. See other thread:
https://forums.openvpn.net/topic10013-15.html#p27258

mokk

chuckles, thank you for your reply. It was very important for me to know if the problem was only mine, or it was OpenVPN's problem. I have finally found what was wrong and solved my problem.