Windows 7 stops using OpenVPN

ChippedGreenMug

Hi,
I'm not sure that I'm posting this in the right place, so sorry in advance if I haven't.

I started using OpenVPN yesterday on my Windows 7 machine to connect to a BTGuard account.

The problem that I am having is that I am starting OpenVPN and it is connecting to BTGuard correctly and browser traffic is being routed OK (verified by browsing to WhatIsMyIP), but after a while the PC seems to stop using the VPN connection.

The OpenVPN icon still shows green screens and says that it is connected, and I don't get any sort of error messages, but when I browse to WIMIP, I see my standard IP address instead.

I just wondered if anybody could advise what I can do. What I don't want to do is think that I am using the VPN and then find that actually I was just using my standard connection.

Is there a way that I can configure Windows 7 so that it will only connect via OpenVPN?

Any advice would be much appreciated.

zed260

same issue here

cept in my case im running windows 8.1

what type of network card do you have etc maybe we have similer hardware

zed260

debbie10t wrote
ChippedGreenMug wroteI'm not sure that I'm posting this in the right place
What Version of OpenVPN are you using ?

ive tried several versions myself the last 5 or so releases ive tried

zed260

debbie10t wroteWe do not provide support for third party product such as BTGuard.

As the VPN Works for a while and then appears to stop working you must contact BTGuard:
https://btguard.com/contact

i contacted btguard waiting on reply from them

whats werd is that it does not show any errors whatsoever on openvpn

even weirder is that vuze which binds to the vpn works normally through the vpn but all other traffic is not routing through the vpn

this isnt a bug in btgaurd i dont think im leaning towered it being a bug in openvpn itself

zed260

debbie10t wrote
zed260 wroteim leaning towered it being a bug in openvpn itself
You can post a bug-rep if you think you have enough detail to explain it.

im gonna wait for a response from btguard first and or the op in this thread