Error when try to connect to VPNBook.

liubomirwm

Hi,
I have downloaded OpenVPN and install it. I download a certificate and config file from VPN Book: http://www.vpnbook.com/#pricing in ZIP format and extract them in the config folder of OpenVPN, but when i open the Open VPN GUI as administrator and click "connect" in the tray menu i receive an error that the connecting to VPNbook-UDP53 has failed. I receive the same error with the TCP certificate. PLEASE help me.
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uwnthesis

Can you post up the exact error message (as that way everyone will be able to help you).

Here's some basic VPNbook tutorials that are visual - for those of us who are visual learners. 🙂

https://uwnthesis.wordpress.com/2012/11/15/vpnbook-free-vpn-how-to-set-up-a-vpn-on-windows-7-using-openvpn-to-bypass-firewalls/

liubomirwm

Something like "TLS handshake" failed and "no server certificate verification method has been enabled "
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uwnthesis

SSL was replaced by TLS.
It allows a small amount of time for the handshake to complete. If it fails to complete in that time, then for your own safety it will time out. This is probably most often due to a slow network, and no VPN provider can solve that.

One question - have you ever connected to VPNbook since 10th January 2013? If no, then I'd suspect you need to download:
1. The new certificates for the port you're using. VPNBook changed them on 10th January.
2. The new OpenVPN client (make sure you're using the latest client, or VPNbook will boot you off the server). OpenVPN client was upgraded 8th January 2013.

If this is an intermittent fault, ie you've connected since the latest certificates were issued, then we need to deal with a slow network - by swapping the protocols you're using.

UDP is a connectionless protocol - it throws out packets and does give a monkeys if they're received. On a slow or unstable network, this can be a real problem.

TCP is a connection orientated protocol - it counts those packets out, and counts them back in.

Swap to using the TCP port 80.
1. remove your current openvpn install and certificates.

2. reinstall openvpn client.

http://openvpn.net/index.php/download/community-downloads.html

3. reinstall the vpnbook certificate for tcp port 80. You'll need Winzip. Here's roughly what you'll be doing:

https://uwnthesis.wordpress.com/2012/11/16/vpnbook-how-to-download-the-port-53-certicate-for-vpnbook-needs-winzip/

and let us know the error code.

Right click on the openvpn icon... - is the icon yellow/green/red?
copy and paste in connection logs for tcp port 80 certificate, and I'm sure everyone will help you from there.

madscot125

Hi guys,

I am having a problem connecting the OpenVPN for some reason and I cant seem to figure it out. I was using it on my previous system but now I have installed it on my new PC I cant get it to connect. I have tried downloading the most recent offering, downloaded the server information again and installed. However when I try to connect I get this message:

connecting to vpnbook-us1-tcp 80 has failed

I have tried all the other ports and options as well but its the same.

Here is a copy of my log. Any help would be appreciated.

Mon Nov 10 12:31:42 2014 Control Channel MTU parms [ L:1560 D:140 EF:40 EB:0 ET:0 EL:0 ]
Mon Nov 10 12:31:42 2014 Socket Buffers: R=[8192->8192] S=[8192->8192]
Mon Nov 10 12:31:42 2014 Data Channel MTU parms [ L:1560 D:1450 EF:60 EB:135 ET:0 EL:0 AF:3/1 ]
Mon Nov 10 12:31:42 2014 Local Options hash (VER=V4): 'bc07730e'
Mon Nov 10 12:31:42 2014 Expected Remote Options hash (VER=V4): 'b695cb4a'
Mon Nov 10 12:31:42 2014 Attempting to establish TCP connection with 198.7.62.204:80
Mon Nov 10 12:31:42 2014 TCP connection established with 198.7.62.204:80
Mon Nov 10 12:31:42 2014 TCPv4_CLIENT link local: [undef]
Mon Nov 10 12:31:42 2014 TCPv4_CLIENT link remote: 198.7.62.204:80
Mon Nov 10 12:31:42 2014 TLS: Initial packet from 198.7.62.204:80, sid=a320a719 584a546c
Mon Nov 10 12:31:42 2014 WARNING: this configuration may cache passwords in memory -- use the auth-nocache option to prevent this
Mon Nov 10 12:31:44 2014 VERIFY OK: depth=1, /C=CH/ST=Zurich/L=Zurich/O=vpnbook.com/OU=IT/CN=vpnbook.com/name=vpnbook.com/emailAddress=admin@vpnbook.com
Mon Nov 10 12:31:44 2014 VERIFY OK: depth=0, /C=CH/ST=Zurich/L=Zurich/O=vpnbook.com/OU=IT/CN=vpnbook.com/name=vpnbook.com/emailAddress=admin@vpnbook.com
Mon Nov 10 12:31:46 2014 Data Channel Encrypt: Cipher 'AES-128-CBC' initialized with 128 bit key
Mon Nov 10 12:31:46 2014 Data Channel Encrypt: Using 160 bit message hash 'SHA1' for HMAC authentication
Mon Nov 10 12:31:46 2014 Data Channel Decrypt: Cipher 'AES-128-CBC' initialized with 128 bit key
Mon Nov 10 12:31:46 2014 Data Channel Decrypt: Using 160 bit message hash 'SHA1' for HMAC authentication
Mon Nov 10 12:31:46 2014 Control Channel: TLSv1, cipher TLSv1/SSLv3 DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA, 1024 bit RSA
Mon Nov 10 12:31:46 2014 [vpnbook.com] Peer Connection Initiated with 198.7.62.204:80
Mon Nov 10 12:31:48 2014 SENT CONTROL [vpnbook.com]: 'PUSH_REQUEST' (status=1)
Mon Nov 10 12:31:48 2014 PUSH: Received control message: 'PUSH_REPLY,redirect-gateway def1,dhcp-option DNS 8.8.8.8,dhcp-option DNS 8.8.4.4,route 10.12.0.1,topology net30,ping 5,ping-restart 30,ifconfig 10.12.1.234 10.12.1.233'
Mon Nov 10 12:31:48 2014 OPTIONS IMPORT: timers and/or timeouts modified
Mon Nov 10 12:31:48 2014 OPTIONS IMPORT: --ifconfig/up options modified
Mon Nov 10 12:31:48 2014 OPTIONS IMPORT: route options modified
Mon Nov 10 12:31:48 2014 OPTIONS IMPORT: --ip-win32 and/or --dhcp-option options modified
Mon Nov 10 12:31:48 2014 ROUTE default_gateway=192.168.0.1
Mon Nov 10 12:31:48 2014 CreateFile failed on TAP device: \\.\Global\{2FC837CF-1071-4C03-A67B-626EFA3AB2B5}.tap
Mon Nov 10 12:31:48 2014 All TAP-Win32 adapters on this system are currently in use.
Mon Nov 10 12:31:48 2014 Exiting

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madscot125 wroteMon Nov 10 12:31:48 2014 CreateFile failed on TAP device: \\.\Global\{2FC837CF-1071-4C03-A67B-626EFA3AB2B5}.tap
Mon Nov 10 12:31:48 2014 All TAP-Win32 adapters on this system are currently in use.
Mon Nov 10 12:31:48 2014 Exiting

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