Establishing an OpenVPN tunnel between my laptop and router

paquette

Okay — since I seem to be spinning my wheels, I have backed off and am trying to start very simple. I have installed dd-wrt (v24-sp2 (07/24/13) std
(SVN revision 22118) on my D-Link DIR-835. It is working well and port forwarding is working as it should.
I am trying to establish a tunnel between my laptop (tethered for testing purposes to my cellular provider network) and the router/server. My connection log on the laptop seems to bog down after “expecting” a long series of parameters to be set on the server side configuration, specifically: Expected Remote Options String: 'V4,dev-type tun,link-mtu 1544,tun-mtu 1500,proto TCPv4_SERVER,comp-lzo,cipher BF-CBC,auth SHA1,keysize 128,key-method 2,tls-server'.

Here is the complete log:

Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=625916 Current Parameter Settings:
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=627918 config = 'paquette_note3.ovpn'
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=627918 mode = 0
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=627918 show_ciphers = DISABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=627918 show_digests = DISABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=627918 show_engines = DISABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=627918 genkey = DISABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=627918 key_pass_file = '[UNDEF]'
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 show_tls_ciphers = DISABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 Connection profiles [default]:
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 proto = tcp-client
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 local = '[UNDEF]'
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 local_port = 0
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 remote = '66.11.162.48'
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 remote_port = 1194
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 remote_float = DISABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 bind_defined = DISABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 bind_local = DISABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 connect_retry_seconds = 5
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 connect_timeout = 10
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 connect_retry_max = 0
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 socks_proxy_server = '[UNDEF]'
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 socks_proxy_port = 0
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 socks_proxy_retry = DISABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 tun_mtu = 1500
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 tun_mtu_defined = ENABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 link_mtu = 1500
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 link_mtu_defined = DISABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 tun_mtu_extra = 0
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 tun_mtu_extra_defined = DISABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 mtu_discover_type = -1
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 fragment = 0
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 mssfix = 1450
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 explicit_exit_notification = 0
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 Connection profiles END
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 remote_random = DISABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 ipchange = '[UNDEF]'
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 dev = 'tun0'
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 dev_type = '[UNDEF]'
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 dev_node = '[UNDEF]'
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 lladdr = '[UNDEF]'
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 topology = 1
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 tun_ipv6 = DISABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 ifconfig_local = '[UNDEF]'
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 ifconfig_remote_netmask = '[UNDEF]'
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 ifconfig_noexec = DISABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 ifconfig_nowarn = DISABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 ifconfig_ipv6_local = '[UNDEF]'
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 ifconfig_ipv6_netbits = 0
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 ifconfig_ipv6_remote = '[UNDEF]'
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 shaper = 0
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 mtu_test = 0
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 mlock = DISABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 keepalive_ping = 0
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 keepalive_timeout = 0
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 inactivity_timeout = 0
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 ping_send_timeout = 0
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 ping_rec_timeout = 0
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 ping_rec_timeout_action = 0
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 ping_timer_remote = DISABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 remap_sigusr1 = 0
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 persist_tun = DISABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 persist_local_ip = DISABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 persist_remote_ip = DISABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 persist_key = DISABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 passtos = DISABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 resolve_retry_seconds = 1000000000
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 username = '[UNDEF]'
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 groupname = '[UNDEF]'
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 chroot_dir = '[UNDEF]'
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 cd_dir = '[UNDEF]'
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 writepid = '[UNDEF]'
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 up_script = '[UNDEF]'
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 down_script = '[UNDEF]'
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 down_pre = DISABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 up_restart = DISABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 up_delay = DISABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 daemon = DISABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 inetd = 0
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 log = ENABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 suppress_timestamps = DISABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 nice = 0
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 verbosity = 4
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 mute = 0
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 status_file = '[UNDEF]'
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 status_file_version = 1
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 status_file_update_freq = 60
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 occ = ENABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 rcvbuf = 0
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 sndbuf = 0
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 sockflags = 0
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 fast_io = DISABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 lzo = 7
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 route_script = '[UNDEF]'
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 route_default_gateway = '[UNDEF]'
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 route_default_metric = 0
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 route_noexec = DISABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 route_delay = 5
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 route_delay_window = 30
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 route_delay_defined = ENABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 route_nopull = DISABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 route_gateway_via_dhcp = DISABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 max_routes = 100
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 allow_pull_fqdn = DISABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 management_addr = '127.0.0.1'
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 management_port = 25340
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 management_user_pass = 'stdin'
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 management_log_history_cache = 250
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 management_echo_buffer_size = 100
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 management_write_peer_info_file = '[UNDEF]'
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 management_client_user = '[UNDEF]'
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 management_client_group = '[UNDEF]'
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 management_flags = 6
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 shared_secret_file = '[UNDEF]'
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 key_direction = 0
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=628918 ciphername_defined = ENABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 ciphername = 'BF-CBC'
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 authname_defined = ENABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 authname = 'SHA1'
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 prng_hash = 'SHA1'
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 prng_nonce_secret_len = 16
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 keysize = 0
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 engine = DISABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 replay = ENABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 mute_replay_warnings = DISABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 replay_window = 64
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 replay_time = 15
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 packet_id_file = '[UNDEF]'
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 use_iv = ENABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 test_crypto = DISABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 tls_server = DISABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 tls_client = ENABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 key_method = 2
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 ca_file = 'C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\easy-rsa\2.0\keys\ca.crt'
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 ca_path = '[UNDEF]'
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 dh_file = '[UNDEF]'
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 cert_file = 'C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\easy-rsa\2.0\keys\paquette_note3.crt'
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 priv_key_file = 'C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\easy-rsa\2.0\keys\paquette_note3.key'
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 pkcs12_file = '[UNDEF]'
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 cryptoapi_cert = '[UNDEF]'
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 cipher_list = '[UNDEF]'
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 tls_verify = '[UNDEF]'
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 tls_export_cert = '[UNDEF]'
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 verify_x509_type = 0
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 verify_x509_name = '[UNDEF]'
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 crl_file = '[UNDEF]'
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 ns_cert_type = 1
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 remote_cert_ku = 0
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 remote_cert_ku = 0
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 remote_cert_ku = 0
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 remote_cert_ku = 0
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 remote_cert_ku = 0
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 remote_cert_ku = 0
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 remote_cert_ku = 0
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 remote_cert_ku = 0
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 remote_cert_ku = 0
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 remote_cert_ku = 0
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 remote_cert_ku[i] = 0
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 remote_cert_ku[i] = 0
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 remote_cert_ku[i] = 0
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 remote_cert_ku[i] = 0
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 remote_cert_ku[i] = 0
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 remote_cert_ku[i] = 0
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 remote_cert_eku = '[UNDEF]'
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 ssl_flags = 0
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 tls_timeout = 2
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 renegotiate_bytes = 0
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 renegotiate_packets = 0
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 renegotiate_seconds = 3600
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 handshake_window = 60
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 transition_window = 3600
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 single_session = DISABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 push_peer_info = DISABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 tls_exit = DISABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 tls_auth_file = '[UNDEF]'
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 pkcs11_protected_authentication = DISABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 pkcs11_protected_authentication = DISABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 pkcs11_protected_authentication = DISABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 pkcs11_protected_authentication = DISABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 pkcs11_protected_authentication = DISABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 pkcs11_protected_authentication = DISABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 pkcs11_protected_authentication = DISABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 pkcs11_protected_authentication = DISABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 pkcs11_protected_authentication = DISABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 pkcs11_protected_authentication = DISABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 pkcs11_protected_authentication = DISABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 pkcs11_protected_authentication = DISABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 pkcs11_protected_authentication = DISABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 pkcs11_protected_authentication = DISABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 pkcs11_protected_authentication = DISABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 pkcs11_protected_authentication = DISABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 pkcs11_private_mode = 00000000
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 pkcs11_private_mode = 00000000
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 pkcs11_private_mode = 00000000
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 pkcs11_private_mode = 00000000
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 pkcs11_private_mode = 00000000
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 pkcs11_private_mode = 00000000
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 pkcs11_private_mode = 00000000
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 pkcs11_private_mode = 00000000
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 pkcs11_private_mode = 00000000
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 pkcs11_private_mode = 00000000
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 pkcs11_private_mode = 00000000
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 pkcs11_private_mode = 00000000
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 pkcs11_private_mode = 00000000
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 pkcs11_private_mode = 00000000
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 pkcs11_private_mode = 00000000
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 pkcs11_private_mode = 00000000
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 pkcs11_cert_private = DISABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 pkcs11_cert_private = DISABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 pkcs11_cert_private = DISABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 pkcs11_cert_private = DISABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 pkcs11_cert_private = DISABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 pkcs11_cert_private = DISABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 pkcs11_cert_private = DISABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 pkcs11_cert_private = DISABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 pkcs11_cert_private = DISABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 pkcs11_cert_private = DISABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 pkcs11_cert_private = DISABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 pkcs11_cert_private = DISABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 pkcs11_cert_private = DISABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 pkcs11_cert_private = DISABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 pkcs11_cert_private = DISABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 pkcs11_cert_private = DISABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 pkcs11_pin_cache_period = -1
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 pkcs11_id = '[UNDEF]'
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 pkcs11_id_management = DISABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 server_network = 0.0.0.0
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=629919 server_netmask = 0.0.0.0
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=630920 server_network_ipv6 = ::
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=630920 server_netbits_ipv6 = 0
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=630920 server_bridge_ip = 0.0.0.0
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=630920 server_bridge_netmask = 0.0.0.0
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=630920 server_bridge_pool_start = 0.0.0.0
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=631920 server_bridge_pool_end = 0.0.0.0
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=631920 ifconfig_pool_defined = DISABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=631920 ifconfig_pool_start = 0.0.0.0
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=631920 ifconfig_pool_end = 0.0.0.0
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=631920 ifconfig_pool_netmask = 0.0.0.0
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=631920 ifconfig_pool_persist_filename = '[UNDEF]'
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=631920 ifconfig_pool_persist_refresh_freq = 600
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=631920 ifconfig_ipv6_pool_defined = DISABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=631920 ifconfig_ipv6_pool_base = ::
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=631920 ifconfig_ipv6_pool_netbits = 0
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=631920 n_bcast_buf = 256
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=631920 tcp_queue_limit = 64
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=631920 real_hash_size = 256
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=631920 virtual_hash_size = 256
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=631920 client_connect_script = '[UNDEF]'
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=631920 learn_address_script = '[UNDEF]'
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=631920 client_disconnect_script = '[UNDEF]'
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=631920 client_config_dir = '[UNDEF]'
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=631920 ccd_exclusive = DISABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=631920 tmp_dir = 'C:\Users\ADMINI~4\AppData\Local\Temp\'
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=631920 push_ifconfig_defined = DISABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=631920 push_ifconfig_local = 0.0.0.0
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=631920 push_ifconfig_remote_netmask = 0.0.0.0
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=631920 push_ifconfig_ipv6_defined = DISABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=631920 push_ifconfig_ipv6_local = ::/0
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=631920 push_ifconfig_ipv6_remote = ::
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=631920 enable_c2c = DISABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=631920 duplicate_cn = DISABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=631920 cf_max = 0
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=631920 cf_per = 0
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=631920 max_clients = 1024
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=631920 max_routes_per_client = 256
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=631920 auth_user_pass_verify_script = '[UNDEF]'
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=631920 auth_user_pass_verify_script_via_file = DISABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=631920 client = ENABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=631920 pull = ENABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=631920 auth_user_pass_file = '[UNDEF]'
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=631920 show_net_up = DISABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=631920 route_method = 0
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=631920 ip_win32_defined = DISABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=631920 ip_win32_type = 3
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=631920 dhcp_masq_offset = 0
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=631920 dhcp_lease_time = 31536000
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=631920 tap_sleep = 0
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=631920 dhcp_options = DISABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=631920 dhcp_renew = DISABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=631920 dhcp_pre_release = DISABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=631920 dhcp_release = DISABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=631920 domain = '[UNDEF]'
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=631920 netbios_scope = '[UNDEF]'
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=631920 netbios_node_type = 0
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=631920 disable_nbt = DISABLED
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=631920 OpenVPN 2.3.2 x86_64-w64-mingw32 [SSL (OpenSSL)] [LZO] [PKCS11] [eurephia] [IPv6] built on Aug 22 2013
Enter Management Password:
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=631920 MANAGEMENT: TCP Socket listening on [AF_INET]127.0.0.1:25340
Sat Aug 31 10:32:35 2013 us=631920 Need hold release from management interface, waiting...
Sat Aug 31 10:32:36 2013 us=125326 MANAGEMENT: Client connected from [AF_INET]127.0.0.1:25340
Sat Aug 31 10:32:36 2013 us=226391 MANAGEMENT: CMD 'state on'
Sat Aug 31 10:32:36 2013 us=226391 MANAGEMENT: CMD 'log all on'
Sat Aug 31 10:32:36 2013 us=517583 MANAGEMENT: CMD 'hold off'
Sat Aug 31 10:32:36 2013 us=520584 MANAGEMENT: CMD 'hold release'
Sat Aug 31 10:32:36 2013 us=607643 LZO compression initialized
Sat Aug 31 10:32:36 2013 us=607643 Control Channel MTU parms [ L:1544 D:140 EF:40 EB:0 ET:0 EL:0 ]
Sat Aug 31 10:32:36 2013 us=607643 Socket Buffers: R=[65536->65536] S=[65536->65536]
Sat Aug 31 10:32:36 2013 us=607643 Data Channel MTU parms [ L:1544 D:1450 EF:44 EB:135 ET:0 EL:0 AF:3/1 ]
Sat Aug 31 10:32:36 2013 us=608644 Local Options String: 'V4,dev-type tun,link-mtu 1544,tun-mtu 1500,proto TCPv4_CLIENT,comp-lzo,cipher BF-CBC,auth SHA1,keysize 128,key-method 2,tls-client'
Sat Aug 31 10:32:36 2013 us=608644 Expected Remote Options String: 'V4,dev-type tun,link-mtu 1544,tun-mtu 1500,proto TCPv4_SERVER,comp-lzo,cipher BF-CBC,auth SHA1,keysize 128,key-method 2,tls-server'
Sat Aug 31 10:32:36 2013 us=608644 Local Options hash (VER=V4): '69109d17'
Sat Aug 31 10:32:36 2013 us=608644 Expected Remote Options hash (VER=V4): 'c0103fa8'
Sat Aug 31 10:32:36 2013 us=608644 Attempting to establish TCP connection with [AF_INET]66.11.162.48:1194
Sat Aug 31 10:32:36 2013 us=608644 MANAGEMENT: >STATE:1377959556,TCP_CONNECT,,,
Sat Aug 31 10:32:37 2013 us=937618 TCP: connect to [AF_INET]xx.xx.xxx.xx:1194 failed, will try again in 5 seconds: Connection refused (WSAECONNREFUSED)
Sat Aug 31 10:32:42 2013 us=941947 MANAGEMENT: >STATE:1377959562,TCP_CONNECT,,,
Sat Aug 31 10:32:44 2013 us=289846 TCP: connect to [AF_INET]xx.xx.xxx.xx:1194 failed, will try again in 5 seconds: Connection refused (WSAECONNREFUSED)
Sat Aug 31 10:32:49 2013 us=293408 MANAGEMENT: >STATE:1377959569,TCP_CONNECT,,,
Sat Aug 31 10:32:51 2013 us=147646 TCP: connect to [AF_INET]xx.xx.xxx.xx:1194 failed, will try again in 5 seconds: Connection refused (WSAECONNREFUSED)
Sat Aug 31 10:32:56 2013 us=151381 MANAGEMENT: >STATE:1377959576,TCP_CONNECT,,,
Sat Aug 31 10:33:00 2013 us=789755 TCP: connect to [AF_INET]xx.xx.xxx.xx:1194 failed, will try again in 5 seconds: Connection refused (WSAECONNREFUSED)
Sat Aug 31 10:33:05 2013 us=793237 MANAGEMENT: >STATE:1377959585,TCP_CONNECT,,,
Sat Aug 31 10:33:08 2013 us=18963 TCP: connect to [AF_INET]66.11.162.48:1194 failed, will try again in 5 seconds: Connection refused (WSAECONNREFUSED)
Sat Aug 31 10:33:12 2013 us=21846 SIGTERM[hard,init_instance] received, process exiting
Sat Aug 31 10:33:12 2013 us=21846 MANAGEMENT: >STATE:1377959592,EXITING,init_instance,,

Here is the complete server-side configuration file:

port 1194
proto tcp
dev tun0
ca ca.crt
dh dh2048.pem
ifconfig-pool-persist ipp.txt
push "route 192.168.0.1 255.255.255.0"
keepalive 10 120
comp-lzo
verb 3

Here is the complete client-side configuration file:

client
dev tun0
proto tcp
remote xx.xx.xxx.xx 1194
resolv-retry infinite
nobind
ca "C:\\Program Files\\OpenVPN\\easy-rsa\\2.0\\keys\\ca.crt"
cert "C:\\Program Files\\OpenVPN\\easy-rsa\\2.0\\keys\\xxxxxxx.crt"
key "C:\\Program Files\\OpenVPN\\easy-rsa\\2.0\\keys\\xxxxxxxx.key"
ns-cert-type server
comp-lzo
verb 4

Below is a link to an image of my settings in the OpenVPN service of dd-wrt on the router,
So I am wondering first why why this explicit expectation of all sorts of parameters on the server side and, second of course, what do I need to do that I have not done in order to actually establish a tunnel.

http://www.4shared.com/folder/tAauq5nh/OVPN.html

Thanks for any help — evidently I am a newcomer to OpenVPN but greatly looking forward to its potential.

paquette

Just in case, I am posting a reply to my own message in order to prevent anyone from spending time on this. I eventually worked through this problem — or series of problems — and now have OpenVPN successfully connecting. The main problems were failure to explicitly port forward out from my router/OpenVPN on port 1194, not having the time set correctly on my router, needing to rebuild my certificates and keys from scratch, and most subtly and exasperatingly, apparent blockage of port 1194 by Bell Canada on its mobile tethering access— really just a time-consuming and slightly painful process of finding my basic “sea legs” with OpenVPN.