alwalk
Hi, sorry if I have place this in the wrong category it is my first post here.
I have installed openvpn on my windows 8.1 computer, when I come to launch the program I get a grey screen with a lock in the taskbar, when I right click it gives me setting and exit, in settings it gives proxy, general and about. If I left click or double click it does nothing, can someone tell me what I am doing wrong it works fine on my laptop which is also windows 8.1.
Thanks.
s7r
Hi,
you need to place your .ovpn config file (and certificates / keys if you have them separate and not appended in the .ovpn config file) in Program Files\OpenVPN\conf
Exit and restart OpenVPN and when you click right you will have 'connect' argument in that menu. Also note, if you use 'redirect-gateway def1' e.g route all your internet traffic through the VPN you will need to run OpenVPN as administrator in windows, otherwise it won't be able to add routes and modify the routing table (I do the same, I use Win 8.1 also).
Hope this helps.
alwalk
That's great, it launches and connects but my ip is still the same, oh well I will keep on trying.
Thanks
s7r
make sure you have 'client' on top of your config file so openvpn will know you are a client and pull some settings from the server.
you could also have 'pull' or 'redirect gateway def1'. post your config file here if you are unsure and remove all the sensitive data such as keys, certificates and whatever.
And make sure, if you want OpenVPN to change your IP for you, to right-click on OpenVPN gui and select 'Run as Administrator' and click OK to grant permission when prompted. After that right click in the tray and 'connect' to your openvpn server.
