I am trying to deploy my first VPN and the OpenVPN client running on Windows 7 is unable to connect the the OpenVPN Server on Manjaro Linux, it is stuck with a TLS Key negotiation failed. Upon investigation it seems that the port 1194 is not open as evident from lsof -i output. I have configured my Cisco DPC3825 Router/Gateway to forward port 1194 as per portforward.com instuctions for openvpn. In testing the server config I have done the following:
sudo openvpn /etc/openvpn/server.conf
Fri Nov 21 16:07:36 2014 OpenVPN 2.3.4 x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu [SSL (OpenSSL)] [LZO] [EPOLL] [MH] [IPv6] built on May 3 2014
Fri Nov 21 16:07:36 2014 library versions: OpenSSL 1.0.1i 6 Aug 2014, LZO 2.08
Fri Nov 21 16:07:36 2014 NOTE: your local LAN uses the extremely common subnet address 192.168.0.x or 192.168.1.x. Be aware that this might create routing conflicts if you connect to the VPN server from public locations such as internet cafes that use the same subnet.
Fri Nov 21 16:07:36 2014 Diffie-Hellman initialized with 2048 bit key
Fri Nov 21 16:07:36 2014 Control Channel Authentication: using '/root/easy-rsa/keys/ta.key' as a OpenVPN static key file
Fri Nov 21 16:07:36 2014 Outgoing Control Channel Authentication: Using 160 bit message hash 'SHA1' for HMAC authentication
Fri Nov 21 16:07:36 2014 Incoming Control Channel Authentication: Using 160 bit message hash 'SHA1' for HMAC authentication
Fri Nov 21 16:07:36 2014 Socket Buffers: R=[212992->131072] S=[212992->131072]
Fri Nov 21 16:07:36 2014 ROUTE_GATEWAY 192.168.0.1/255.255.255.0 IFACE=enp2s0 HWADDR=00:24:8c:13:67:78
Fri Nov 21 16:07:36 2014 TUN/TAP device tun0 opened
Fri Nov 21 16:07:36 2014 TUN/TAP TX queue length set to 100
Fri Nov 21 16:07:36 2014 do_ifconfig, tt->ipv6=0, tt->did_ifconfig_ipv6_setup=0
Fri Nov 21 16:07:36 2014 /usr/bin/ip link set dev tun0 up mtu 1500
Fri Nov 21 16:07:36 2014 /usr/bin/ip addr add dev tun0 local 10.8.0.1 peer 10.8.0.2
Fri Nov 21 16:07:36 2014 /usr/bin/ip route add 10.8.0.0/24 via 10.8.0.2
Fri Nov 21 16:07:36 2014 UDPv4 link local (bound): [undef]
Fri Nov 21 16:07:36 2014 UDPv4 link remote: [undef]
Fri Nov 21 16:07:36 2014 MULTI: multi_init called, r=256 v=256
Fri Nov 21 16:07:36 2014 IFCONFIG POOL: base=10.8.0.4 size=62, ipv6=0
Fri Nov 21 16:07:36 2014 IFCONFIG POOL LIST
Fri Nov 21 16:07:36 2014 Initialization Sequence Completed
Which does not apear to report any problems from what I can see, but does not explain why lsof -i does not list 1194 as being open, nor does online port scanners. Im confused as to weather its my config or the router that is causing this problem and would be greatfull for any guidence.
Also I have investigated using a cloud to host the OpenVPN Access Server but was unable to determine how one would go abouts adding access to local printers and files. The goal is to acess files and printers from one office to another. Any help is apreciated.
