This week, from multiple laptops which used to be able to log onto my OpenVPN server at home (running on the Netgear R7000's router), the startup/logon process all of a sudden stalls. Below is the OpenVPN status (it loops and retries every 60 secs) where
55.195.69.275:1194 is the IP assigned to my home by my cable ISP - please help!:
Fri Dec 12 19:30:15 2014 pkcs11_cert_private = DISABLED
Fri Dec 12 19:30:15 2014 pkcs11_cert_private = DISABLED
Fri Dec 12 19:30:15 2014 pkcs11_pin_cache_period = -1
Fri Dec 12 19:30:15 2014 pkcs11_id = '[UNDEF]'
Fri Dec 12 19:30:15 2014 pkcs11_id_management = DISABLED
Fri Dec 12 19:30:15 2014 server_network = 0.0.0.0
Fri Dec 12 19:30:15 2014 server_netmask = 0.0.0.0
Fri Dec 12 19:30:15 2014 server_network_ipv6 = ::
Fri Dec 12 19:30:15 2014 server_netbits_ipv6 = 0
Fri Dec 12 19:30:15 2014 server_bridge_ip = 0.0.0.0
Fri Dec 12 19:30:15 2014 server_bridge_netmask = 0.0.0.0
Fri Dec 12 19:30:15 2014 server_bridge_pool_start = 0.0.0.0
Fri Dec 12 19:30:15 2014 server_bridge_pool_end = 0.0.0.0
Fri Dec 12 19:30:15 2014 ifconfig_pool_defined = DISABLED
Fri Dec 12 19:30:15 2014 ifconfig_pool_start = 0.0.0.0
Fri Dec 12 19:30:15 2014 ifconfig_pool_end = 0.0.0.0
Fri Dec 12 19:30:15 2014 ifconfig_pool_netmask = 0.0.0.0
Fri Dec 12 19:30:15 2014 ifconfig_pool_persist_filename = '[UNDEF]'
Fri Dec 12 19:30:15 2014 ifconfig_pool_persist_refresh_freq = 600
Fri Dec 12 19:30:15 2014 ifconfig_ipv6_pool_defined = DISABLED
Fri Dec 12 19:30:15 2014 ifconfig_ipv6_pool_base = ::
Fri Dec 12 19:30:15 2014 ifconfig_ipv6_pool_netbits = 0
Fri Dec 12 19:30:15 2014 n_bcast_buf = 256
Fri Dec 12 19:30:15 2014 tcp_queue_limit = 64
Fri Dec 12 19:30:15 2014 real_hash_size = 256
Fri Dec 12 19:30:15 2014 virtual_hash_size = 256
Fri Dec 12 19:30:15 2014 client_connect_script = '[UNDEF]'
Fri Dec 12 19:30:15 2014 learn_address_script = '[UNDEF]'
Fri Dec 12 19:30:15 2014 client_disconnect_script = '[UNDEF]'
Fri Dec 12 19:30:15 2014 client_config_dir = '[UNDEF]'
Fri Dec 12 19:30:15 2014 ccd_exclusive = DISABLED
Fri Dec 12 19:30:15 2014 tmp_dir = 'C:\Users\JOHNSMITH~1\AppData\Local\Temp\'
Fri Dec 12 19:30:15 2014 push_ifconfig_defined = DISABLED
Fri Dec 12 19:30:15 2014 push_ifconfig_local = 0.0.0.0
Fri Dec 12 19:30:15 2014 push_ifconfig_remote_netmask = 0.0.0.0
Fri Dec 12 19:30:15 2014 push_ifconfig_ipv6_defined = DISABLED
Fri Dec 12 19:30:15 2014 push_ifconfig_ipv6_local = ::/0
Fri Dec 12 19:30:15 2014 push_ifconfig_ipv6_remote = ::
Fri Dec 12 19:30:15 2014 enable_c2c = DISABLED
Fri Dec 12 19:30:15 2014 duplicate_cn = DISABLED
Fri Dec 12 19:30:15 2014 cf_max = 0
Fri Dec 12 19:30:15 2014 cf_per = 0
Fri Dec 12 19:30:15 2014 max_clients = 1024
Fri Dec 12 19:30:15 2014 max_routes_per_client = 256
Fri Dec 12 19:30:15 2014 auth_user_pass_verify_script = '[UNDEF]'
Fri Dec 12 19:30:15 2014 auth_user_pass_verify_script_via_file = DISABLED
Fri Dec 12 19:30:15 2014 client = ENABLED
Fri Dec 12 19:30:15 2014 pull = ENABLED
Fri Dec 12 19:30:15 2014 auth_user_pass_file = '[UNDEF]'
Fri Dec 12 19:30:15 2014 show_net_up = DISABLED
Fri Dec 12 19:30:15 2014 route_method = 0
Fri Dec 12 19:30:15 2014 ip_win32_defined = DISABLED
Fri Dec 12 19:30:15 2014 ip_win32_type = 3
Fri Dec 12 19:30:15 2014 dhcp_masq_offset = 0
Fri Dec 12 19:30:15 2014 dhcp_lease_time = 31536000
Fri Dec 12 19:30:15 2014 tap_sleep = 0
Fri Dec 12 19:30:15 2014 dhcp_options = DISABLED
Fri Dec 12 19:30:15 2014 dhcp_renew = DISABLED
Fri Dec 12 19:30:15 2014 dhcp_pre_release = DISABLED
Fri Dec 12 19:30:15 2014 dhcp_release = DISABLED
Fri Dec 12 19:30:15 2014 domain = '[UNDEF]'
Fri Dec 12 19:30:15 2014 netbios_scope = '[UNDEF]'
Fri Dec 12 19:30:15 2014 netbios_node_type = 0
Fri Dec 12 19:30:15 2014 disable_nbt = DISABLED
Fri Dec 12 19:30:15 2014 OpenVPN 2.3.6 x86_64-w64-mingw32 [SSL (OpenSSL)] [LZO] [PKCS11] [IPv6] built on Dec 1 2014
Fri Dec 12 19:30:15 2014 library versions: OpenSSL 1.0.1j 15 Oct 2014, LZO 2.08
Fri Dec 12 19:30:15 2014 MANAGEMENT: TCP Socket listening on [AF_INET]127.0.0.1:25340
Fri Dec 12 19:30:15 2014 Need hold release from management interface, waiting...
Fri Dec 12 19:30:15 2014 MANAGEMENT: Client connected from [AF_INET]127.0.0.1:25340
Fri Dec 12 19:30:15 2014 MANAGEMENT: CMD 'state on'
Fri Dec 12 19:30:15 2014 MANAGEMENT: CMD 'log all on'
Fri Dec 12 19:30:15 2014 MANAGEMENT: CMD 'hold off'
Fri Dec 12 19:30:15 2014 MANAGEMENT: CMD 'hold release'
Fri Dec 12 19:30:15 2014 WARNING: No server certificate verification method has been enabled. See
http://openvpn.net/howto.html#mitm for more info.
Fri Dec 12 19:30:15 2014 LZO compression initialized
Fri Dec 12 19:30:15 2014 Control Channel MTU parms [ L:1590 D:138 EF:38 EB:0 ET:0 EL:0 ]
Fri Dec 12 19:30:15 2014 Socket Buffers: R=[8192->8192] S=[8192->8192]
Fri Dec 12 19:30:15 2014 MANAGEMENT: >STATE:1418441415,RESOLVE,,,
Fri Dec 12 19:30:16 2014 Data Channel MTU parms [ L:1590 D:1450 EF:58 EB:135 ET:32 EL:0 AF:3/1 ]
Fri Dec 12 19:30:16 2014 Local Options String: 'V4,dev-type tap,link-mtu 1590,tun-mtu 1532,proto UDPv4,comp-lzo,cipher AES-128-CBC,auth SHA1,keysize 128,key-method 2,tls-client'
Fri Dec 12 19:30:16 2014 Expected Remote Options String: 'V4,dev-type tap,link-mtu 1590,tun-mtu 1532,proto UDPv4,comp-lzo,cipher AES-128-CBC,auth SHA1,keysize 128,key-method 2,tls-server'
Fri Dec 12 19:30:16 2014 Local Options hash (VER=V4): 'b498be7c'
Fri Dec 12 19:30:16 2014 Expected Remote Options hash (VER=V4): '26e19fc0'
Fri Dec 12 19:30:16 2014 UDPv4 link local: [undef]
Fri Dec 12 19:30:16 2014 UDPv4 link remote: [AF_INET]
55.195.69.275:1194
Fri Dec 12 19:30:16 2014 MANAGEMENT: >STATE:1418441416,WAIT,,,
Fri Dec 12 19:30:16 2014 MANAGEMENT: >STATE:1418441416,AUTH,,,
Fri Dec 12 19:30:16 2014 TLS: Initial packet from [AF_INET]
55.195.69.275:1194, sid=293a5167 2d3123ff
Fri Dec 12 19:30:16 2014 VERIFY OK: depth=1, C=TW, ST=TW, L=Taipei, O=netgear, OU=netgear, CN=netgear, emailAddress=
mail@netgear.com
Fri Dec 12 19:30:16 2014 VERIFY OK: depth=0, C=TW, ST=TW, O=netgear, OU=netgear, CN=netgear, emailAddress=
mail@netgear.com
