vpnbook Installation Hassles

Mark_Lee

:?: On a WINDOWS 8.1 64-bit Operating System I recently installed the OpenVPN GUI version 2.3.12 - I601 (using the downloaded binary file openvpn-install-2.3.12-I601-x86_64.exe). I also installed the tcp80 config files for all of the servers (yes, I know, I can use only one at a time). Following the installation, I opened the GUI, selected the server I wanted to use, and selected connect from the server sub-menu. Then, only for a moment, the connection dialogue screen flashed onto my monitor before disappearing. Literally, there was insufficient time to even consider entering the ID and Password. Consequently, there would be no connection. Yet, after I go through the motion of disconnecting from the server and go to exit OpenVPN GUI a warning message appears: “There are still active connections that will be closed if you exit OpenVPN GUI.”

I terminated the session, re-booted the computer and repeated the operation. Nothing changed from the first procedure, but rather than just terminating the session, I opted to check the server status. The message that I received was: “Current state: Waiting for OpenVPN to terminate.” I terminated the session and received the same warning message that I cited earlier.

Okay, what am I doing incorrectly. Or, what should I do that I have not? I installed the OpenVPN GUI program using an Administrator's account. I checked to see if the TAP/TUN directory had been created and populated. It had and without requesting additional approval. So, where do I go from here?
Thanks.
Mark Lee

TinCanTech

Mark_Lee wroteI opened the GUI, selected the server I wanted to use, and selected connect from the server sub-menu

which server did you use ?

Mark_Lee

The US1 server is almost always full, so I have routinely use US2.

Mark Lee

TinCanTech

Call support ..

Mark_Lee

Call support ..

Fine. Do you have a viable phone number? Only Sales & Licensing has a voice mail number listing. The e-mail address help@openvpn.net sends an automatic reply:

This is an automated message to help you get help with OpenVPN (OSS), Access Server and Private Tunnel.

For list of all support options please refer to this Wiki page:

https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/GettingHelp

Support requests that are not sent to the official support channels will be silently ignored.

Which ultimately sends one to the forums - hence my initial note.

Mark Lee

TinCanTech

Unless you can provide details of exactly what service you need help with, I cannot help ..

Mark_Lee

I was not indicating that you, personally, needed to assist. It was just that I could not find a contact phone number for installation help. The exact service with which I was trying to connect was vpnbook-us2-tcp80. The contents of the session log are:

Thu Oct 06 15:33:57 2016 OpenVPN 2.3.12 x86_64-w64-mingw32 [SSL (OpenSSL)] [LZO] [PKCS11] [IPv6] built on Aug 23 2016
Thu Oct 06 15:33:57 2016 Windows version 6.2 (Windows 8 or greater) 64bit
Thu Oct 06 15:33:57 2016 library versions: OpenSSL 1.0.1t 3 May 2016, LZO 2.09
Enter Management Password:
Thu Oct 06 15:33:57 2016 MANAGEMENT: Socket bind failed on local address [AF_INET]127.0.0.1:25345: An operation was attempted on something that is not a socket.
Thu Oct 06 15:33:57 2016 Exiting due to fatal error

I get tangled-up with the log notation Enter Management Password: because I am not certain which password in being referenced. The obvious presumption is the weekly access password, but, as I noted initially, the log-in system exits almost instantaneously. Looking at the server sub-menu option to Change Password I am 'greeted' with the notation

Your config file does not contain any "key" or "pkcs12" option.

Does that give you more of an idea of my predicament?
Thanks;
Mark Lee

TinCanTech

Perhaps you need to download the latest VPNBook client config file.

Mark_Lee

I am fairly certain that I did use a 'fresh' copy configuration file, but to be on the safe side, I downloaded a new copy of the file, and ran another attempted connection to the server. The result was the same as my initial try: the connection dialog only flashed momentarily across my my monitor before vanishing. The log text was exactly as I reported before, and the 1dentical connection warning appeared when I terminated the OpenVPN session. In short, nothing new or different occurred.

Mark Lee