Hi, I am trying to get openvpn to work. I can't seem to establish a connection, even on LAN, to the server. I'm running the server The server is up [code] $ sudo nmap -sU gate -p 1194 Starting Nmap 7.01 ( https://nmap.org ) at 2016-10-13 12:46 EDT Nmap scan report for gate (192.168.1.69) Host is up (0.00018s latency). PORT STATE SERVICE 1194/udp open|filtered openvpn [/code] but a connection can't seem to be established: [code] $ openconnect -c ~/gate/.client-configs/files/u1.ovpn gate:1194 POST https://gate:1194/ Attempting to connect to server 192.168.1.69:1194 Failed to connect to host gate Failed to open HTTPS connection to gate Failed to obtain WebVPN cookie [/code] Here is the server.conf file that I'm using [code] ;local 192.168.1.69 port 1194 proto udp dev tun ca ca.crt cert gateCA.crt key gateCA.key # This file should be kept secret dh dh2048.pem server 10.8.0.0 255.255.255.0 ifconfig-pool-persist ipp.txt push "redirect-gateway def1 bypass-dhcp" push "dhcp-option DNS 208.67.222.222" push "dhcp-option DNS 208.67.220.220" keepalive 10 120 tls-auth ta.key 0 # This file is secret key-direction 0 cipher AES-128-CBC # AES auth SHA256 comp-lzo user nobody group nogroup persist-key persist-tun status openvpn-status.log verb 3 [/code] Please help, OpenVPN gurus, you're my only hope!

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Cannot connect (even on LAN)

MailMate

Hi,
I am trying to get openvpn to work. I can't seem to establish a connection, even on LAN, to the server. I'm running the server
The server is up

$ sudo nmap -sU gate -p 1194

Starting Nmap 7.01 ( https://nmap.org ) at 2016-10-13 12:46 EDT
Nmap scan report for gate (192.168.1.69)
Host is up (0.00018s latency).
PORT     STATE         SERVICE
1194/udp open|filtered openvpn

but a connection can't seem to be established:

$ openconnect -c ~/gate/.client-configs/files/u1.ovpn gate:1194
POST https://gate:1194/
Attempting to connect to server 192.168.1.69:1194
Failed to connect to host gate
Failed to open HTTPS connection to gate
Failed to obtain WebVPN cookie

Here is the server.conf file that I'm using


;local 192.168.1.69

port 1194

proto udp
dev tun

ca ca.crt
cert gateCA.crt
key gateCA.key  # This file should be kept secret

dh dh2048.pem

server 10.8.0.0 255.255.255.0
ifconfig-pool-persist ipp.txt
push "redirect-gateway def1 bypass-dhcp"


push "dhcp-option DNS 208.67.222.222"
push "dhcp-option DNS 208.67.220.220"
keepalive 10 120

tls-auth ta.key 0 # This file is secret
key-direction 0
cipher AES-128-CBC   # AES
auth SHA256
comp-lzo

user nobody
group nogroup
persist-key
persist-tun
status openvpn-status.log
verb 3

Please help, OpenVPN gurus, you're my only hope!

TinCanTech

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