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With the last version 2.3.4 and some versions before I have the problem after a restart of the Server 2016 the VPN network interface get only an APIPA adress 169.254.x.x. The only way to get the correct adress is to deactivate the network interface an activate some seconds later.
The DHCP client is running. The server a actice directory domain controller, dhcp server and dns server service activated.
Here are the log-files:
1. bad start
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Fri Sep 01 08:19:46 2017 OpenVPN 2.4.3 x86_64-w64-mingw32 [SSL (OpenSSL)] [LZO] [LZ4] [PKCS11] [AEAD] built on Jul 14 2017
Fri Sep 01 08:19:46 2017 Windows version 6.2 (Windows 8 or greater) 64bit
Fri Sep 01 08:19:46 2017 library versions: OpenSSL 1.0.2l 25 May 2017, LZO 2.10
Fri Sep 01 08:19:46 2017 Diffie-Hellman initialized with 1024 bit key
Fri Sep 01 08:19:46 2017 interactive service msg_channel=0
Fri Sep 01 08:19:46 2017 ROUTE_GATEWAY 192.168.25.1/255.255.255.0 I=8 HWADDR=90:1b:0e:c1:8b:57
Fri Sep 01 08:19:46 2017 open_tun
Fri Sep 01 08:19:46 2017 TAP-WIN32 device [VPN-Server] opened: \\.\Global\{605C511E-98AA-40EC-92B4-BF8D096F9194}.tap
Fri Sep 01 08:19:46 2017 TAP-Windows Driver Version 9.21
Fri Sep 01 08:19:46 2017 Notified TAP-Windows driver to set a DHCP IP/netmask of 10.1.1.1/255.255.255.252 on interface {605C511E-98AA-40EC-92B4-BF8D096F9194} [DHCP-serv: 10.1.1.2, lease-time: 31536000]
Fri Sep 01 08:19:46 2017 Sleeping for 10 seconds...
Fri Sep 01 08:19:56 2017 Successful ARP Flush on interface [5] {605C511E-98AA-40EC-92B4-BF8D096F9194}
Fri Sep 01 08:19:56 2017 do_ifconfig, tt->did_ifconfig_ipv6_setup=0
Fri Sep 01 08:19:56 2017 C:\Windows\system32\route.exe ADD 10.1.1.0 MASK 255.255.255.0 10.1.1.2
Fri Sep 01 08:19:56 2017 Warning: route gateway is not reachable on any active network adapters: 10.1.1.2
Fri Sep 01 08:19:56 2017 Route addition via IPAPI failed [adaptive]
Fri Sep 01 08:19:56 2017 Route addition fallback to route.exe
Fri Sep 01 08:19:56 2017 env_block: add PATH=C:\Windows\System32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem
Fri Sep 01 08:19:56 2017 Socket Buffers: R=[65536->65536] S=[65536->65536]
Fri Sep 01 08:19:56 2017 UDPv4 link local (bound): [AF_INET][undef]:37042
Fri Sep 01 08:19:56 2017 UDPv4 link remote: [AF_UNSPEC]
Fri Sep 01 08:19:56 2017 MULTI: multi_init called, r=256 v=256
Fri Sep 01 08:19:56 2017 IFCONFIG POOL: base=10.1.1.4 size=62, ipv6=0
Fri Sep 01 08:19:56 2017 ifconfig_pool_read(), in='Uli-Firma-Client,10.1.1.4', TODO: IPv6
Fri Sep 01 08:19:56 2017 succeeded -> ifconfig_pool_set()
Fri Sep 01 08:19:56 2017 ifconfig_pool_read(), in='Uli-Laptop-Client,10.1.1.8', TODO: IPv6
Fri Sep 01 08:19:56 2017 succeeded -> ifconfig_pool_set()
Fri Sep 01 08:19:56 2017 ifconfig_pool_read(), in='Tina-Client1,10.1.1.12', TODO: IPv6
Fri Sep 01 08:19:56 2017 succeeded -> ifconfig_pool_set()
Fri Sep 01 08:19:56 2017 IFCONFIG POOL LIST
Fri Sep 01 08:19:56 2017 Uli-Firma-Client,10.1.1.4
Fri Sep 01 08:19:56 2017 Uli-Laptop-Client,10.1.1.8
Fri Sep 01 08:19:56 2017 Tina-Client1,10.1.1.12
Fri Sep 01 08:19:56 2017 Initialization Sequence Completed
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2. good start with deactivate and activate
Fri Sep 01 08:24:54 2017 OpenVPN 2.4.3 x86_64-w64-mingw32 [SSL (OpenSSL)] [LZO] [LZ4] [PKCS11] [AEAD] built on Jul 14 2017
Fri Sep 01 08:24:54 2017 Windows version 6.2 (Windows 8 or greater) 64bit
Fri Sep 01 08:24:54 2017 library versions: OpenSSL 1.0.2l 25 May 2017, LZO 2.10
Fri Sep 01 08:24:54 2017 Diffie-Hellman initialized with 1024 bit key
Fri Sep 01 08:24:54 2017 interactive service msg_channel=0
Fri Sep 01 08:24:54 2017 ROUTE_GATEWAY 192.168.25.1/255.255.255.0 I=8 HWADDR=90:1b:0e:c1:8b:57
Fri Sep 01 08:24:54 2017 open_tun
Fri Sep 01 08:24:54 2017 TAP-WIN32 device [VPN-Server] opened: \\.\Global\{605C511E-98AA-40EC-92B4-BF8D096F9194}.tap
Fri Sep 01 08:24:54 2017 TAP-Windows Driver Version 9.21
Fri Sep 01 08:24:54 2017 Notified TAP-Windows driver to set a DHCP IP/netmask of 10.1.1.1/255.255.255.252 on interface {605C511E-98AA-40EC-92B4-BF8D096F9194} [DHCP-serv: 10.1.1.2, lease-time: 31536000]
Fri Sep 01 08:24:54 2017 Sleeping for 10 seconds...
Fri Sep 01 08:25:04 2017 Successful ARP Flush on interface [5] {605C511E-98AA-40EC-92B4-BF8D096F9194}
Fri Sep 01 08:25:04 2017 do_ifconfig, tt->did_ifconfig_ipv6_setup=0
Fri Sep 01 08:25:04 2017 C:\Windows\system32\route.exe ADD 10.1.1.0 MASK 255.255.255.0 10.1.1.2
Fri Sep 01 08:25:04 2017 ROUTE: CreateIpForwardEntry succeeded with dwForwardMetric1=35 and dwForwardType=4
Fri Sep 01 08:25:04 2017 Route addition via IPAPI succeeded [adaptive]
Fri Sep 01 08:25:04 2017 Socket Buffers: R=[65536->65536] S=[65536->65536]
Fri Sep 01 08:25:04 2017 UDPv4 link local (bound): [AF_INET][undef]:37042
Fri Sep 01 08:25:04 2017 UDPv4 link remote: [AF_UNSPEC]
Fri Sep 01 08:25:04 2017 MULTI: multi_init called, r=256 v=256
Fri Sep 01 08:25:04 2017 IFCONFIG POOL: base=10.1.1.4 size=62, ipv6=0
Fri Sep 01 08:25:04 2017 ifconfig_pool_read(), in='Uli-Firma-Client,10.1.1.4', TODO: IPv6
Fri Sep 01 08:25:04 2017 succeeded -> ifconfig_pool_set()
Fri Sep 01 08:25:04 2017 ifconfig_pool_read(), in='Uli-Laptop-Client,10.1.1.8', TODO: IPv6
Fri Sep 01 08:25:04 2017 succeeded -> ifconfig_pool_set()
Fri Sep 01 08:25:04 2017 ifconfig_pool_read(), in='Tina-Client1,10.1.1.12', TODO: IPv6
Fri Sep 01 08:25:04 2017 succeeded -> ifconfig_pool_set()
Fri Sep 01 08:25:04 2017 IFCONFIG POOL LIST
Fri Sep 01 08:25:04 2017 Uli-Firma-Client,10.1.1.4
Fri Sep 01 08:25:04 2017 Uli-Laptop-Client,10.1.1.8
Fri Sep 01 08:25:04 2017 Tina-Client1,10.1.1.12
Fri Sep 01 08:25:04 2017 Initialization Sequence Completed
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This is the config-file:
port 37042
proto udp4
dev tun
server 10.1.1.0 255.255.255.0
ifconfig-pool-persist ipp.txt
dev-node VPN-Server
dh "C:\\Program Files\\OpenVPN\\easy-rsa\\keys2\\dh1024.pem"
ca "C:\\Program Files\\OpenVPN\\easy-rsa\\keys2\\ca.crt"
key "C:\\Program Files\\OpenVPN\\easy-rsa\\keys2\\uliserver.key"
cert "C:\\Program Files\\OpenVPN\\easy-rsa\\keys2\\uliserver.crt"
keepalive 10 120
persist-key
persist-tun
cipher AES-256-GCM
verb 3
push "route 192.168.25.0 255.255.255.0"
I hope somebody can help me, may I make a mistake in configuration.
Thank you in advance.