I have several clients that use openvpn and periodically I have to set up a new pc to connect to the server. Each time it's difficult, this time is no exception. I can't seem to find a forum here (or anywhere) to ask specifically about openvpn gui, which is what I use, but have to ask somewhere so here it goes.
I installed the current version openvpn-install-2.4.4-I601.exe on a windows 7 pro notebook. I imported the opvn file that the company created for me. A folder for openvpn\config\ was created at that time and a copy of the opvn file was placed there by the installer. Initially it did not run at all - failure connecting to management interface. Then I moved the crt and key files that were supplied to the newly created folder. It does initiate the connection process but fails. Lots of apparent success messages in the openvpn console but also
first this error:
Mon Jan 29 11:16:57 2018 us=199575 WARNING: No server certificate verification method has been enabled. See
http://openvpn.net/howto.html#mitm for more info.
and ending with:
Mon Jan 29 11:17:09 2018 us=147631 OpenVPN ROUTE: OpenVPN needs a gateway parameter for a --route option and no default was specified by either --route-gateway or --ifconfig options
Mon Jan 29 11:17:09 2018 us=147631 OpenVPN ROUTE: failed to parse/resolve route for host/network: 192.168.2.0
Mon Jan 29 11:17:09 2018 us=147631 open_tun
Mon Jan 29 11:17:09 2018 us=148629 MANAGEMENT: Client disconnected
Mon Jan 29 11:17:09 2018 us=148629 TAP-Windows adapter 'NETGEAR-VPN' not found
Mon Jan 29 11:17:09 2018 us=148629 Exiting due to fatal error
I noted that on my main workstation, I had moved the files to the c:\program files\openvpn\config folder, and there that works. I tried this on the notebook and it fails with the same set of messages.
Could it be an issue that openvpn changed the config system between 2.3.x and 2.4.x, and the config stuff from this company was built based on 2.3.x.? Otherwise, what could the issue be?
