Dilitio Under windows 7 start openvpn.exe --config My.ovpn --management tunnel 2323 --verb 4 log startup : Fri Feb 01 17:17:21 2019 us=82251 management_addr = 'tunnel' Fri Feb 01 17:17:21 2019 us=82251 management_port = '2323' Fri Feb 01 17:17:21 2019 us=82251 management_user_pass = '[UNDEF]' Fri Feb 01 17:17:21 2019 us=82251 management_log_history_cache = 250 Fri Feb 01 17:17:21 2019 us=82251 management_echo_buffer_size = 100 Fri Feb 01 17:17:21 2019 us=82251 management_write_peer_info_file = '[UNDEF]' Fri Feb 01 17:17:21 2019 us=83251 management_client_user = '[UNDEF]' Fri Feb 01 17:17:21 2019 us=83251 management_client_group = '[UNDEF]' Fri Feb 01 17:17:21 2019 us=83251 management_flags = 0 .... .... Fri Feb 01 17:21:59 2019 us=99152 TEST ROUTES: 1/1 succeeded len=1 ret=1 a=0 u/d=up Fri Feb 01 17:21:59 2019 us=100152 C:\Windows\system32\route.exe ADD 172.16.1.0 MASK 255.255.255.0 172.16.1.1 Fri Feb 01 17:21:59 2019 us=109153 ROUTE: CreateIpForwardEntry succeeded with dwForwardMetric1=20 and dwForwardType=4 Fri Feb 01 17:21:59 2019 us=117153 Route addition via IPAPI succeeded [adaptive] Fri Feb 01 17:21:59 2019 us=118154 Initialization Sequence Completed Fri Feb 01 17:21:59 2019 us=119154 MANAGEMENT: TCP Socket listening on [AF_INET]172.16.1.3:0 The parameter port is ignored and listing port is random TCP 172.16.1.3:139 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING TCP 172.16.1.3:13868 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING