Command line argument to delay connection on windows boot

Malice

Hello,

What is the command line argument to delay the OpenVPN connection on windows start/boot?

I currently have the following set:

--connect "XXXXXXXX.ovpn"

Which works great but the problem is I'm constantly running into a connection error as the GUI is waiting on the TAP adapter to load and I end up having to manually reconnect almost every time.

If I could delay the connection for 5 seconds it would solve the problem.

Thanks in advance.

Malice

No one??????????????????

TinCanTech

Please see https://forums.openvpn.net/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=22603

You may also like to search for "The X/Y problem"

Malice

TinCanTech wrote Please see https://forums.openvpn.net/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=22603

You may also like to search for "The X/Y problem"

This generic response is not at all helpful.

I've already searched for the answer for several hours and the link you povided does not mention how to delay the connection...

All I need is the command line parameter........

TinCanTech

Malice wrote This generic response is not at all helpful

Your generic question is not answerable.

Malice

TinCanTech wrote
Malice wrote This generic response is not at all helpful
Your generic question is not answerable.

What exactly would you like me to ask?

All I need is to know what the prefix syntax starting with "--" is so that I can add it to the start command line to delay the connection startup at windows boot for 5 seconds.

Thank you.

TinCanTech

Malice wrote the problem is I'm constantly running into a connection error as the GUI is waiting on the TAP adapter to load

All I need is to know what the prefix syntax starting with "--" is so that I can add it to the start command line to delay the connection startup at windows boot for 5 seconds.

There are numerous delay style commands available:

https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/Openvpn24ManPage

but I don't know which would be suitable to your situation without your log file as described.

For further infos:
https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/GettingHelp#Introduction

Malice

TinCanTech wrote
Malice wrote the problem is I'm constantly running into a connection error as the GUI is waiting on the TAP adapter to load

All I need is to know what the prefix syntax starting with "--" is so that I can add it to the start command line to delay the connection startup at windows boot for 5 seconds.
There are numerous delay style commands available:
https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/Openvpn24ManPage
but I don't know which would be suitable to your situation without your log file as described.

For further infos:
https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/GettingHelp#Introduction

Registry:

Log:

Wed Mar 06 16:16:46 2019 OpenVPN 2.4.7 i686-w64-mingw32 [SSL (OpenSSL)] [LZO] [LZ4] [PKCS11] [AEAD] built on Feb 21 2019
Wed Mar 06 16:16:46 2019 Windows version (Windows 7) 64bit
Wed Mar 06 16:16:46 2019 library versions: OpenSSL 1.1.0j  20 Nov 2018, LZO 2.10
Enter Management Password:
Wed Mar 06 16:16:46 2019 MANAGEMENT: TCP Socket listening on [AF_INET]
Wed Mar 06 16:16:46 2019 Need hold release from management interface, waiting...
Wed Mar 06 16:16:47 2019 MANAGEMENT: Client connected from [AF_INET]
Wed Mar 06 16:16:47 2019 MANAGEMENT: CMD 'state on'
Wed Mar 06 16:16:47 2019 MANAGEMENT: CMD 'log all on'
Wed Mar 06 16:16:47 2019 MANAGEMENT: CMD 'echo all on'
Wed Mar 06 16:16:47 2019 MANAGEMENT: CMD 'bytecount 5'
Wed Mar 06 16:16:47 2019 MANAGEMENT: CMD 'hold off'
Wed Mar 06 16:16:47 2019 MANAGEMENT: CMD 'hold release'
Wed Mar 06 16:16:47 2019 MANAGEMENT: >STATE:1551914207,RESOLVE,,,,,,
Wed Mar 06 16:16:47 2019 TCP/UDP: Preserving recently used remote address: [AF_INET]
Wed Mar 06 16:16:47 2019 Socket Buffers: R=[8192->524288] S=[8192->524288]
Wed Mar 06 16:16:47 2019 UDP link local: (not bound)
Wed Mar 06 16:16:47 2019 UDP link remote: [AF_INET]
Wed Mar 06 16:16:47 2019 MANAGEMENT: >STATE:1551914207,WAIT,,,,,,
Wed Mar 06 16:16:47 2019 MANAGEMENT: >STATE:1551914207,AUTH,,,,,,
Wed Mar 06 16:16:47 2019 TLS: Initial packet from [AF_INET], sid=ae5cabff 731e3b23
Wed Mar 06 16:16:47 2019 WARNING: this configuration may cache passwords in memory -- use the auth-nocache option to prevent this
Wed Mar 06 16:16:48 2019 VERIFY OK: depth=2, C=SE, ST=, L=, O=, OU=, CN= Root CA v2, emailAddress=
Wed Mar 06 16:16:48 2019 VERIFY OK: depth=1, C=SE, ST=, O=, OU=, CN= Transition-Intermediate CA v1, emailAddress=
Wed Mar 06 16:16:48 2019 VERIFY KU OK
Wed Mar 06 16:16:48 2019 Validating certificate extended key usage
Wed Mar 06 16:16:48 2019 ++ Certificate has EKU (str) TLS Web Server Authentication, expects TLS Web Server Authentication
Wed Mar 06 16:16:48 2019 VERIFY EKU OK
Wed Mar 06 16:16:48 2019 VERIFY OK: depth=0, C=SE, ST=, O=, OU=, CN=-002., emailAddress=
Wed Mar 06 16:16:48 2019 WARNING: 'link-mtu' is used inconsistently, local='link-mtu 1557', remote='link-mtu 1558'
Wed Mar 06 16:16:48 2019 WARNING: 'comp-lzo' is present in remote config but missing in local config, remote='comp-lzo'
Wed Mar 06 16:16:48 2019 Control Channel: TLSv1.2, cipher TLSv1.2 DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384, 4096 bit RSA
Wed Mar 06 16:16:48 2019 [us-sjc-002.] Peer Connection Initiated with [AF_INET]
Wed Mar 06 16:16:49 2019 MANAGEMENT: >STATE:1551914209,GET_CONFIG,,,,,,
Wed Mar 06 16:16:49 2019 SENT CONTROL [us-sjc-002.]: 'PUSH_REQUEST' (status=1)
Wed Mar 06 16:16:49 2019 PUSH: Received control message: 'PUSH_REPLY,dhcp-option DNS,redirect-gateway def1 bypass-dhcp,route-ipv6 0000::/2,route-ipv6 4000::/2,route-ipv6 8000::/2,route-ipv6 C000::/2,comp-lzo no,route-gateway 10.15.0.1,topology subnet,socket-flags TCP_NODELAY,ifconfig-ipv6 fdda:d0d0:cafe:1301::1008/64 fdda:d0d0:cafe:1301::,ifconfig,peer-id 3,cipher AES-256-GCM'
Wed Mar 06 16:16:49 2019 OPTIONS IMPORT: compression parms modified
Wed Mar 06 16:16:49 2019 OPTIONS IMPORT: --socket-flags option modified
Wed Mar 06 16:16:49 2019 NOTE: setsockopt TCP_NODELAY=1 failed
Wed Mar 06 16:16:49 2019 OPTIONS IMPORT: --ifconfig/up options modified
Wed Mar 06 16:16:49 2019 OPTIONS IMPORT: route options modified
Wed Mar 06 16:16:49 2019 OPTIONS IMPORT: route-related options modified
Wed Mar 06 16:16:49 2019 OPTIONS IMPORT: --ip-win32 and/or --dhcp-option options modified
Wed Mar 06 16:16:49 2019 OPTIONS IMPORT: peer-id set
Wed Mar 06 16:16:49 2019 OPTIONS IMPORT: adjusting link_mtu to 1624
Wed Mar 06 16:16:49 2019 OPTIONS IMPORT: data channel crypto options modified
Wed Mar 06 16:16:49 2019 Data Channel: using negotiated cipher 'AES-256-GCM'
Wed Mar 06 16:16:49 2019 Outgoing Data Channel: Cipher 'AES-256-GCM' initialized with 256 bit key
Wed Mar 06 16:16:49 2019 Incoming Data Channel: Cipher 'AES-256-GCM' initialized with 256 bit key
Wed Mar 06 16:16:49 2019 interactive service msg_channel=0
Wed Mar 06 16:16:49 2019 ROUTE_GATEWAY I=9 HWADDR=00:0a:cd:25:5f:20
Wed Mar 06 16:16:49 2019 GDG6: remote_host_ipv6=n/a
Wed Mar 06 16:16:49 2019 NOTE: GetBestInterfaceEx returned error: Element not found.   (code=1168)
Wed Mar 06 16:16:49 2019 ROUTE6: default_gateway=UNDEF
Wed Mar 06 16:16:49 2019 open_tun
Wed Mar 06 16:16:49 2019 TAP-WIN32 device [Local Area Connection 2] opened: \\.\Global\{CD6D1CE3-F889-4D1A-B1DA-C219A60A0EEC}.tap
Wed Mar 06 16:16:49 2019 TAP-Windows Driver Version 9.21 
Wed Mar 06 16:16:49 2019 Set TAP-Windows TUN subnet mode network/local/netmask = [SUCCEEDED]
Wed Mar 06 16:16:49 2019 Notified TAP-Windows driver to set a DHCP IP/netmask of on interface {CD6D1CE3-F889-4D1A-B1DA-C219A60A0EEC} [DHCP-serv: , lease-time: 31536000]
Wed Mar 06 16:16:49 2019 Successful ARP Flush on interface [11] {CD6D1CE3-F889-4D1A-B1DA-C219A60A0EEC}
Wed Mar 06 16:16:49 2019 MANAGEMENT: >STATE:1551914209,ASSIGN_IP,,,,,,fdda:d0d0:cafe:1301::1008
Wed Mar 06 16:16:50 2019 NETSH: C:\Windows\\netsh.exe interface ipv6 set address interface=11 fdda:d0d0:cafe:1301::1008 store=active
Wed Mar 06 16:16:51 2019 add_route_ipv6(fdda:d0d0:cafe:1301::/64 -> fdda:d0d0:cafe:1301::1008 metric 0) dev Local Area Connection 2
Wed Mar 06 16:16:51 2019 C:\Windows\\netsh.exe interface ipv6 add route fdda:d0d0:cafe:1301::/64 interface=11 fe80::8 store=active
Wed Mar 06 16:16:51 2019 env_block: add PATH=C:\Windows\;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\\Wbem
Wed Mar 06 16:16:51 2019 Block_DNS: WFP engine opened
Wed Mar 06 16:16:51 2019 Block_DNS: Added a persistent sublayer with pre-defined UUID
Wed Mar 06 16:16:51 2019 Block_DNS: Added permit filters for exe_path
Wed Mar 06 16:16:51 2019 Block_DNS: Added block filters for all interfaces
Wed Mar 06 16:16:51 2019 Block_DNS: Added permit filters for TAP interface
Wed Mar 06 16:16:56 2019 TEST ROUTES: 0/0 succeeded len=-1 ret=0 a=0 u/d=down
Wed Mar 06 16:16:56 2019 Route: Waiting for TUN/TAP interface to come up...
Wed Mar 06 16:17:01 2019 TEST ROUTES: 0/0 succeeded len=-1 ret=0 a=0 u/d=down
Wed Mar 06 16:17:01 2019 Route: Waiting for TUN/TAP interface to come up...
Wed Mar 06 16:17:02 2019 TEST ROUTES: 0/0 succeeded len=-1 ret=0 a=0 u/d=down
Wed Mar 06 16:17:02 2019 Route: Waiting for TUN/TAP interface to come up...
Wed Mar 06 16:17:04 2019 TEST ROUTES: 0/0 succeeded len=-1 ret=0 a=0 u/d=down
Wed Mar 06 16:17:04 2019 Route: Waiting for TUN/TAP interface to come up...
Wed Mar 06 16:17:04 2019 MANAGEMENT: CMD 'signal SIGHUP'
Wed Mar 06 16:17:04 2019 Closing TUN/TAP interface
Wed Mar 06 16:17:04 2019 delete_route_ipv6(fdda:d0d0:cafe:1301::/64)
Wed Mar 06 16:17:04 2019 C:\Windows\\netsh.exe interface ipv6 delete route fdda:d0d0:cafe:1301::/64 interface=11 fe80::8 store=active
Wed Mar 06 16:17:04 2019 NETSH: C:\Windows\\netsh.exe interface ipv6 delete address Local Area Connection 2 fdda:d0d0:cafe:1301::1008 store=active
Wed Mar 06 16:17:04 2019 NOTE: Release of DHCP-assigned IP address lease on TAP-Windows adapter failed: The parameter is incorrect.   (code=87)
Wed Mar 06 16:17:04 2019 SIGHUP[hard,] received, process restarting
Wed Mar 06 16:17:04 2019 MANAGEMENT: >STATE:1551914224,RECONNECTING,SIGHUP,,,,,
Wed Mar 06 16:17:04 2019 OpenVPN 2.4.7 i686-w64-mingw32 [SSL (OpenSSL)] [LZO] [LZ4] [PKCS11] [AEAD] built on Feb 21 2019
Wed Mar 06 16:17:04 2019 Windows (Windows 7) 64bit
Wed Mar 06 16:17:04 2019 library versions: OpenSSL 1.1.0j  20 Nov 2018, LZO 2.10
Wed Mar 06 16:17:04 2019 Restart pause, 5 second(s)
Wed Mar 06 16:17:09 2019 MANAGEMENT: >STATE:1551914229,RESOLVE,,,,,,
Wed Mar 06 16:17:09 2019 TCP/UDP: Preserving recently used remote address: [AF_INET]
Wed Mar 06 16:17:09 2019 Socket Buffers: R=[8192->524288] S=[8192->524288]
Wed Mar 06 16:17:09 2019 UDP link local: (not bound)
Wed Mar 06 16:17:09 2019 UDP link remote: [AF_INET]
Wed Mar 06 16:17:09 2019 MANAGEMENT: >STATE:1551914229,WAIT,,,,,,
Wed Mar 06 16:17:09 2019 MANAGEMENT: >STATE:1551914229,AUTH,,,,,,
Wed Mar 06 16:17:09 2019 TLS: Initial packet from [AF_INET], sid=417ceb98 eca08d2f
Wed Mar 06 16:17:09 2019 VERIFY OK: depth=2, C=SE, ST=, L=, O=, OU=, CN= Root CA v2, emailAddress=
Wed Mar 06 16:17:09 2019 VERIFY OK: depth=1, C=SE, ST=, O=, OU=, CN= Transition-Intermediate CA v1, emailAddress=
Wed Mar 06 16:17:09 2019 VERIFY KU OK
Wed Mar 06 16:17:09 2019 Validating certificate extended key usage
Wed Mar 06 16:17:09 2019 ++ Certificate has EKU (str) TLS Web Server Authentication, expects TLS Web Server Authentication
Wed Mar 06 16:17:09 2019 VERIFY EKU OK
Wed Mar 06 16:17:09 2019 VERIFY OK: depth=0, C=SE, ST=, O=, OU=, CN=us-lax-001., emailAddress=
Wed Mar 06 16:17:10 2019 WARNING: 'link-mtu' is used inconsistently, local='link-mtu 1557', remote='link-mtu 1558'
Wed Mar 06 16:17:10 2019 WARNING: 'comp-lzo' is present in remote config but missing in local config, remote='comp-lzo'
Wed Mar 06 16:17:10 2019 Control Channel: TLSv1.2, cipher TLSv1.2 DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384, 4096 bit RSA
Wed Mar 06 16:17:10 2019 [us-lax-001.mullvad.net] Peer Connection Initiated with [AF_INET]
Wed Mar 06 16:17:11 2019 MANAGEMENT: >STATE:1551914231,GET_CONFIG,,,,,,
Wed Mar 06 16:17:11 2019 SENT CONTROL [us-lax-001.]: 'PUSH_REQUEST' (status=1)
Wed Mar 06 16:17:11 2019 PUSH: Received control message: 'PUSH_REPLY,dhcp-option DNS,redirect-gateway def1 bypass-dhcp,route-ipv6 0000::/2,route-ipv6 4000::/2,route-ipv6 8000::/2,route-ipv6 C000::/2,comp-lzo no,route-gateway,topology subnet,socket-flags TCP_NODELAY,ifconfig-ipv6 fdda:d0d0:cafe:1301::1009/64 fdda:d0d0:cafe:1301::,ifconfig ,peer-id 7,cipher AES-256-GCM'
Wed Mar 06 16:17:11 2019 OPTIONS IMPORT: compression parms modified
Wed Mar 06 16:17:11 2019 OPTIONS IMPORT: --socket-flags option modified
Wed Mar 06 16:17:11 2019 NOTE: setsockopt TCP_NODELAY=1 failed
Wed Mar 06 16:17:11 2019 OPTIONS IMPORT: --ifconfig/up options modified
Wed Mar 06 16:17:11 2019 OPTIONS IMPORT: route options modified
Wed Mar 06 16:17:11 2019 OPTIONS IMPORT: route-related options modified
Wed Mar 06 16:17:11 2019 OPTIONS IMPORT: --ip-win32 and/or --dhcp-option options modified
Wed Mar 06 16:17:11 2019 OPTIONS IMPORT: peer-id set
Wed Mar 06 16:17:11 2019 OPTIONS IMPORT: adjusting link_mtu to 1624
Wed Mar 06 16:17:11 2019 OPTIONS IMPORT: data channel crypto options modified
Wed Mar 06 16:17:11 2019 Data Channel: using negotiated cipher 'AES-256-GCM'
Wed Mar 06 16:17:11 2019 Outgoing Data Channel: Cipher 'AES-256-GCM' initialized with 256 bit key
Wed Mar 06 16:17:11 2019 Incoming Data Channel: Cipher 'AES-256-GCM' initialized with 256 bit key
Wed Mar 06 16:17:11 2019 interactive service msg_channel=0
Wed Mar 06 16:17:11 2019 ROUTE_GATEWAY I=9 HWADDR=00:0a:cd:25:5f:20
Wed Mar 06 16:17:11 2019 GDG6: remote_host_ipv6=n/a
Wed Mar 06 16:17:11 2019 NOTE: GetBestInterfaceEx returned error: Element not found.   (code=1168)
Wed Mar 06 16:17:11 2019 ROUTE6: default_gateway=UNDEF
Wed Mar 06 16:17:11 2019 open_tun
Wed Mar 06 16:17:11 2019 TAP-WIN32 device [Local Area Connection 2] opened: \\.\Global\{CD6D1CE3-F889-4D1A-B1DA-C219A60A0EEC}.tap
Wed Mar 06 16:17:11 2019 TAP-Windows Driver Version 9.21 
Wed Mar 06 16:17:11 2019 Set TAP-Windows TUN subnet mode network/local/netmask = [SUCCEEDED]
Wed Mar 06 16:17:11 2019 Notified TAP-Windows driver to set a DHCP IP/netmask of on interface {CD6D1CE3-F889-4D1A-B1DA-C219A60A0EEC} [DHCP-serv: , lease-time: 31536000]
Wed Mar 06 16:17:11 2019 Successful ARP Flush on interface [11] {CD6D1CE3-F889-4D1A-B1DA-C219A60A0EEC}
Wed Mar 06 16:17:11 2019 MANAGEMENT: >STATE:1551914231,ASSIGN_IP,,,,,,fdda:d0d0:cafe:1301::1009
Wed Mar 06 16:17:12 2019 NETSH: C:\Windows\\netsh.exe interface ipv6 set address interface=11 fdda:d0d0:cafe:1301::1009 store=active
Wed Mar 06 16:17:12 2019 add_route_ipv6(fdda:d0d0:cafe:1301::/64 -> fdda:d0d0:cafe:1301::1009 metric 0) dev Local Area Connection 2
Wed Mar 06 16:17:12 2019 C:\Windows\\netsh.exe interface ipv6 add route fdda:d0d0:cafe:1301::/64 interface=11 fe80::8 store=active
Wed Mar 06 16:17:12 2019 env_block: add PATH=C:\Windows\;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\\Wbem
Wed Mar 06 16:17:12 2019 Block_DNS: WFP engine opened
Wed Mar 06 16:17:12 2019 Block_DNS: Using existing sublayer
Wed Mar 06 16:17:12 2019 Block_DNS: Added permit filters for exe_path
Wed Mar 06 16:17:12 2019 Block_DNS: Added block filters for all interfaces
Wed Mar 06 16:17:12 2019 Block_DNS: Added permit filters for TAP interface
Wed Mar 06 16:17:17 2019 TEST ROUTES: 1/1 succeeded len=0 ret=1 a=0 u/d=up
Wed Mar 06 16:17:17 2019 C:\Windows\\route.exe ADD MASK
Wed Mar 06 16:17:17 2019 ROUTE: CreateIpForwardEntry succeeded with dwForwardMetric1=20 and dwForwardType=4
Wed Mar 06 16:17:17 2019 Route addition via IPAPI succeeded [adaptive]
Wed Mar 06 16:17:17 2019 C:\Windows\\route.exe ADD 0.0.0.0 MASK
Wed Mar 06 16:17:17 2019 ROUTE: CreateIpForwardEntry succeeded with dwForwardMetric1=3 and dwForwardType=4
Wed Mar 06 16:17:17 2019 Route addition via IPAPI succeeded [adaptive]
Wed Mar 06 16:17:17 2019 C:\Windows\\route.exe ADD MASK
Wed Mar 06 16:17:17 2019 ROUTE: CreateIpForwardEntry succeeded with dwForwardMetric1=3 and dwForwardType=4
Wed Mar 06 16:17:17 2019 Route addition via IPAPI succeeded [adaptive]
Wed Mar 06 16:17:17 2019 add_route_ipv6(::/2 -> fdda:d0d0:cafe:1301:: metric -1) dev Local Area Connection 2
Wed Mar 06 16:17:17 2019 C:\Windows\\netsh.exe interface ipv6 add route ::/2 interface=11 fe80::8 store=active
Wed Mar 06 16:17:17 2019 env_block: add PATH=C:\Windows\;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\\Wbem
Wed Mar 06 16:17:17 2019 add_route_ipv6(4000::/2 -> fdda:d0d0:cafe:1301:: metric -1) dev Local Area Connection 2
Wed Mar 06 16:17:17 2019 C:\Windows\\netsh.exe interface ipv6 add route 4000::/2 interface=11 fe80::8 store=active
Wed Mar 06 16:17:17 2019 env_block: add PATH=C:\Windows\System32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\\Wbem
Wed Mar 06 16:17:17 2019 add_route_ipv6(8000::/2 -> fdda:d0d0:cafe:1301:: metric -1) dev Local Area Connection 2
Wed Mar 06 16:17:17 2019 C:\Windows\\netsh.exe interface ipv6 add route 8000::/2 interface=11 fe80::8 store=active
Wed Mar 06 16:17:17 2019 env_block: add PATH=C:\Windows\;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\\Wbem
Wed Mar 06 16:17:18 2019 add_route_ipv6(c000::/2 -> fdda:d0d0:cafe:1301:: metric -1) dev Local Area Connection 2
Wed Mar 06 16:17:18 2019 C:\Windows\\netsh.exe interface ipv6 add route c000::/2 interface=11 fe80::8 store=active
Wed Mar 06 16:17:18 2019 env_block: add PATH=C:\Windows\;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\\Wbem
Wed Mar 06 16:17:18 2019 Initialization Sequence Completed
Wed Mar 06 16:17:18 2019 MANAGEMENT: >STATE:1551914238,CONNECTED,SUCCESS,,,,fdda:d0d0:cafe:1301::1009
Wed Mar 06 17:17:10 2019 VERIFY OK: depth=2, C=SE, ST=, L=, O=, OU=, CN= Root CA v2, emailAddress=
Wed Mar 06 17:17:10 2019 VERIFY OK: depth=1, C=SE, ST=, O=, OU=, CN= Transition-Intermediate CA v1, emailAddress=
Wed Mar 06 17:17:10 2019 VERIFY KU OK
Wed Mar 06 17:17:10 2019 Validating certificate extended key usage
Wed Mar 06 17:17:10 2019 ++ Certificate has EKU (str) TLS Web Server Authentication, expects TLS Web Server Authentication
Wed Mar 06 17:17:10 2019 VERIFY EKU OK
Wed Mar 06 17:17:10 2019 VERIFY OK: depth=0, C=SE, ST=, O=, OU=, CN=us-lax-001., emailAddress=
Wed Mar 06 17:17:11 2019 WARNING: 'link-mtu' is used inconsistently, local='link-mtu 1557', remote='link-mtu 1558'
Wed Mar 06 17:17:11 2019 WARNING: 'comp-lzo' is present in remote config but missing in local config, remote='comp-lzo'
Wed Mar 06 17:17:11 2019 Outgoing Data Channel: Cipher 'AES-256-GCM' initialized with 256 bit key
Wed Mar 06 17:17:11 2019 Incoming Data Channel: Cipher 'AES-256-GCM' initialized with 256 bit key
Wed Mar 06 17:17:11 2019 Control Channel: TLSv1.2, cipher TLSv1.2 DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384, 4096 bit RSA

Malice

TinCanTech wrote
Malice wrote the problem is I'm constantly running into a connection error as the GUI is waiting on the TAP adapter to load

All I need is to know what the prefix syntax starting with "--" is so that I can add it to the start command line to delay the connection startup at windows boot for 5 seconds.
There are numerous delay style commands available:
https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/Openvpn24ManPage
but I don't know which would be suitable to your situation without your log file as described.

For further infos:
https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/GettingHelp#Introduction

The information you requested has been posted.

TinCanTech

You recall that I did ask you to do some research of your own ? Did you scan the manual ..

I will admit that you finally posted your log file ...

However, you could try --tap-sleep .. maybe it will help.

Let us know how you get on 🙂 thanks.

Malice

TinCanTech wrote You recall that I did ask you to do some research of your own ? Did you scan the manual ..

I will admit that you finally posted your log file ...

However, you could try --tap-sleep .. maybe it will help.

Let us know how you get on 🙂 thanks.

I tried your recommendation:

I'm now receiving this error at startup and the OpenVPN GUI doesn't even start:

TinCanTech

Please do not edit your registry unless you know what you are doing.

Malice

TinCanTech wrote Please do not edit your registry unless you know what you are doing.

The issue isn't the addition to the registry...

The problem is that the command line parameter you gave me is wrong.

What is the correct argument to delay OpenVPN connecting?

I have already reviewed your links and used the "--help" menu for the GUI and nothing in any of those mentions what I am trying to accomplish...

TinCanTech

Malice wrote
TinCanTech wrote Please do not edit your registry unless you know what you are doing.
The issue isn't the addition to the registry...

Yes it is .. please see:
https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/OpenVPN-GUI-New

Malice wrote The problem is that the command line parameter you gave me is wrong.

No it is not .. but the way you are trying to use it is -- The GUI does not support your intentions.

Malice wrote What is the correct argument to delay OpenVPN connecting?

AFAIK there is no such command. OpenVPN tries to connect immediately once started.

Malice

TinCanTech wrote
Malice wrote
TinCanTech wrote Please do not edit your registry unless you know what you are doing.
The issue isn't the addition to the registry...
Yes it is .. please see:
https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/OpenVPN-GUI-New

Malice wrote The problem is that the command line parameter you gave me is wrong.
No it is not .. but the way you are trying to use it is -- The GUI does not support your intentions.

Okay. So what is the correct way of using it then?

As you can see by my example, it is being implemented exactly how your previous guide link states.

"--tap-sleep n" (n representing the seconds for the delay)

TinCanTech

I presume you have read the Howto by now ................

Malice

TinCanTech wrote I presume you have read the Howto by now ................

I read the guide. It doesn't mention the argument I'm interested in using or where it needs to go.

If it does not go in the registry, where do I put it?

Malice

TinCanTech wrote I presume you have read the Howto by now ................

???????????????????

TinCanTech

Everybody who has read the Howto and learnt how OpenVPN works knows exactly where to use this directive.

But because you refuse to try to help yourself .. the config file !!!

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