Hi,
I hope this is the right forum for a question like this, but I'm in a real bind here.
My workstation is set up to connect upon startup by using OpenVPN as a service. The service starts fine, but it doesn't connect. If I start the client, it will connect without any problems. And...if I restart the service after the computer has been on for a while, it seems to work just fine.
The service is set to have a delayed start.
Anyone got any tips for me? It would be much appreciated.
This is the sequence:
* Windows starts: No connection. Errors in log file
* Restart service: No connection. Same errors in log file
* Stop service, launch OpenVPN GUI, connect: Connection is established just fine
* Disconnect from GUI, restart service: Connection is established just fine
Sun Mar 08 19:39:20 2020 OpenVPN 2.3.18 x86_64-w64-mingw32 [SSL (OpenSSL)] [LZO] [PKCS11] [IPv6] built on Oct 26 2017
Sun Mar 08 19:39:20 2020 Windows version 6.2 (Windows 8 or greater) 64bit
Sun Mar 08 19:39:20 2020 library versions: OpenSSL 1.0.2l 25 May 2017, LZO 2.10
Sun Mar 08 19:39:20 2020 WARNING: --ns-cert-type is DEPRECATED. Use --remote-cert-tls instead.
Sun Mar 08 19:39:21 2020 Control Channel Authentication: using 'ta.key' as a OpenVPN static key file
Sun Mar 08 19:39:21 2020 Outgoing Control Channel Authentication: Using 160 bit message hash 'SHA1' for HMAC authentication
Sun Mar 08 19:39:21 2020 Incoming Control Channel Authentication: Using 160 bit message hash 'SHA1' for HMAC authentication
Sun Mar 08 19:39:21 2020 Socket Buffers: R=[65536->65536] S=[65536->65536]
Sun Mar 08 19:39:21 2020 UDPv4 link local: [undef]
Sun Mar 08 19:39:21 2020 UDPv4 link remote: [AF_INET]46.182.109.110:1194
Sun Mar 08 19:39:21 2020 TLS: Initial packet from [AF_INET]46.182.109.110:1194, sid=726d923d 5f774d21
Sun Mar 08 19:39:21 2020 VERIFY OK: depth=1, O=XYZ, CN=XYZ CA, emailAddress=admin@XYZ.com
Sun Mar 08 19:39:21 2020 VERIFY OK: nsCertType=SERVER
Sun Mar 08 19:39:21 2020 VERIFY OK: depth=0, O=XYZ, CN=server, emailAddress=admin@XYZ.com
Sun Mar 08 19:39:21 2020 Data Channel Encrypt: Cipher 'AES-256-CBC' initialized with 256 bit key
Sun Mar 08 19:39:21 2020 Data Channel Encrypt: Using 160 bit message hash 'SHA1' for HMAC authentication
Sun Mar 08 19:39:21 2020 Data Channel Decrypt: Cipher 'AES-256-CBC' initialized with 256 bit key
Sun Mar 08 19:39:21 2020 Data Channel Decrypt: Using 160 bit message hash 'SHA1' for HMAC authentication
Sun Mar 08 19:39:21 2020 Control Channel: TLSv1.2, cipher TLSv1/SSLv3 ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384, 2048 bit RSA
Sun Mar 08 19:39:21 2020 [server] Peer Connection Initiated with [AF_INET]46.182.109.110:1194
Sun Mar 08 19:39:23 2020 SENT CONTROL [server]: 'PUSH_REQUEST' (status=1)
Sun Mar 08 19:39:23 2020 PUSH: Received control message: 'PUSH_REPLY,redirect-gateway def1 bypass-dhcp,dhcp-option DNS 208.67.222.222,dhcp-option DNS 208.67.220.220,sndbuf 393216,rcvbuf 393216,route 10.8.0.1,topology net30,ping 10,ping-restart 120,ifconfig 10.8.0.42 10.8.0.41,peer-id 5'
Sun Mar 08 19:39:23 2020 OPTIONS IMPORT: timers and/or timeouts modified
Sun Mar 08 19:39:23 2020 OPTIONS IMPORT: --sndbuf/--rcvbuf options modified
Sun Mar 08 19:39:23 2020 Socket Buffers: R=[65536->393216] S=[65536->393216]
Sun Mar 08 19:39:23 2020 OPTIONS IMPORT: --ifconfig/up options modified
Sun Mar 08 19:39:23 2020 OPTIONS IMPORT: route options modified
Sun Mar 08 19:39:23 2020 OPTIONS IMPORT: --ip-win32 and/or --dhcp-option options modified
Sun Mar 08 19:39:23 2020 OPTIONS IMPORT: peer-id set
Sun Mar 08 19:39:23 2020 OPTIONS IMPORT: adjusting link_mtu to 1561
Sun Mar 08 19:39:23 2020 ROUTE_GATEWAY 192.168.1.1/255.255.255.0 I=4 HWADDR=ec:a8:6b:fc:58:90
Sun Mar 08 19:39:23 2020 do_ifconfig, tt->ipv6=0, tt->did_ifconfig_ipv6_setup=0
Sun Mar 08 19:39:23 2020 open_tun, tt->ipv6=0
Sun Mar 08 19:39:23 2020 TAP-WIN32 device [Ethernet 2] opened: \\.\Global\{0C8E5EAE-681C-4A70-8BCC-FDD872BFD655}.tap
Sun Mar 08 19:39:23 2020 TAP-Windows Driver Version 9.21
Sun Mar 08 19:39:23 2020 Notified TAP-Windows driver to set a DHCP IP/netmask of 10.8.0.42/255.255.255.252 on interface {0C8E5EAE-681C-4A70-8BCC-FDD872BFD655} [DHCP-serv: 10.8.0.41, lease-time: 31536000]
Sun Mar 08 19:39:23 2020 Successful ARP Flush on interface [3] {0C8E5EAE-681C-4A70-8BCC-FDD872BFD655}
Sun Mar 08 19:39:28 2020 TEST ROUTES: 0/0 succeeded len=1 ret=0 a=0 u/d=down
Sun Mar 08 19:39:28 2020 Route: Waiting for TUN/TAP interface to come up...
Sun Mar 08 19:39:33 2020 TEST ROUTES: 0/0 succeeded len=1 ret=0 a=0 u/d=down
Sun Mar 08 19:39:33 2020 Route: Waiting for TUN/TAP interface to come up...
Sun Mar 08 19:39:34 2020 TEST ROUTES: 0/0 succeeded len=1 ret=0 a=0 u/d=down
Sun Mar 08 19:39:34 2020 Route: Waiting for TUN/TAP interface to come up...
Sun Mar 08 19:39:36 2020 TEST ROUTES: 0/0 succeeded len=1 ret=0 a=0 u/d=down
Sun Mar 08 19:39:36 2020 Route: Waiting for TUN/TAP interface to come up...
Sun Mar 08 19:39:37 2020 TEST ROUTES: 0/0 succeeded len=1 ret=0 a=0 u/d=down
Sun Mar 08 19:39:37 2020 Route: Waiting for TUN/TAP interface to come up...
Sun Mar 08 19:39:38 2020 TEST ROUTES: 0/0 succeeded len=1 ret=0 a=0 u/d=down
Sun Mar 08 19:39:38 2020 Route: Waiting for TUN/TAP interface to come up...
Sun Mar 08 19:39:39 2020 TEST ROUTES: 0/0 succeeded len=1 ret=0 a=0 u/d=down
Sun Mar 08 19:39:39 2020 Route: Waiting for TUN/TAP interface to come up...
Sun Mar 08 19:39:40 2020 TEST ROUTES: 0/0 succeeded len=1 ret=0 a=0 u/d=down
Sun Mar 08 19:39:40 2020 Route: Waiting for TUN/TAP interface to come up...
Sun Mar 08 19:39:41 2020 TEST ROUTES: 0/0 succeeded len=1 ret=0 a=0 u/d=down
Sun Mar 08 19:39:41 2020 Route: Waiting for TUN/TAP interface to come up...
Sun Mar 08 19:39:42 2020 TEST ROUTES: 0/0 succeeded len=1 ret=0 a=0 u/d=down
Sun Mar 08 19:39:42 2020 Route: Waiting for TUN/TAP interface to come up...
Sun Mar 08 19:39:43 2020 TEST ROUTES: 0/0 succeeded len=1 ret=0 a=0 u/d=down
Sun Mar 08 19:39:43 2020 Route: Waiting for TUN/TAP interface to come up...
Sun Mar 08 19:39:44 2020 TEST ROUTES: 0/0 succeeded len=1 ret=0 a=0 u/d=down
Sun Mar 08 19:39:44 2020 Route: Waiting for TUN/TAP interface to come up...
Sun Mar 08 19:39:45 2020 TEST ROUTES: 0/0 succeeded len=1 ret=0 a=0 u/d=down
Sun Mar 08 19:39:45 2020 Route: Waiting for TUN/TAP interface to come up...
Sun Mar 08 19:39:47 2020 TEST ROUTES: 0/0 succeeded len=1 ret=0 a=0 u/d=down
Sun Mar 08 19:39:47 2020 Route: Waiting for TUN/TAP interface to come up...
Sun Mar 08 19:39:48 2020 TEST ROUTES: 0/0 succeeded len=1 ret=0 a=0 u/d=down
Sun Mar 08 19:39:48 2020 Route: Waiting for TUN/TAP interface to come up...
Sun Mar 08 19:39:49 2020 TEST ROUTES: 0/0 succeeded len=1 ret=0 a=0 u/d=down
Sun Mar 08 19:39:49 2020 Route: Waiting for TUN/TAP interface to come up...
Sun Mar 08 19:39:51 2020 TEST ROUTES: 0/0 succeeded len=1 ret=0 a=0 u/d=down
Sun Mar 08 19:39:51 2020 Route: Waiting for TUN/TAP interface to come up...
Sun Mar 08 19:39:52 2020 TEST ROUTES: 0/0 succeeded len=1 ret=0 a=0 u/d=down
Sun Mar 08 19:39:52 2020 Route: Waiting for TUN/TAP interface to come up...
Sun Mar 08 19:39:53 2020 TEST ROUTES: 0/0 succeeded len=1 ret=0 a=0 u/d=down
Sun Mar 08 19:39:53 2020 Route: Waiting for TUN/TAP interface to come up...
Sun Mar 08 19:39:54 2020 TEST ROUTES: 0/0 succeeded len=1 ret=0 a=0 u/d=down
Sun Mar 08 19:39:54 2020 Route: Waiting for TUN/TAP interface to come up...
Sun Mar 08 19:39:55 2020 TEST ROUTES: 0/0 succeeded len=1 ret=0 a=0 u/d=down
Sun Mar 08 19:39:55 2020 Route: Waiting for TUN/TAP interface to come up...
Sun Mar 08 19:39:56 2020 TEST ROUTES: 0/0 succeeded len=1 ret=0 a=0 u/d=down
Sun Mar 08 19:39:56 2020 Route: Waiting for TUN/TAP interface to come up...
Sun Mar 08 19:39:57 2020 TEST ROUTES: 0/0 succeeded len=1 ret=0 a=0 u/d=down
Sun Mar 08 19:39:57 2020 Route: Waiting for TUN/TAP interface to come up...
Sun Mar 08 19:39:58 2020 TEST ROUTES: 0/0 succeeded len=1 ret=0 a=0 u/d=down
Sun Mar 08 19:39:58 2020 C:\WINDOWS\system32\route.exe ADD 46.182.109.110 MASK 255.255.255.255 192.168.1.1
Sun Mar 08 19:39:58 2020 ROUTE: CreateIpForwardEntry succeeded with dwForwardMetric1=25 and dwForwardType=4
Sun Mar 08 19:39:58 2020 Route addition via IPAPI succeeded [adaptive]
Sun Mar 08 19:39:58 2020 C:\WINDOWS\system32\route.exe ADD 0.0.0.0 MASK 128.0.0.0 10.8.0.41
Sun Mar 08 19:39:58 2020 Warning: route gateway is not reachable on any active network adapters: 10.8.0.41
Sun Mar 08 19:39:58 2020 Route addition via IPAPI failed [adaptive]
Sun Mar 08 19:39:58 2020 Route addition fallback to route.exe
Sun Mar 08 19:39:58 2020 env_block: add PATH=C:\WINDOWS\System32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem
Sun Mar 08 19:39:58 2020 C:\WINDOWS\system32\route.exe ADD 128.0.0.0 MASK 128.0.0.0 10.8.0.41
Sun Mar 08 19:39:58 2020 Warning: route gateway is not reachable on any active network adapters: 10.8.0.41
Sun Mar 08 19:39:58 2020 Route addition via IPAPI failed [adaptive]
Sun Mar 08 19:39:58 2020 Route addition fallback to route.exe
Sun Mar 08 19:39:58 2020 env_block: add PATH=C:\WINDOWS\System32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem
Sun Mar 08 19:39:58 2020 C:\WINDOWS\system32\route.exe ADD 10.8.0.1 MASK 255.255.255.255 10.8.0.41
Sun Mar 08 19:39:58 2020 Warning: route gateway is not reachable on any active network adapters: 10.8.0.41
Sun Mar 08 19:39:58 2020 Route addition via IPAPI failed [adaptive]
Sun Mar 08 19:39:58 2020 Route addition fallback to route.exe
Sun Mar 08 19:39:58 2020 env_block: add PATH=C:\WINDOWS\System32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem
Sun Mar 08 19:39:58 2020 WARNING: this configuration may cache passwords in memory -- use the auth-nocache option to prevent this
SYSTEM ROUTING TABLE
0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 192.168.1.1 p=0 i=4 t=4 pr=3 a=140 h=0 m=25/0/0/0/0
0.0.0.0 128.0.0.0 10.8.0.41 p=0 i=4 t=4 pr=3 a=0 h=0 m=26/0/0/0/0
10.8.0.1 255.255.255.255 10.8.0.41 p=0 i=4 t=4 pr=3 a=0 h=0 m=26/0/0/0/0
46.182.109.110 255.255.255.255 192.168.1.1 p=0 i=4 t=4 pr=3 a=0 h=0 m=25/0/0/0/0
127.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 127.0.0.1 p=0 i=1 t=3 pr=2 a=175 h=0 m=331/0/0/0/0
127.0.0.1 255.255.255.255 127.0.0.1 p=0 i=1 t=3 pr=2 a=175 h=0 m=331/0/0/0/0
127.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 127.0.0.1 p=0 i=1 t=3 pr=2 a=175 h=0 m=331/0/0/0/0
128.0.0.0 128.0.0.0 10.8.0.41 p=0 i=4 t=4 pr=3 a=0 h=0 m=26/0/0/0/0
169.254.0.0 255.255.0.0 169.254.254.69 p=0 i=3 t=3 pr=2 a=163 h=0 m=291/0/0/0/0
169.254.254.69 255.255.255.255 169.254.254.69 p=0 i=3 t=3 pr=2 a=163 h=0 m=291/0/0/0/0
169.254.255.255 255.255.255.255 169.254.254.69 p=0 i=3 t=3 pr=2 a=163 h=0 m=291/0/0/0/0
192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0 192.168.1.68 p=0 i=4 t=3 pr=2 a=140 h=0 m=281/0/0/0/0
192.168.1.68 255.255.255.255 192.168.1.68 p=0 i=4 t=3 pr=2 a=140 h=0 m=281/0/0/0/0
192.168.1.255 255.255.255.255 192.168.1.68 p=0 i=4 t=3 pr=2 a=140 h=0 m=281/0/0/0/0
224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 127.0.0.1 p=0 i=1 t=3 pr=2 a=175 h=0 m=331/0/0/0/0
224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 169.254.254.69 p=0 i=3 t=3 pr=2 a=173 h=0 m=291/0/0/0/0
224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 192.168.1.68 p=0 i=4 t=3 pr=2 a=144 h=0 m=281/0/0/0/0
255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 127.0.0.1 p=0 i=1 t=3 pr=2 a=175 h=0 m=331/0/0/0/0
255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 169.254.254.69 p=0 i=3 t=3 pr=2 a=173 h=0 m=291/0/0/0/0
255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 192.168.1.68 p=0 i=4 t=3 pr=2 a=144 h=0 m=281/0/0/0/0
SYSTEM ADAPTER LIST
Bluetooth Device (Personal Area Network)
Index = 10
GUID = {771752A3-A3DC-4D65-9A30-9CD468BDDEAC}
IP = 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0
MAC = 00:1a:7d:da:71:0e
GATEWAY = 0.0.0.0/255.255.255.255
DHCP SERV =
DHCP LEASE OBTAINED = Sun Mar 08 19:39:58 2020
DHCP LEASE EXPIRES = Sun Mar 08 19:39:58 2020
DNS SERV =
Intel(R) 82579LM Gigabit Network Connection
Index = 4
GUID = {1BF2D6B9-A4F1-424B-9A47-9EFD1CD82065}
IP = 192.168.1.68/255.255.255.0
MAC = ec:a8:6b:fc:58:90
GATEWAY = 192.168.1.1/255.255.255.255
DHCP SERV = 192.168.1.1/255.255.255.255
DHCP LEASE OBTAINED = Sun Mar 08 19:37:38 2020
DHCP LEASE EXPIRES = Mon Mar 09 19:37:38 2020
DNS SERV = 8.8.8.8/255.255.255.255 8.8.4.4/255.255.255.255
TAP-Windows Adapter V9
Index = 3
GUID = {0C8E5EAE-681C-4A70-8BCC-FDD872BFD655}
IP = 169.254.254.69/255.255.0.0
MAC = 00:ff:0c:8e:5e:ae
GATEWAY = 0.0.0.0/255.255.255.255
DHCP SERV = 0.0.0.0/255.255.255.255
DHCP LEASE OBTAINED = Sun Mar 08 19:39:58 2020
DHCP LEASE EXPIRES = Sun Mar 08 19:39:58 2020
DNS SERV =
Sun Mar 08 19:39:58 2020 Initialization Sequence Completed With Errors ( see http://openvpn.net/faq.html#dhcpclientserv )
