Config File wants to give Usename and Password

denis8991

Hi

Firstly, I am not a technical expert - experienced PC user and can write HTML, but not Networking; therefore, some of the technical jargon can seem like a foreign language to me, so please bear with me!

I have a Netgear router which has the ability to act as a VPN server with OpenVPN Clients. It generates a script and all the relevant files for the client, whether that is Windows, Mac or smartphone. I have set up OpenVPN on my windows PC but cannot connect. Initially, it seemed that the client needed a username and password but the problem was that there was no way of providing that. I have altered the config file to open a dialogue box so that a user can input the details (script below). However, there isn't the functionality on the router to set the username and password.

Interestingly, the smartphone setup works perfectly with no requirement for username or password.

client
dev tap
proto udp
dev-node NETGEAR-VPN
remote xxxx 12974 (I have removed the DNS info)
resolv-retry infinite
nobind
persist-key
persist-tun
remote-cert-tls server
ca ca.crt
cert client.crt
key client.key
data-ciphers-fallback 'AES-128-CBC'
auth-user-pass
allow-compression yes
comp-lzo
verb 0
sndbuf 393216
rcvbuf 393216
route-method exe

Any (simply phrased!) help would be appreciated

Denis

TinCanTech

denis8991 wrote I have a Netgear router which has the ability to act as a VPN server with OpenVPN Clients. It generates a script and all the relevant files for the client

denis8991 wrote there isn't the functionality on the router to set the username and password.

denis8991 wrote Any (simply phrased!) help would be appreciated

You cannot use a user/pass if the router does not support it.

denis8991

Thank you for your response. I understand that, but I can't see how to open the connection if the client wants to provide user/pass and the server can't take them... That is the problem in a nutshell!

TinCanTech

Sounds like a Netgear bug.

The workaround being, use a text editor.

denis8991

I have used Notepad to put in the command for the user/pass dialogue box "auth-user-pass". I have tried using the router user name and password and that doesn't make the connection. What I want to do is stop OpenVPN from thinking that it needs to provide user/pass so that the two can shake hands and connect.

TinCanTech

denis8991 wrote What I want to do is stop OpenVPN from thinking that it needs to provide user/pass

denis8991 wrote I have altered the config file to open a dialogue box so that a user can input the details

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