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Hi All, I've not used OpenVPN before however I've followed the tutorials and have it set up successfully. I'm running ElementaryOS v5.1.7 on Ubuntu 18.04.6, attempting to connect to any of the servers on this page: freevpn4you.net/free-proxy.php?str=1, in particular this one 68.71.254.6 port 4145.

I've created a self-signed certificate and choose the option for Certificates (TLS), chosen my crt & key files, and entered my password. I put the IP in, hit Advanced and check Use custom gateway port, entered the correct port, and every time that I attempt to connect, I received a timeout error.

I've tried numerous other servers, and pinged this one with great (52ms) success, so it seems to be there. I must be missing a step, can anyone shed some light on this? It sounds pretty newbie to me, a bit embarrassing lol

Thank you, Jim.

$ openvpn3 session-start --config $USA_freeopenvpn_udp.ovpn
openvpn3: symbol lookup error: openvpn3: undefined symbol: _ZN4Json5ValueC1Ex

I receive that error no matter what ovpn file I use, so it's something on my end. opensc-pkcs11 is up to date. No idea what is causing this!
Thank you, Jim.

I'm in the wrong forum, aren't I?

If anyone sees this, I solved it by downloading a config file from freeopenvpn.org, changing one line in it that OpenVPN complained about, and using sudo openvpn <config_file>. The GUI never worked. Closing this ticket.