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OpenVpn windows Client unable to connect

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  • F Offline
    farrukhndm
    last edited by Jan 13, 2010, 12:14 PM

    My WAN firewall rule is
    TCP/UDP  *  *  *  1194 (OpenVPN)  *      OPEN VPN

    when i connect through windows client ,during connection process it takes password and accept it and then give error on
    Wed Jan 13 17:08:04 2010 us=932643 TCP: connect to 203.xxx.xxx.xx:1194 failed, will try again in 5 seconds

    My pfsense.ovpn
    float
    port 1194
    dev tun
    dev-node ovpn
    proto tcp-client
    remote 203.xxx.xxx.xx 1194
    ping 10
    persist-tun
    persist-key
    tls-client
    ca ca.crt
    cert client01.crt               
    key client01.key
    ns-cert-type server
    #comp-lzo ? to enable LZO remove the #
    pull
    verb 4

    ==========
    will you explain dev-node  ovpn, i have put it to ovpn ?? whats this value o be ,from where i can take.

    please help me to make connectivity .thanks.waiting.

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      AhnHEL
      last edited by Jan 13, 2010, 1:09 PM

      Windows might be blocking your connection.  Disable Windows Firewall on your client and see if it connects successfully.

      AhnHEL (Angel)

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        farrukhndm
        last edited by Jan 15, 2010, 7:30 AM

        i have turned off windows firewall but still unable to connect with pfsense openvpn server.how i can check out the openvpn log so post the logs on forum which may be helpful to resolve my connectivity issue.thanks and waiting.

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          farrukhndm
          last edited by Jan 15, 2010, 12:06 PM

          My Xp Client is connected to Openvpn.the problem was on Client side in My pfsense.ovpn i have comment out #dev-node ovpn.
          now my new setting will be
          C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\config\pfsense.ovpn

          float
          port 1194
          dev tun #dev-node ovpn        //comment it
          proto tcp-client
          remote 203.xxx.xxx.xx 1194
          ping 10
          persist-tun
          persist-key
          tls-client
          ca ca.crt
          cert client01.crt               
          key client01.key
          ns-cert-type server
          #comp-lzo ? to enable LZO remove the #
          pull
          verb 4

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