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    TCP/UDP: Socket bind failed on local address [AF_INET] Can't assign requested ad

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      dplat
      last edited by

      Hi Everyone!

      I am getting really mad: It's been 2 days since I've been trying to solve this problem unsuccessfully.
      Every time I start my OpenVPN server 2.3.2, it gives this error message (see log below).

      Where does my OpenVPN server take this 46.30.88.26 address from??? It really seems that I can't change it at all!
      I did a factory reset, reloaded my setttings, I even reinstalled pfSense from scratch and reloaded my setttings!!
      Still this same F******* address!

      THANK YOU!

      Dec 24 12:03:12 openvpn[46823]: Exiting due to fatal error
      Dec 24 12:03:12 openvpn[46823]: TCP/UDP: Socket bind failed on local address [AF_INET]46.30.88.26:8080: Can't assign requested address
      Dec 24 12:03:12 openvpn[46823]: Socket Buffers: R=[65228->65536] S=[65228->65536]
      Dec 24 12:03:12 openvpn[46823]: Incoming Control Channel Authentication: Using 160 bit message hash 'SHA1' for HMAC authentication
      Dec 24 12:03:12 openvpn[46823]: Outgoing Control Channel Authentication: Using 160 bit message hash 'SHA1' for HMAC authentication
      Dec 24 12:03:12 openvpn[46823]: Control Channel Authentication: using '/var/etc/openvpn/server1.tls-auth' as a OpenVPN static key file
      Dec 24 12:03:12 openvpn[46823]: Diffie-Hellman initialized with 4096 bit key
      Dec 24 12:03:12 openvpn[46823]: NOTE: the current –script-security setting may allow this configuration to call user-defined scripts
      Dec 24 12:03:12 openvpn[46823]: MANAGEMENT: unix domain socket listening on /var/etc/openvpn/server1.sock
      Dec 24 12:03:12 openvpn[46823]: OpenVPN 2.3.2 amd64-portbld-freebsd8.3 [SSL (OpenSSL)] [LZO] [eurephia] [MH] [IPv6] built on Jul 24 2013

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        phil.davis
        last edited by

        I guess this is your WAN public IP. That range is allocated to State Institute For Drug Control in the Czech Republic. Hopefully you are there  ;)
        http://myip.ms/view/ip_addresses/773740544/46.30.88.0_46.30.88.255

        As the Greek philosopher Isosceles used to say, "There are 3 sides to every triangle."
        If I helped you, then help someone else - buy someone a gift from the INF catalog http://secure.inf.org/gifts/usd/

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          dplat
          last edited by

          Thank you Phil  :)

          Actually, I had a very bad inspiration! I changed the address in the log (bad choice!)
          I understand that you believe it is my WAN address! (I guess I should have chosen another one!).

          The one I have in my log is 88.45.66.X and I can't change it!

          Where does my OpenVPN server take this 88.45.66.X address from??? From which file?  How can I change it?

          Thanks!

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            phil.davis
            last edited by

            88.45.66.0/24 is in Italy - maybe we are in the right country now? I guess this has to be a WAN IP given out by your ISP. Look in /cf/conf/config.xml and search for "88.45.60". If it is not there, then it must (should) be a dynamic IP from your ISP. Look in Status->Interfaces, the IP should appear on some interface.

            As the Greek philosopher Isosceles used to say, "There are 3 sides to every triangle."
            If I helped you, then help someone else - buy someone a gift from the INF catalog http://secure.inf.org/gifts/usd/

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              dplat
              last edited by

              Hey Phil!
              Thank you for your response, I always appreciate your help.
              I didn't find the address in /cf/conf/config.xml but I believe it came from the cache of my ISP which kept this address that I used as a proxy/gateway a few days before! (It may have been kept in my adsl box cache, or remotely in my ISP proxy cache).
              I turned my box off for a few hours and now everything's back to normal!
              BTW I am a Unicef donator.
              Regards,
              Dennis
              http://www.unicef.org
              https://www.eff.org

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